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The Regiment Stoottroepen Prins Bernhard (RSPB for short) consists of the 13th Infantry Battalion Luchtmobiel, and is part of the Luchtmobile Brigade. After the Regiment van Heutsz, the Stoottroepen regiment is the infantry regiment with the shortest history within the Royal Netherlands Army. The regiment originated from the gangs (LKP) and the Council of Resistance (RVV) in the Second World War, including the KP Margriet. This name still lives on within the regiment. In September 1944, HRH Prince Bernhard formally ordered the formation of a military association consisting of persons who were actively involved in the armed resistance. With that, the Stoottroep regiment was born. On June 29, 2002, Prince Bernhard attached his name to the Regiment Stoottroepen by Royal Decree. From that moment on the regiment was officially called Regiment Stoottroepen Prins Bernhard. During her tour of the liberated Netherlands, Queen Wilhelmina made the historic statement: "And this regiment will continue to exist!" on March 18, 1945. Despite its short existence, the shock troops guarantee an illustrious and colorful past. After the war the shock troops were deployed in the Dutch East Indies and in New Guinea, for this the regiment was awarded the Bronze Shield.
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