Post Korean Service and ISAF Deployment
The traditions of the Regiment van Heutsz are currently maintained by two units serving as part of 11 Luchtmobiele (Airmobile) Brigade:
- 12 Infanterie Bataljon is one of three air assault infantry battalions within the air mobile brigade
- 11 Luchtverdedigingcompagnie is the brigade's low level air defence unit
From 2006 till 2010, the battalion formed the basis of the battlegroup attached to Task Force Uruzgan, the primary Dutch component of the multi-national forces in Afghanistan. The regiment maintains the traditions of the Koninklijk Nederlands Indisch Leger.
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