Representative Honor Guard Regiment of the Polish Armed Forces

An honor guard for Admiral Mike Mullen during a full honors ceremony in June 2009.

The first honor guard unit of independent Poland was formed in 1954.[5] In 1969, it was divided into the Representative Honor Guard Company of the Polish People's Army and the newly created State Honors Company.[5] The first company represented the armed forces during state ceremonies while the second company was supposed to guard the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, and other memorial sites in Poland.[5] In 1982 the use of the Polish Rogatywka was restored to the soldiers of the guard of honor.[5] The company was dissolved in 1990 following the fall of communism in the Polish People's Republic. The company was restored on January 1, 1993 with direct subordination to the Commander of the Warsaw Garrison. It eventually became the 1st Honor Guard Company of the Representative Honor Guard Battalion of the Armed Forces in 2001, acting as an independent joint-service formation with personnel from service branches of the armed forces.[5][6] On 31 March 2018, the battalion became the 1st Guards Battalion, Representative Honor Guard Regiment of the Armed Forces, following yet another Armed Forces-wide reorganization of its ceremonial units.[7][8][9][10][11] The regiment received its colors a year later at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Warsaw by President Andrzej Duda.[4][12]

• Regimental HQ
• HQ Services Company
• 1st Guards Battalion
  • Battalion HQ Company
  • 3 Honor Guard Companies of the Polish Armed Forces
    • 1 Honor Guard Company (Presidential Joint Service)
    • 2 Honor Guard Company
    • 3 Honor Guard Company
• 2nd Battalion (under formation)
• Support Unit
  • Representative Central Band of the Polish Armed Forces
  • State Honors Artillery Platoon
  • Security Staff
  • Presidential Horse Guard Mounted Ceremonial Squadron

The personnel that make up this battalion come from the represents the three main service branches of the Armed Forces (Polish Army, Navy and Air Force). Until recently, the Polish Special Forces were also represented in the regiment at all state functions and were even present with the entire battalion on Red Square during the 2010 Moscow Victory Day Parade.

• Lt. Col. Adam Wronecki (January 1, 2001 - May 16, 2002)[13]
• Lt. Col. Roman Januszewski (May 17, 2002 - November 19, 2006)[13]
• Lt. Col. Tomasz Dominikowski (November 20, 2006 - January 31, 2010)[13]
• Lt. Col. Wojciech Erbel (February 1, 2010 - December 31, 2013)[13]
• Col. Leszek Szczesniak (January 1, 2014 – November 18, 2016, March 31, 2018-present)[13]
• Lt. Col. Włodzimierz Grochowiec (November 19, 2016 – December 5, 2016)[13]
• Lt. Col. Sebastian Cichosz (December 6, 2016 - March 31, 2018)

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  The Representative Land Force Company
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  The Representative Navy Company
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  The Representative Air Force Company
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  The regimental military band
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  An officer of the regiment exercising the command of present arms.
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  A fanfare trumpeter of the Presidential Mounted Squadron
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  Members of the battalion representing the three service branches on National Independence Day in 2012.
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  An honour guard representing the Polish Armed Forces in front of the Ministry of National Defence.
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  Polish and American Air Force honor guards at Lask Air Base in central Poland.
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  The regimental headquarters on Franciszka Hynka Street in Warsaw.

• Kompania Zamkowa
• 15th Poznań Uhlans Regiment
• Guard of honour