2nd Commando Battalion ( Belgium ) The 2nd Commando Battalion ( ) is a military formation of the Belgian Army and part of the Paracommando Regiment . Its regimental traditions , including the name " Commando " and the green beret , were adopted from the Belgian soldiers who served in No . 10 ( Inter - Allied ) Commando during the Second World War . No . 10 Commando . The traditions of the 1st Commando Battalion were originally based on those of 4 Troop of 10 ( Inter - allied ) Commando during the Second World War , which fought in North Africa , Italy and Northern Europe . It is particularly notable for its role during Operation Infatuate : the invasion of the Dutch island of Walcheren in 1944 . All Belgian soldiers in 4 Troop were trilingual ( French - Dutch - English ) . The badge of the new unit was designed by Padre Devos , based the British Commando Fairbairn - Sykes dagger . Major Operations . Belgian Congo . During the months leading up to independence of the Belgian Congo , soldiers of the 2nd Commando Battalion were positioned in Bas - Congo . To cover more territory , the 4th Commando Battalion and 6th Commando Battalion were created from officers of the unit and new recruits in order to control the key area around Kitona and Kamina . In 1959 , 2nd Commando Battalion was moved to Léopoldville to maintain order during the riots . In 1964 , a company from 2nd Commando was included in Operation Dragon Rouge for the drop on Stanleyville to recover hostages . The company was mentioned in dispatches . Rwandan Genocide . In March 1994 , the 2nd Commando Battalion ( with elements from the 3rd Parachute Battalion ) took over from the 1st Parachute Battalion in the United Nations UNAMIR mission in Rwanda . On April 6 , 1994 , following the assassination of the Rwandan president , the RTLM radio station accused the Belgian peacekeepers of having shot down – or of helping to shoot down – the president ' s plane . The 10 Belgian soldiers which had been assigned to protect the president , as well as five Ghanaians , were captured by an overwhelming number of Rwandan soldiers , and brutally tortured , before being executed . The Belgian contingent was deliberately targeted in this way in order to provoke the Belgian contingent to withdraw from UNAMIR ( which it did several days later ) , critically weakening the remaining UN force . The names of the peacekeepers who died were : The murder of the 10 soldiers was the biggest single loss of Belgian personnel since the Second World War and provoked outrage in Belgium . On April 19 , all Belgian personnel were evacuated from the country . The murder was subject of an investigation , under the title of " " Qui a tué nos paras ? " " ( " " Who killed our paras ? " " ) . The withdrawal and fatal weakening of the UN force was viewed as a catastrophy in Belgian military circles : Gaston Francsson , a decorated Belgian veteran of the Korean War returned the UN medals he had won to the United Nations in protest at the decision . A Rwandan Major , Bernard Ntuyahaga , was later arrested and convicted of the killings . Composition . The battalion was bilingual ( French - Dutch ) from its creation until 1982 , but is now Francophone only . Standard . In a ceremony on 26 October 1946 in Brussels , Prince Charles awarded the unit ' s standard to lieutenant - colonel Danloy , carrying the following citations inherited from 4 ( Belgian ) Troop of No . 10 ( Inter - allied ) Commando during World War II : The standard also carried the fourragère of the Belgian croix de guerre .