Organic history of large units (1475 – 2018) (IV)

Democratic Spain

By Fernando Mogaburo López

Chief Cavalry Non-Commissioned Officer

JOHN CHARLES I

Democratic transition (1975-1983)

When the Sahara was evacuated at the end of 1975, all the units deployed there were dissolved except two: the 3rd Tercio moved to Fuerteventura and the UHEL II went first to El Copero and, in 1979, to Bétera. The Tenerife Light Group was dissolved as it became redundant with the legionnaire. In 1976 the Reserve Brigade moved to Almería and the Immemorial Regiment changed its name to Rey. The following year Lepanto received the name of Queen and Milan that of Prince, but that of Naples did not recover its original name of Crown, but rather kept that of an old third with which it had no relation. In 1979 two RAMIXs were dissolved and another two became RAAA. The Canary Islands engineer battalions were integrated into a mixed regiment.

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