(hence excluding white males). Eventually, the various black battalions amounted to about 16,000 troops, and some of the members of these battalions became Auxiliary or Permanent Force members. National Defence Force (SANDF) post 1994 In the post-apartheid era, no ethnic or language-based infantry exists at all. By 1997, several units were reorganised: 13 SAI was amalgamated into 14 SAI at Umtata, 151 Battalion was amalgamated into 1 SAI 113 Battalion was amalgamated into 7 SAI 61 Mechanised Battalion Group was disbanded and elements incorporated into 8 SAI 16 SAI was disbanded 1997. In the 1980s Regiment Port Natal appears to have been a component of 84 Motorised Brigade. It was amalgamated with the Durban Light Infantry about 1999. From Corps to Formation In 2000 the Corps became known as the South African Army Infantry Formation. The first female battalion commander appears to have been appointed in 2001. The specialised horse/motorcycle/dog-using battalion, 12 South African Infantry Battalion, was disbanded in April 2005. The previous General Officer Commanding up to 2012 was Lieutenant General Themba Nkabinde. Since 1994, South Africa's Infantry units have supported numerous operations for the United Nations and the African Union across the continent, including in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC/MONUSCO), the Force Intervention Brigade in particular, Burundi (South African Protection Support Detachment, and African Union Mission in Burundi), in the Comores, and with AMIS/UNMIS in Sudan. Formation structure and units The infantry corps contains a total of 15 regular battalions in a variety of different roles: Mechanised Infantry - 2 battalions Motorised Infantry - 8 battalions Light Infantry - 1 battalion Parachute Infantry - 1 battalion Air Assault Infantry - 1 battalion Seaborne Infantry - 1 battalion Basic Training - 1 battalion The Oudtshoorn army base houses the South African Infantry School. The infantry corps contains a total of 26 reserve battalions in the following roles: Mechanised Infantry - 6 battalions Motorised Infantry - 14 battalions Light Infantry - 3 battalions Parachute Infantry - 1 battalion Air Assault Infantry - 2 battalions Infantry Types Within the South African Army, there are six main types of infantry: Type 1: Parachute Infantry 44 Parachute Regiment (Bloemfontein) – a brigade sized regiment consisting of the following units: Regular Force 1 Parachute Battalion, (Bloemfontein) 44 Pathfinder Platoon, (Bloemfontein) 44 Training Wing, (Bloemfontein) Reserve Force 3 Parachute Battalion, (Bloemfontein) Type 2: Air Assault Infantry Air Assault infantry are trained to be