3rd Marine Infantry Parachute Regiment information
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3rd Marine Infantry Parachute Regiment
3e Régiment de Parachutistes d'Infanterie de Marine
Regimental insigne
Active
January 8, 1948 – present
(same unit, different designations)
3e BCCP 1948 3e GCCP 1950 3e BCCP 1951 3e BCCP 1951 3e BPC 1952 3e BCCP 1955 3e RPC 1955 3e RPIMa 1958 – present
Country
France
Branch
Marine Troops
French Army
Type
Airborne regiment
Role
Air assault Anti-tank warfare Artillery observer Bomb disposal CBRN defense Close-quarters combat Counterinsurgency Desert warfare Direct action Forward air control Irregular warfare Jungle warfare Long-range penetration Mountain warfare Parachuting Patrolling Raiding Reconnaissance Special reconnaissance Urban warfare
Size
~1,120
Part of
11th Parachute Brigade 3rd Division
Garrison/HQ
Carcassonne, France
Motto(s)
Être et durer (To Be and endure)
Colors
Red and blue
Anniversaries
Saint-Michel Day
Engagements
First Indochina War *Battle of Route Coloniale 4 *Operation Lorraine *Battle of Nà Sản Algerian War
Battle of Agounennda
Lebanese Civil War
United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon
Multinational Force in Lebanon
Gulf War
War on Terror (2001-Present)
War in Afghanistan (2001–present)
Commanders
Current commander
Philippe Pottier
Notable commanders
Marcel Bigeard Roger Trinquier Guy Le Borgne
Insignia
Insignia of the 3rd Marine Infantry Parachute Regiment
Abbreviation
3e RPIMa
Military unit
The 3rd Marine Infantry Parachute Regiment (French: 3e Régiment de Parachutistes d'Infanterie de Marine, 3e RPIMa) is one of the airborne force regiments of the Troupes de Marine. It is heir to the 3rd Colonial Commando Parachute Battalion created in 1948 and the 3rd Colonial Parachute Regiment . The regiment is part of the 11th Parachute Brigade.[1]
The battalion filled the ranks with the thousands throughout the various campaign battle courses of dissolutions and reformations. The battalions of this regiment are heir to the 1st Colonial Parachute Commando Demi-Brigade, another heir of the paratroopers of Free France, the Demi-Brigade of the SAS, of the Parachute Choc Groupment Battalions, whose regimental colors was decorated with the Légion d'honneur in July 1954.
^"3e RPIMa". French government. Retrieved 2012-02-17.
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