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    The Second Battalion, Parachute Regiment (2 PARA), is a formation of the Parachute Regiment, part of the British Army, and subordinate unit within 16th...
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    The Parachute Regiment, colloquially known as the Paras, is the airborne and elite infantry regiment of the British Army. The first battalion is part...
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    The 4th Battalion, Parachute Regiment (4 PARA), is an Army Reserve unit of the British Army. Now recruiting across the United Kingdom originally the Battalion...
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    1st Battalion, Parachute Regiment (1 PARA), is a special forces battalion of the British Army's Parachute Regiment. Along with various other regiments and...
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  • Thumbnail for 3rd Battalion, Parachute Regiment
    The 3rd Battalion, Parachute Regiment (3 PARA), is a battalion sized formation of the British Army's Parachute Regiment and is a subordinate unit within...
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    The Parachute Regiment is an airborne and special forces regiment of the Indian Army. It was raised in 1945 as part of the British Indian Army but was...
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  • Thumbnail for 2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment
    The 2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment (French: 2e Régiment étranger de parachutistes, 2e REP) is the only airborne regiment of the Foreign Legion in the French...
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    was later redesignated the 2nd Battalion, 509th Parachute Infantry. It would ultimately be the only battalion in its regiment, that existed in name only...
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  • Thumbnail for 2nd Foreign Parachute Battalion
    The 2nd Foreign Parachute Battalion (French: 2e Bataillon Étranger de Parachutistes, 2e B.E.P) was a parachute battalion of the Foreign Legion in the French...
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  • Thumbnail for 10th Battalion, Parachute Regiment
    10th Battalion, The Parachute Regiment was an airborne infantry battalion of the Parachute Regiment, originally raised as the 10th (Sussex) Battalion by...
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  • Thumbnail for 505th Infantry Regiment (United States)
    Infantry Regiment (505th IR), formerly and colloquially the 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment (505th PIR) and the 505th Airborne Infantry Regiment (505th...
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  • Thumbnail for 5th (Scottish) Parachute Battalion
    The 5th (Scottish) Parachute Battalion was an airborne infantry battalion of the Parachute Regiment, raised by the British Army during the Second World...
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  • Thumbnail for 506th Infantry Regiment (United States)
    Infantry Regiment, originally designated the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment (506th PIR) during World War II, is an airborne light infantry regiment of the...
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  • Thumbnail for 50th Parachute Brigade (India)
    The 50th Parachute Brigade is a brigade sized formation of the Indian Army. Its main force is formed of battalions of the Parachute Regiment. It consists...
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    Regiment while Commandant Faure commanded the 2nd battalion. In October 1943, the 1st Parachute Chasseur Regiment was attached to the U.S. 82nd Airborne Division...
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    Army of the United States as the 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment (504th PIR). The 1st, 2nd and 3rd Battalions were constituted the same date as Companies...
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    4th IBCT(A) The 509th Infantry Regiment (previously the 509th Parachute Infantry Regiment) is an airborne infantry regiment of the United States Army. The...
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  • H. Jones (category British Parachute Regiment officers)
    Goose Green for his actions as commanding officer of the 2nd Battalion, Parachute Regiment, during the Falklands War. Jones was born in Putney, the eldest...
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  • Thumbnail for 11th Parachute Battalion (United Kingdom)
    11th Parachute Battalion was an airborne infantry battalion of the Parachute Regiment, raised by the British Army in World War II. The battalion was formed...
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  • Thumbnail for 501st Infantry Regiment (United States)
    501st Infantry Regiment, previously the 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment and 501st Airborne Infantry Regiment, is an airborne forces regiment of the United...
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    Regiment (1-508th PIR) is assigned to the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, and the 2nd Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment (2-508th...
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    its battalions were renumbered: the 5th (Scottish) Parachute Battalion became the 2nd Battalion, Parachute Regiment, while the 4th/6th Parachute Battalion...
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    Infantry Battalion. 1 November 1943: renamed 4th Air Infantry Battalion. 1 April 1944: redesignated 4th SAS Regiment or 2nd Parachute Chasseur Regiment 2e RCP...
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    the Second World War, consisted of the Parachute Regiment, the Glider Pilot Regiment, the airlanding battalions, and from 1944 the Special Air Service...
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  • Thumbnail for 6th (Royal Welch) Parachute Battalion
    The 6th (Royal Welch) Parachute Battalion was an airborne infantry battalion of the Parachute Regiment raised by the British Army during the Second World...
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  • Thumbnail for 502nd Infantry Regiment (United States)
    The 502nd Infantry Regiment (502nd IR), previously titled the 502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment (502nd PIR), is an infantry regiment of the United States...
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  • Thumbnail for 2nd Marine Infantry Parachute Regiment
    created in 1947. The regiment is heir to the traditions of the 2nd Colonial Commando Parachute Battalion 2eB.C.C.P. As of 2008, the regiment is stationed at...
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    battalion is also known as the 2nd Airborne Battalion, 377th Field Artillery Regiment, or the 2nd Battalion, 377th Parachute Field Artillery Regiment...
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  • Thumbnail for 7th (Light Infantry) Parachute Battalion
    The 7th (Light Infantry) Parachute Battalion was an airborne infantry battalion of the Parachute Regiment, formed by the British Army during the Second...
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    John Frost (British Army officer) (category British Parachute Regiment officers)
    join the Parachute Regiment in the same year. He was posted to the 2nd Parachute Battalion, part of Brigadier Richard Gale's 1st Parachute Brigade, itself...
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