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{{Infobox military unit
| unit_name = 1st Marine Infantry Parachute Regiment
| native_name = {{lang|fr|1<sup>er</sup> Régiment de Parachutistes d'Infanterie de Marine}}
| image = File:Insigne de béret du 1er RPIMA "Qui ose gagne".svg
| image_size = 200
| caption = Regimental beret badge
| dates = September 15, 1940 – present
| country = {{
| branch = [[File:Logo of the French Army (Armee de Terre).svg|
| command_structure = [[French Army Special Forces Command]]
| type = [[List of French Paratrooper Units|Special Forces]]
| size = 865 authorized personnel (2017)
| current_commander = Colonel Cutajar
| garrison = [[Bayonne]], [[France]]
| nickname =
| motto = ''Qui Ose Gagne''<br>(
| colors =
| march =
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| battles = [[World War II]]<br />[[First Indochina War]]<br/>[[Lebanese Civil War]]<br/>
[[Multinational Force in Lebanon]]<br/>
[[Operation Desert Storm]]<br/>[[Operation Enduring Freedom]]<br/>[[
| notable_commanders =
| anniversaries = Saint-Michel Day
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}}
The '''1st Marine Infantry Parachute Regiment''' ({{lang-fr|1<sup>er</sup> Régiment de Parachutistes d'Infanterie de Marine
== Origins ==
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* Night of June 5–6: parachuted into [[Brittany]], 36 paratroopers of the FFL in four groups (two over [[Plumelec]], two over [[Duault]]). The sole battle casualty in Plumelec (on June 6 at 0 h 40), caporal [[Emile Bouétard]], was probably the first casualty of the [[Operation Overlord|Normandy Landing]].
* June 1944: combined forces with the [[French Forces of the Interior]] (FFI) and the [[2nd Infantry Division (United States)|2nd U.S. Division]].
* June 1944: fighting along with the [[maquis de Saint-Marcel]], [[Morbihan]] and maquis of [[Duault]] in [[Côtes-d'Armor]]; a battalion (450 men) parachuted in with the [[French Forces of the Interior]] (FFI) 3000 total, tied up 85000 Germans in Brittany, preventing them from reaching [[Normandy]], and joined two divisions of [[George Patton]]
* On July 1, 1944 the 4th Battalion was renamed [[2nd Parachute Chasseur Regiment|2<sup>e</sup> R.C.P S.A.S]] (2nd SAS Parachute Chasseur Regiment) of the [[Special Air Service|4th SAS Regiment]].
* August 1944: operations and SAS participation in the [[Liberation of Paris]].
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The 1ère CIA began operational missions, parachuting into occupied France in March 1941. The company was then split into two units, a [[covert operation|covert action]] unit used for clandestine operations and a conventional and uniformed company sent to [[North Africa]] in September 1941 to fight [[Axis Forces]] along with British Forces.
A very good relationship was quickly established between Captain Bergé and Major [[David Stirling|Stirling]], the commander of the newly created Special Air Service (SAS); the French detachment was soon incorporated into the SAS and became the French Squadron. From 1942 to 1943, the French SAS roamed the region, ranging as far as Crete hunting down Axis forces and destroying their aircraft and supply dumps. In November 1943, the 3rd and 4th Air Infantry were created and incorporated into the SAS Brigade along with their British and Belgian counterparts, the 1st and 2nd SAS Regiments.
The Free French SAS took an important part in the liberation of Europe. In [[Brittany]], a little after midnight on [[D-Day]], June 6, 1944, [[caporal (military rank)|Caporal]] Emile Bouétard (born in Brittany, 1915) was the first soldier killed in action in [[Plumelec]], [[Morbihan]]. On August 1, 1944, the 3rd and 4th Air Infantry battalions were renamed the 2nd and 3rd Chasseur Parachute battalions. As a reward for their bravery, King [[George VI]] awarded the Free French SAS the right to wear the red beret of the British SAS, which replaced the black beret worn until then. As the war drew to a close, 52 French SAS "sticks" (705 men) were parachuted into the Netherlands on April 7, 1945, causing major havoc in the rear areas of German occupation forces and easing pressure on the forward thrust of the [[II Canadian Corps|2nd Canadian Army Corps]].
The Free French SAS took a major part in the epic battles{{clarify|date=August 2020}} of the SAS in Africa, France, Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany, earning French and foreign awards (including many British [[Distinguished Service Order|DSO]]s, [[Military Cross|MC]]s and [[Military
=== 1945–1974 ===
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[[File:Paul Détrie - Obsèques Bayonne 1962.jpg|thumb|250px|1<sup>er</sup> RPIMa in Bayonne, 1962]]
Between 1945 and 1954 the unit that was later to become the 1<sup>er</sup> RPIMa after a series of name changes, took part in the war in Indochina, performing several of the more than 160 combat jumps carried out by French paratroopers during that conflict. After the war, the regiment underwent structural changes and became a training depot for the entire colonial airborne forces. As such, it did not take part in the Algerian conflict.
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In the 80s and 90s the regiment deployed dozens of times to various hotspots on the planet. While engaged in [[Operation Desert Storm]], the 1<sup>er</sup> RPIMa lost two of its men in Iraq in 1991.
A year later, the creation of the French [[Commandement des Opérations Spéciales|Special Operations Command]] (Commandement des Opérations Spéciales, COS) led to a major shake-up of French special forces units to incorporate the [[lessons learned]] in the [[Gulf War|First Gulf War]]. As part of this process, in 1997, the nucleus of what was to become the army's BFST (Brigade des Forces Spéciales Terre) (Land Special Forces Brigade) was created and the 1<sup>er</sup> RPIMa became its core unit. All the while, the regiment participated in operations in the Balkans and in Africa; it was specifically involved in stalking war criminals in [[Bosnia]], leading to several successful arrests of individuals indicted for [[war crimes]].
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[[File:Insigne infanterie de marine.png|thumb|Shoulder insignia]]
The 1<sup>er</sup> RPIMa also fields a Training and Operations company tasked with providing selection, basic and continuation training of the unit's manpower and a logistics company which supports the regiment in its daily and operational missions. As the unit was inspired by the British [[Special Air Service]], it has still much in common with them, including missions and capabilities.
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== Organisation and structure ==
Due to its long history with the [[British Special Air Service]] much of the 1<sup>er</sup>
* Four main RAPAS (Airborne Reconnaissance and Special Action) combat companies:
** 1<sup>e</sup> Compagnie:
** 2<sup>e</sup> Compagnie:
** 3<sup>e</sup> Compagnie:
** 4<sup>e</sup> Compagnie:
There is also one command and logistics company and a training and operations company which is in charge of recruiting, and initial and continuing training.
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** So as to prepare RAPAS units of the 1er RPIMa for operations over difficult terrain it can use French and foreign training centers on the world
** Mountain, jungle and desert training exercises are scheduled every year
** RAPAS team members are sent regularly as permanent instructors to jungle and desert schools in French
** Every year, the Regiment sends some of its members to foreign schools to improve its tactics and procedures in hostile environments (jungle, bush...)
** A regular influx of experienced NCOs volunteering from the French 27th Mountain Infantry Brigade keeps the Regiment up-to-date on modern mountaineering techniques
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== External links ==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070125010643/http://www.rpima1.terre.defense.gouv.fr/index.html 1er RPIMa Official website]
* [http://www.quiosegagne.asso.fr/ QUI OSE GAGNE: Association des Anciens Parachutistes Troupe de Marine et anciens de la Brigade des Parachutistes Coloniaux héritiers des S.A.S] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131215101053/http://www.quiosegagne.asso.fr/ |date=2013-12-15 }}
* [http://www.quiosegagne.asso.fr/history/1st-rpima-today QUI OSE GAGNE: Association des Anciens Parachutistes Troupe de Marine et anciens de la Brigade des Parachutistes Coloniaux héritiers des S.A.S] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210801101058/http://www.quiosegagne.asso.fr/history/1st-rpima-today |date=2021-08-01 }}
* QUI OSE GAGNE: Association des Anciens Parachutistes Troupe de Marine et anciens de la Brigade des Parachutistes Coloniaux héritiers des S.A.S
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