1st Marine Infantry Parachute Regiment: Difference between revisions

Content deleted Content added
mNo edit summary
Lead rewording
Line 31:
}}
 
The '''1st Marine Infantry Parachute Regiment''' ({{lang-fr|1<sup>er</sup> Régiment de Parachutistes d'Infanterie de Marine''' ({{lang-en|1st Marine Infantry Parachute Regiment}}) or '''1<sup>er</sup> RPIMa}})''' is onea unit of the three units in the [[French Army Special Forces Command]] (COMand FST);part the others beingof the [[13thSpecial ParachuteOperations Dragoon Regiment]]Command (13<sup>e</sup> R.D.PFrance) and the [[4th |Special ForcesOperations Helicopter RegimentCommand]] (4<sup>e</sup> R.H.F.S).
 
Heir to the traditions of the [[paratrooper]]s of the [[Special Air Service]] of [[Free France]] and [[French Indochina]], the regiment isuses the onlysame Frenchmotto unitas intheir mainlandcounterparts Franceof tothe use[[British theArmy]], mottobut translated in French: '''{{lang|fr|Qui ose gagne}}'', translated from the [[British Army]] [[Special Air Service|SAS]] motto' (''Who Dares Wins''.<ref>The 2nd R.P.I.Ma, an overseas regiment of the Forces armées of the southern zone of the Indian Ocean (FAZSOI) based on [[La Réunion]], also uses this motto on its regimental insignia.</ref>
 
== Origins ==