3rd Marine Infantry Parachute Regiment
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The 3rd Marine Infantry Parachute Regiment is an Airborne regiment in the French army. It is a part of the 11th Parachute Brigade
and stationed at Carcassonne
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as the 3rd Colonial Commando Parachute Battalion and sent to Indochina in October the same year. It was be twice cited in the order of the army before being dissolved in 30 September 1950 after having sacrificed itself at That Khe.
Reformed on 27 December 1951 and renamed the 3rd Colonial Parachute Battalion on 28 May 1952 and the regiment further distinguished itself in Indochina.
It is once again dissolved in 1953, providing the cadre for the 5th Vietnamese Parachute Battalion. It was reformed again on 1 June 1955 as the 3rd Colonial Parachute Regiment and Lieutenant Colonel Bigeard
took command on 1 November 1955.
It took part in all the major operations in Algeria as a part of the 10th Parachute Division, including in combat around Bizerte
. It was renamed the 3rd Marine Infantry Parachute Regiment on 1 December 1958, it returned to Metropolitan France
and settled in Carcassone on 22 July 1962. The regiment became entirely professional in 1976. In 1978 the regiment took part in the intervention in south Lebanon in 1978.
The 3rd Marine Infantry Parachute Regiment is an Airborne regiment in the French army. It is a part of the 11th Parachute Brigade
11th Parachute Brigade
The 11th Parachute Brigade is an airborne unit. It contains most of the parachute units in the French army.The brigade numbers around 8,500 personnel and includes eight regiments. It is under command of a général de brigade...
and stationed at Carcassonne
Carcassonne
Carcassonne is a fortified French town in the Aude department, of which it is the prefecture, in the former province of Languedoc.It is divided into the fortified Cité de Carcassonne and the more expansive lower city, the ville basse. Carcassone was founded by the Visigoths in the fifth century,...
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History
Created 1 January 1948 in Saint-BrieucSaint-Brieuc
Saint-Brieuc is a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department in Brittany in northwestern France.-History:Saint-Brieuc is named after a Welsh monk Brioc, who evangelized the region in the 6th century and established an oratory there...
as the 3rd Colonial Commando Parachute Battalion and sent to Indochina in October the same year. It was be twice cited in the order of the army before being dissolved in 30 September 1950 after having sacrificed itself at That Khe.
Reformed on 27 December 1951 and renamed the 3rd Colonial Parachute Battalion on 28 May 1952 and the regiment further distinguished itself in Indochina.
It is once again dissolved in 1953, providing the cadre for the 5th Vietnamese Parachute Battalion. It was reformed again on 1 June 1955 as the 3rd Colonial Parachute Regiment and Lieutenant Colonel Bigeard
Marcel Bigeard
Marcel "Bruno" Bigeard was a French military officer who fought in World War II, Indochina and Algeria. He was one of the commanders in the Battle of Dien Bien Phu and is thought by many to have been a dominating influence on French 'unconventional' warfare thinking from that time onwards...
took command on 1 November 1955.
It took part in all the major operations in Algeria as a part of the 10th Parachute Division, including in combat around Bizerte
Bizerte
Bizerte or Benzert , is the capital city of Bizerte Governorate in Tunisia and the northernmost city in Africa. It has a population of 230,879 .-History:...
. It was renamed the 3rd Marine Infantry Parachute Regiment on 1 December 1958, it returned to Metropolitan France
Metropolitan France
Metropolitan France is the part of France located in Europe. It can also be described as mainland France or as the French mainland and the island of Corsica...
and settled in Carcassone on 22 July 1962. The regiment became entirely professional in 1976. In 1978 the regiment took part in the intervention in south Lebanon in 1978.
Recent overseas operations
- 1990/91: Saudi Arabia
- 1991: Iraq-Turkey
- 1990/91/92/95/96: Tchad
- 1990: Gabon
- 1991: Togo
- 1991/93: Zaire
- 1990/93/94: Rwanda
- 1995/1996: Bosnia
- 1997/98/99/2000: Congo
- 1999: Kosovo
- 2000: Kosovo
Lineage
- 1948: 3rd Colonial Commando Parachute Battalion (Created)
- 1950: Dissolved
- 1951: 3rd Colonial Commando Parachute Battalion (Recreated)
- 1952: 3rd Colonial Parachute Battalion (Renamed)
- 1953: Dissolved
- 1955: 3rd Colonial Parachute Regiment (Recreated and renamed)
- 1958: 3rd Marine Infantry Parachute Regiment (Renamed)
Commanding officers
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Battle Honours
- Indochine 1948-1950 1952-1953First Indochina WarThe First Indochina War was fought in French Indochina from December 19, 1946, until August 1, 1954, between the French Union's French Far East...
- AFN 1952-1962