* Bloody Sunday ( 1972 ), shooting of unarmed civilian protesters by the British Army ( Parachute Regiment ) in Derry, Northern Ireland

The Maroon beret is a symbol of the South African Special Forces Brigade and the South African 44 Parachute Regiment.

The Second World War saw the British army develop its Special Air Service, Commando units and the Parachute Regiment.

Soldiers from the Parachute Regiment ( United Kingdom ) | Parachute Regiment guard Argentina | Argentine prisoners of war during the Falklands War.

The incident occurred during a Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association march ; the soldiers involved were members of the First Battalion of the Parachute Regiment ( 1 Para ).

Major General Robert Ford, then Commander of Land Forces in Northern Ireland, ordered that 1st Battalion, The Parachute Regiment ( 1 PARA ) should travel to Derry to be used to arrest possible rioters during the march.

At Brigade gave the British Parachute Regiment permission to go in to the Bogside.

Incidents included the killing of three members of a pop band, the Miami Showband, by a gang including members of the UVF who were also members of the local army regiment, the UDR, and in uniform at the time, and the killing by the Provisionals of eighteen members of the Parachute Regiment in the Warrenpoint Ambush-seen by some as revenge for Bloody Sunday.

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Eisenhower with U. S. paratroopers of the 502d Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division on June 5, 1944

* 2006 – Terry Peck, Falkland Islander who acted as a scout for 3rd Battalion, The Parachute Regiment in the Falklands War ( b. 1938 )

On the day Mountbatten was assassinated the IRA ambushed and killed eighteen British Army soldiers, sixteen of them from the Parachute Regiment at Warrenpoint, County Down, in what became known as the Warrenpoint ambush.

Constantly on call throughout the country, heavily engaged in fighting against the National Liberation Front and the Armée de Libération Nationale ( ALN ), the Foreign Legion was brought to the brink of extinction after some officers, men and the highly-decorated 1st Foreign Parachute Regiment took part in the Generals ' putsch.

** 2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment ( 2 < sup > e </ sup > REP ), based in Calvi, Corsica

The 1st Foreign Parachute Regiment ( 1 < sup > e </ sup > Régiment Étranger Parachutiste, 1 < sup > e </ sup > REP ) was established in 1955 during the Algerian War and disbanded in April 1961 as the entire regiment rose against the French government of Charles de Gaulle ( Algiers Putsch ), in protest against moves to negotiate an end to the Algerian War and providing Algeria's independence from France.

It is organised into two tank battalions ( T-55, T-54 and T-34 / 85, tanks, including possibly a light armoured battalion of PT-76's and Type 62 light tanks ), four infantry battalions, one Special Forces battalion, one airborne battalion ( possibly the 33rd Parachute Infantry Regiment, Djikoroni, in Bamako ), two artillery battalions, one engineer battalion ( 34th ), 2 AD artillery batteries, and one SAM battery.

Today's Parachute Regiment carries on the maroon beret tradition.

* 1943 – World War II: The 503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment lands and occupies Nazdab, near Lae in the Salamaua-Lae campaign.

He learns that the fourth son, Private First Class James Francis Ryan of Baker Company, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division is missing in action somewhere in Normandy.

* Free French Special Air Service ( SAS ), the predecessor unit of the French 1st Marine Infantry Parachute Regiment ( 1er RPIMa )

* September 5 – WWII: The 503rd Parachute Regiment under American General Douglas MacArthur lands and occupies Nadzab, just east of the port city of Lae in northeastern Papua New Guinea.

* Fort Polk, a " T-72 " VISMOD is on display on Mississippi Avenue near the headquarters of 1st Battalion, 509th Parachute Infantry Regiment.

* The Parachute Regiment CIC has an additional two week Pre-Parachute Selection ( PPS ) course

In the present day, Charlottesville's Albemarle County is home to, or has been the home of movie stars Rob Lowe, Sissy Spacek, and Sam Shepherd, novelist John Grisham, the poet Rita Dove, the rock band Dave Matthews Band, and the pop band Parachute.

Since the release of Friendly Fire, Lennon has toured extensively around the world and while in France, he remixed his song " Parachute " in collaboration with French artist-M -.

The " parachute " on the Parachute Adams makes the fly land as softly as a natural on the water and has the added benefit of making the fly very visible from the surface.

In addition to the Brigades in various Army Divisions, the Indian Army also has 5 Independent Armoured Brigades, 15 Independent Artillery Brigades, 7 Independent Infantry Brigades, 1 Independent Parachute Brigade, 3 Independent Air Defence Brigades, 2 Independent Air Defence Groups and 4 Independent Engineer Brigades.

Prior to 1995 the first jump in the Basic Parachute Course was undertaken from a modified Barrage balloon, but has since been replaced with the Skyvan.

The resulting Battle of Arnhem has since become a byword for the fighting spirit of the British and set a standard for the Parachute Regiment.

The Parachute Regiment has been awarded the following honours.

He is also an Instructor of Parachute Training, and has completed 377 parachute jumps.

In addition, he has performed more than 300 parachute jumps as an Instructor of General Parachute Training.

The team has one Light Wheeled Mechanic, two Combat Medics, three Infantrymen, and one Parachute Rigger most of whom have combat experience.

* 1981: An Indian Army expedition by the Parachute Regiment attempts both main and East peaks simultaneously but has the highest ever number of casualties on the mountain.

The Canadian Forces SkyHawks Parachute Demonstration Team has also had support from The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada, with several members joining the elite demonstration team.

The C8 carbine is chambered to fire the standard 5. 56 × 45mm NATO C77 cartridge, The C8 is used by the Pathfinder platoon of the Parachute Regiment and United Kingdom special forces, it has also been reported to have been used by the special forces support group ( SFSG ).

The Singapore Armed Forces Parachute Team has appeared in the parade since 1989.

The 21st century has also seen an increase in the number of independent children's music artists, with acts like The Dirty Sock Funtime Band, Dan Zanes, Parachute Express, Cathy Bollinger, and Laurie Berkner getting wide exposure on cable TV channels targeted to kids.

In 2013 Parachute also restructured the festival to run as a ' three day ' event, rather than a four day event which it has done in the past.

Although Parachute Festival has been around since 1991 the first international headliner performed in 1995

The special forces, which form part of the Parachute Regiment, have a distinct insignia called Balidaan, which has a commando dagger point downwards, with upward-extending wings extending from the blade and a scroll superimposed on the blade with “ Balidaan ” inscribed in Devanagiri ; the whole in silver metal on a upright red plastic rectangle.

The Parachute Regiment has been active in the field of mountaineering for very long.

The USSOCOM Parachute Team has appeared at numerous military and civilian airshows, sporting events at all levels ( professional, college, high ) and various patriotic, civic and school celebrations throughout the United States.

The regimental system in the Indian Army has changed with the conversion or raising of new mixed class regiments such as the Parachute Regiment, Brigade of Guards, Mahar Regiment, Mechanised Infantry Regiment.

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