1st Battalion, The Parachute Regiment (1PARA)

1st Battalion, The Parachute Regiment
The 1st is based at  St Athan, Wales, and is permanently attached to the  Special Forces Support Group (SFSG).  To be selected for the 1st Battalion, Paras first have to have  served two years with the 2nd or  3rd  Battalions. Once selected, they receive further training on additional weapons, communications equipment and  specialist assault skills. All men within the Parachute Regiment can expect to serve with the SFSG on rotation. This ensures that the  advanced military skills taught to the SFSG are maintained in the other two regular battalions.

Structure & Organization


1 PARA Is Split between Alpha Company And The Pathfinder Platoon :


 * Alpha Company


 * Pathfinders

The Simple chain of command would be as follows.

Company Command

Platoon Command

Platoon Sergeant

Section Commanders

Privates

Our Role in the Task Force (What we do)


Under Construction

Roles in 1PARA
 There are many roles in and many attatched to 1 Para.

Here is a list of roles in 1 Para attached units have an [A] on the end of them.


 * Company Commander (Cpt.)Baf.jpg


 * Company Sergeant Major (WO2)


 * Company Radio Operator [A] (Usually a LCpl.)
 * Company Medic [A] (Usually a LCpl.)
 * Company Runner/BodyGuard


 * Platoon Commander (Lt.)
 * Platoon Sergeant (Sgt.)
 * Platoon Radio Operator [A] (LCpl.)
 * Platoon Medic [A] (LCpl.)


 * Section Commander (Cpl.)
 * Section 2ic (LCpl.)
 * Grenadier
 * GPMG Gunner (.50 Cal/GMG Specialist)
 * Rifleman
 * Rifleman / AT (Anti Tank Specialist)
 * Marksman

Deployments & Campaigns (History of 1 Para)
The 1st Battalion can trace its origins to 1940, when the No. 2 Commando were trained as parachutists. In 1941, the battalion was assigned to the 1st Parachute Brigade part of the 1st Airborne Division.

The battalion took part in operation in Tunisia and Italy before dropping into the Netherlands in September 1944, as part of Operation Market Garden.

After the war the battalion was reconstituted in 1946, and affiliated to the Brigade of Guards and served with the 6th Airborne Division in Palestine. It was disbanded in 1948, only to be reformed by the renumbering of the 4th/6th Battalion. The battalion was part of Operation Musketeer in 1956.

In the 1970s, the battalion first deployed to Northern Ireland in Operation Banner. The Battalion was central to the events of Bloody Sunday, 30 January 1972, when they opened fire on unarmed civil rights demonstrators leaving 14 civilians dead and 13 wounded. The second official inquiry of the killings found 1st Paras actions unjustified and unjustifiable.

<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:19.1875px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;">The battalion was involved in the NATO operations in Kosovo in 1999, Operation Agricola. They were also selected to provide support for the Special Air Service in Sierra Leone during Operation Palliser in 2000. In 2003, they were deployed to the Persian Gulf for Operation Telic in Iraq. In 2006, it was announced that the 1st Battalion, Parachute Regiment would in future be based at RAF St Athan, in Wales and assigned to the Special Forces Support Group, which is part of the United Kingdom Special Forces.

1 Para in real life...
<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.1875px;">The First  Battalion, The Parachute Regiment <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.1875px;">(1 PARA) is a  battalion<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.1875px;"> sized formation of the  British Army<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.1875px;">'s  Parachute Regiment<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.1875px;"> and subordinate unit within  16th Air Assault Brigade<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.1875px;">, but is permanently attached to the  Special Forces Support Group<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.1875px;">.

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.1875px;">An <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.1875px;">  airborne<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.1875px;">  light infantry<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.1875px;">  <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.1875px;">unit, the battalion has since 2006 been the main contributor of manpower to the <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.1875px;">  Special Forces Support Group<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.1875px;">  <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.1875px;">and is capable of a wide range of operations. Based at <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.1875px;">  RAF St Athan<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.1875px;">, their barracks in  South Wales<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.1875px;">, personnel regularly deploy outside of the United Kingdom on operations and training.

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.1875px;">All personnel will have completed the Pre Parachute Selection (P Company) course at the Infantry Training Centre Catterick Garrison, North Yorkshire (previously it was at Aldershot, Hampshire) entitling them to wear the Maroon beret.