1st Foreign Parachute Battalion

1st Foreign Parachute Battalion
1st Foreign Parachute Battalion
1er Bataillon Etranger de Parachutistes
	Battalion Insignia
Active	July 1, 1948 – November 17, 1950; March 1, 1951 – 1954 ; May 19, 1954 - September 1, 1955
Country	France
Branch	French Army
Type	Paratrooper
Role	Airborne force; Close-quarters combat; Counter-insurgency; Desert warfare; Jungle warfare; Raiding; Reconnaissance
Size	Battalion
Part of	Legion REP; 1er BEP I Formation, 1948; 1er BEP II Formation, 1951; 1er BEP III Formation, 1954; 1er REP, 1955;
Garrison/HQ	Khamisis
Colors	Green and Red
Anniversaries	Camerone Day
Engagements	First Indochina War Operation Castor; Battle of Dien Bien Phu;
Commanders
Notable; commanders	Pierre Segretain Pierre Jeanpierre
Abbreviation	1er B.E.P

The 1st Foreign Parachute Battalion (French: 1^er Bataillon Etranger de Parachutistes (1^er BEP)) was a parachute battalion of the Foreign Legion formed from the Parachute Company of the 3rd Foreign Infantry Regiment.

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