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The Paracommando Brigade (Dutch/French: Brigade Paracommando) was an elite fighting force in the Belgian Land Component
Belgian Army

The Land Component , formerly the Belgian Army, is the Army service of the Military of Belgium. The current chief of staff of the Land Component is Major-General Eddy Testelmans....
, consisting of three Paracommando battalions plus several support units (one artillery
Artillery

Artillery is a military Combat Arms which employs any apparatus, machine, an assortment of tools or instruments, a system or systems used as weapons for the discharge of large projectiles in combat as a major contribution of fire power within the overall military capability of an armed force....
 battery, one anti-aircraft artillery
Anti-aircraft warfare

Anti-aircraft warfare, or air defense, is any method of engaging hostile military aircraft in defense of ground Tactical objective, ground or naval forces or denial of passage through a specific Territorial waters region, Area or anti-aircraft combat zone....
 battery, one logistics
Logistics

Logistics is the management of the flow of goods, information and other resources, including energy and people, between the point of origin and the point of consumption in order to meet the requirements of consumers ....
 company, one engineer
Military engineer

A military engineer is primarily responsible for the design and construction of offensive, defensive, and logistical structures for warfare. Other duties include the layout, placement, maintenance and dismantling of defensive land mine and the clearing of enemy minefields and the construction and destruction of bridges....
 company, one medical company and an intelligence
Military intelligence

Military intelligence , is a military service that uses List of intelligence gathering disciplines which informs the commanders' decision making process by providing intelligence analysis of Intelligence from a wide range of sources including forecast environmental changes , and opposing force intentions....
 unit).

The brigade
Brigade

A brigade is a military unit that is typically composed of two to five regiments or battalions, depending on the era and nationality of a given army....
 was disbanded in 2003 and replaced with the new Immediate Reaction Cell (IRC) which now groups all airborne personnel into three airborne infantry battalions, but does away with the independent support units typical of a brigade structure.






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The Paracommando Brigade (Dutch/French: Brigade Paracommando) was an elite fighting force in the Belgian Land Component
Belgian Army

The Land Component , formerly the Belgian Army, is the Army service of the Military of Belgium. The current chief of staff of the Land Component is Major-General Eddy Testelmans....
, consisting of three Paracommando battalions plus several support units (one artillery
Artillery

Artillery is a military Combat Arms which employs any apparatus, machine, an assortment of tools or instruments, a system or systems used as weapons for the discharge of large projectiles in combat as a major contribution of fire power within the overall military capability of an armed force....
 battery, one anti-aircraft artillery
Anti-aircraft warfare

Anti-aircraft warfare, or air defense, is any method of engaging hostile military aircraft in defense of ground Tactical objective, ground or naval forces or denial of passage through a specific Territorial waters region, Area or anti-aircraft combat zone....
 battery, one logistics
Logistics

Logistics is the management of the flow of goods, information and other resources, including energy and people, between the point of origin and the point of consumption in order to meet the requirements of consumers ....
 company, one engineer
Military engineer

A military engineer is primarily responsible for the design and construction of offensive, defensive, and logistical structures for warfare. Other duties include the layout, placement, maintenance and dismantling of defensive land mine and the clearing of enemy minefields and the construction and destruction of bridges....
 company, one medical company and an intelligence
Military intelligence

Military intelligence , is a military service that uses List of intelligence gathering disciplines which informs the commanders' decision making process by providing intelligence analysis of Intelligence from a wide range of sources including forecast environmental changes , and opposing force intentions....
 unit).

The brigade
Brigade

A brigade is a military unit that is typically composed of two to five regiments or battalions, depending on the era and nationality of a given army....
 was disbanded in 2003 and replaced with the new Immediate Reaction Cell (IRC) which now groups all airborne personnel into three airborne infantry battalions, but does away with the independent support units typical of a brigade structure. Support units have been re-attached to regular battalions, but have retained some airborne capacity. The IRC has its headquarters in Heverlee
Heverlee

Heverlee is a town in Belgium. It is a borough of the city of Leuven. Heverlee is bordered by Herent, Bertem, Oud Heverlee and several other municipalities that are part of Leuven ....
. The three remaining airborne infantry battalions are located as follows:

  • 1 Paratroop Battalion in Diest
    Diest

    Diest is a city and municipality located in the Belgium province of Flemish Brabant.Situated in the northeast of Hageland province, Diest is bordered in the north by province of Antwerp and in the east by Limburg ....


  • 2 Commando Battalion in Flawinne
    Namur (city)

    Namur is a city and Municipalities in Belgium in Wallonia, in southern Belgium. It is both the capital of the Provinces of Belgium of Namur and of the Walloon Region ....


  • 3 Paratroop Battalion in Tielen
    Tielen

    For Tielen in Germany, see Tielen, Germany...


Although these battalions refer to either paratroopers or commandos, all troops have received the same training and perform the same duties. Individual battalion traditions cause units to have different designators, beret
Beret

A beret is a soft round cap, usually of wool felt, with a flat crown, which is worn by both men and women and traditionally associated with France....
 colours and insignia. The Commandos wear green berets, the Para-Commandos wear crimson berets, inspired by the ancient Greek Spartans, which symbolises their dedication, loyalty, physical and mental fitness and will to fight.

de:Para-Commando-Brigade fr:Régiment Para-Commando