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provide close engineering support for 3rd
Commando Brigade all over Helmand Province. Since then 299 Parachute Squadron soldiers have deployed on Operation Herrick in Helmand Province, Afghanistan in 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009, serving as part of 16 Air Assault Brigade, 3 Commando Brigade and 19th Light Brigade.
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January 2003, 299 Troop was mobilised, along with the rest of 131 Independent Commando Squadron, for service on Operation TELIC, the forthcoming Invasion of Iraq. In the hours of darkness before 'H Hour', 299 Troop were busy clearing mines and other obstacles from 'Red Beach' in advance of a beach
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and the only reserve parachute unit of the corps. Formed in 1947 as an airborne field squadron, 299 Para Sqn would see many reorganisations and new roles, until 2006 when it took on the parachute role it maintains today. As of 2021, it is the only reserve parachute-trained squadron of the Royal
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Parachute Selection (P Company). For reservists, this consists of six training weekends, followed by a 10-day selection course at Catterick.
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309:(TAVR), with many of the old regiments being reduced to squadrons and squadrons in turn becoming troops. Because of the changes, 131st Parachute Engineer Regiment was reduced to
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British battalion-sized unit parachuted into combat was in 1956 during the Suez Crisis, but it is still considered a valid method of deployment.
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the next year, the 16th
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Following the reorganisation of the Royal
Engineers after the end of the
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716:"Royal Engineers - 72 Engineer Regiment (V) - 299 Parachute Squadron RE"
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Military units and formations of the War in
Afghanistan (2001–2021)
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The Corps of Royal Engineers: Organization and Units 1889 – 2018
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was formed by consolidated the former engineer companies of the
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which was renamed as 23 Parachute Engineer Regiment in 2015.
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619:"Royal Engineers - 72 Engineer Regiment (V) - Organisation"
645:"Royal Engineers - 72 Engineer Regiment (V) - Sub Units"
264:. In 1956, as a result of cuts to the Army and end of
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368:72nd (Tyne Electrical Engineers) Engineer Regiment
366:in 2009. The Squadron became part of the reformed
348:assault by the United States Marine Corps (USMC).
1130:Military units and formations established in 1947
811:Watson, Graham E.; Rinaldi, Richard A. (2018).
220:(299 Para Sqn) is a specialist field engineer
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438:to qualify the parachutist as Combat Ready.
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913:7th Parachute Regiment Royal Horse Artillery
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396:No. 1 Parachute Troop, in Kingston upon Hull
288:Squadron Headquarters, in Kingston upon Hull
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307:Territorial and Army Volunteer Reserve
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399:No. 2 Parachute Troop, in Wakefield
393:Squadron Headquarters, in Wakefield
1109:16 Air Assault Brigade Combat Team
786:"Parachute Battalion (Deployment)"
583:. Airborne Sappers. Archived from
379:23 Engineer Regiment (Air Assault)
311:131 Independent Parachute Squadron
291:No. 1 Troop, in Kingston upon Hill
14:
1075:13 (Air Assault) Support Regiment
718:. 14 October 2008. Archived from
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570:Watson & Rinaldi, pp. 321–322
1135:Squadrons of the Royal Engineers
1093:16 Military Intelligence Company
687:from the original on 6 July 2020
246:131st Airborne Engineer Regiment
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931:216 (Parachute) Signal Squadron
297:No. 3 Field Troop, in Doncaster
294:No. 2 Field Troop, in Liverpool
278:299 Parachute Engineer Squadron
30:299 Parachute Engineer Squadron
1057:A (1st City of London) Battery
949:23 Parachute Engineer Regiment
280:became independent, now under
126:23 Parachute Engineer Regiment
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1049:Honourable Artillery Company
1021:No. II Squadron RAF Regiment
705:Watson & Rinaldi, p. 335
605:Watson & Rinaldi, p. 314
546:Watson & Rinaldi, p. 303
532:Watson & Rinaldi, p. 297
301:In 1967, as a result of the
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505:"299 Parachute Squadron RE"
254:299 Airborne Field Squadron
32:299 Airborne Field Squadron
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507:. Paradata. Archived from
328:In 1977, as result of the
967:7 (Close Support) Company
353:299 Parachute Squadron RE
201:of 23rd Engineer Regiment
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977:Royal Army Medical Corps
330:1975 Defence White Paper
319:4th (Northern) Battalion
303:1966 Defence White Paper
262:East Riding of Yorkshire
229:Corps of Royal Engineers
45:16th Air Assault Brigade
43:Brigade insignia of the
860:British Airborne Forces
424:Basic Parachute Course
323:The Parachute Regiment
250:16th Airborne Division
186:of the Royal Engineers
171:of the Royal Engineers
24:299 Parachute Squadron
1031:Royal Military Police
256:, which was based in
1067:Royal Logistic Corps
1003:Brigade Patrol Troop
764:"Parachute training"
334:3rd Commando Brigade
1039:156 Provost Company
985:16 Medical Regiment
315:299 Parachute Troop
26:299 Parachute Troop
1085:Intelligence Corps
895:Pathfinder Platoon
867:Parachute Regiment
722:on 14 October 2008
678:What do they know?
651:on 13 October 2008
625:on 13 October 2008
511:on 1 December 2017
410:Parachute training
342:299 Commando Troop
258:Kingston upon Hull
28:299 Commando Troop
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726:10 December
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515:26 November
232:Engineers.
144:Engagements
134:Squadron HQ
1124:Categories
805:References
788:. Hansard
766:. Hansard
744:. Hansard
474:Citations
445:Footnotes
364:Gateshead
169:Cap badge
138:Wakefield
682:Archived
222:squadron
199:DZ Flash
163:Insignia
111:Squadron
792:4 March
770:4 March
748:4 March
691:7 March
336:of the
274:Chelsea
260:in the
236:History
224:of the
61:Country
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