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Pathfinder detachment that would be capable of infiltrating a Drop Zone before the main force arrived so as to be able to direct the drop from the ground, instead of relying on dead-reckoning navigation by Air Force aircrew. A Pathfinding unit, nicknamed the Philistines, was duly established, manned by a combination of ex-Rhodesian soldiers and local volunteers. 18 Light Regiment, an artillery unit equipped with 120 mm heavy mortars, was transferred to the brigade, and in 1980 a Light Artillery Battery executed a drop together with 2 Parachute Battalion on the Zimbabwean border in the then Northern Transvaal as part of an exercise called 'Crossbow'. This further illustrated the need to develop an all-arms approach to the airborne doctrine, training and organization.

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HQ, however, was temporarily de-activated, and the post of SSO Parachute Operations was established under Director Operations at Army HQ. Colonel Breytenbach occupied this post, and was also responsible for the continued administration of the brigade. On 24 September 1980 the Brigade HQ was re-activated with Breytenbach as un-appointed Officer Commanding and moved to the farm Haakdoringfontein at Murrayhill near Wallmansthal, some 35 kilometers north of Pretoria. This farm once belonged to Commandant General Piet Joubert of the old Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek, and the original stone farmhouse and outbuildings have been incorporated into the Brigade Headquarters.

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commanding officer of 44 Parachute Brigade. Bestbier had previously commanded a mechanised infantry battalion, although he had served with 1 Parachute Battalion for 10 years prior to that. Colonel Bestbier disbanded the Philistines and those foreign soldiers in the unit completed their contracts and left the SADF.

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took command of the brigade on 1 April 1989. He had already been Acting Brigade Commander in his previous post as SO1 for several months prior to this performing detached duties with the Joint Military Monitoring Commission on the Angolan / SWA Border. He had also served with 1 Parachute Battalion,

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In 1980 the brigade moved its headquarters and constituent units to Pretoria for administrative and accommodation reasons. Colonel Breytenbach believed that the brigade should be housed closer to its air transport facilities that were centered at the Waterkloof Air Force Base in Pretoria. The brigade

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18 Light Regiment was structured slightly different from the other conventional medium artillery regiments. The regiment consisted of a small RHQ element and 3 batteries, namely 181, 182 and 183 Battery. Each battery consisted of two troops, each with four 120 mm mortars. Each mortar detachment

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In 1976, 1 Parachute Battalion possessed a limited pathfinder capability in a small group of permanent force members who were Drop Zone Safety Officers and Freefall qualified. With fixed posts within the battalion, these members only grouped as and when the situation required and then mainly for the

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The brigade's operational focus again shifted back to rural COINOPS in 1986 and members of the brigade were deployed along the borders of Zimbabwe and Botswana in an Operation known as Operation Pebble. Battalions who were called up during this period were called up for 60 days at a time for border

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In September 1989 14 Parachute Battalion group carried out a second amphibious exercise, dubbed Exercise Vlakwater, in the Saldanha Bay area. This exercise also saw a full troop with two gun sections of 14.5 mm AA Guns, One Jakkals Vehicle with a Mamba double barreled 12.7 mm AA Gun being

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In 1987 the brigade's first large-scale airborne exercise took place with 3 Parachute Battalion Group carrying out Exercise Iron Eagle I in the Batavia area of North West Transvaal, close to the Botswana border. 500 troops, several vehicles and heavy weapons with ammunition were dropped by day from

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With the unit having distinguished itself the concept of upgrading it to a conventional engineer regiment was motivated by the commanding officer together with the assistance of the Brigade HQ, who embarked up long negotiations and proposals to the Director of Engineers of the S.A. Army who finally

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With the lessons learnt from Operation Reindeer in May 1978, it became clear that a method for ensuring correct and safe dropping, grouping and extraction of paratroopers was urgently needed. In order to have the capability to covertly insert behind enemy lines, and do reconnaissance on the target,

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Shortly after assuming command of the brigade he was tasked with mobilizing 14 Parachute Battalion Group to assist warding off a final infiltration by SWAPO insurgents into northern SWA. The Battalion Group deployed with all its personnel and equipment in an air-landed operation within 14 hours of

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A pathfinder company of the brigade were deployed primarily doing ground reconnaissance and composed mainly of foreign soldiers, serving a one-year contract, who had seen service in the Rhodesian Army airborne units which had since been disbanded when the government of the new state of Zimbabwe had

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During the early eighties 1 Parachute Battalion had grown in size to the extent that it had eight full-time rifle companies on strength. A permanent Paratrooper Base had been established alongside the Ondangwa Airfield in Owambo, Northern South West Africa, and a company was always on strength and

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An orderly extraction of the remaining half of the paratroopers went awry with the appearance and counterattack by a Cuban armored column. With the planned landing zones under fire, the paratroopers were forced to execute a 'hot extraction' by helicopter troopships. The initiative and perseverance

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The brigade mobilised companies from 2 and 3 Parachute Battalions. These were supplemented by mortar, anti-tank elements as well as a rifle platoon from 1 Parachute Battalion. The composite force of a battalion minus, Commanded by Col Breytenbach carried out the first-light parachute assault on a

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During this period the brigade went through a real period of expansion with additional staff officers being transferred into the brigade Headquarters. With the headquarters established and staffed domestic administration of the brigade was possible. This period also saw the following developments

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who had completed their initial national service in 1 Parachute Battalion. Shortly after formation, it was realised that these two battalions, being infantry units only, were not capable of providing an effective and balanced force for conventional operations. An all-arms formation with an airborne

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and the activation of 44 Parachute Brigade, the unit was placed under the command of 44 Parachute Brigade, from 16 January 1984. The unit is the only technical services unit of 44 Parachute Brigade. It is also the only Parachute technical services unit in the SADF. Since its inception the unit has

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The need for a light artillery regiment that could support paratroopers during air assault operations was identified in the early 1970s; however, the regiment was officially established only in January 1977. Located with its headquarters in Randburg, Transvaal it was then still part of 1 SA Corps.

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During 1984 to 1986 when Citizen Force units of 44 Parachute Brigade were called up and became increasingly embroiled in the internal unrest situation in South Africa, 1 Parachute Battalion remained virtually the only parachute unit to carry on with operations in South West Africa and Angola. The

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During 1988 the Chief of the SA Army tasked 44 Parachute Brigade to maintain a full-time parachute group ready for immediate deployment. This was as a result of the changing and uncertain operational situation in Angola at the time. In order to achieve this, several National Servicemen Companies

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He commenced with the construction of offices and the unit began organizing itself. On the first call out of this unit for training the unit comprised three 2nd lieutenants and thirty other ranks. The most senior non-commissioned officer at the time was a corporal. The unit underwent its first

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An analysis of the operation revealed certain deficiencies and shortcomings, namely the need to deploy a pathfinder unit to ensure that drop zones were marked and measured accurately, that the aerial photography was properly analyzed and that the principle of "Unity of Command" be adhered to. The

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The depleted Group prepared for and took part in an Exercise known as Sweepslag II/88 together with other conventional forces at the Army Battle School near Lohatlha in the Northern Cape. The Paratroopers travelled 500 kilometres by road from Pretoria only to discover that they would immediately

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Exercise Strandloper which was a large exercise was planned and executed between July and September 1988, 14 Parachute Battalion Group began preparing for this immediately. This exercise was amphibious and was held at Walvis Bay, SWA, and it heralded the start of a new era for the brigade at the

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A process was begun to formulate staffing, equipment tables and to establish guidelines for the formation of an extended pathfinder capability within the unit. The blueprint used was a combination of the procedures used by the British SAS, U.S. Pathfinders and the Reconnaissance Regiments of the

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In April 1978 the Minister of Defence, Mr P.W. Botha, authorised the forming of 44 Signal Squadron. During the time of 24 September 1980 until October 1986, it supported the brigade in all aspects of signals; e.g., the supply of communication and the manning of a Communication Centrum (Comcen).

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In 1986 the unit served and distinguished itself as a part of 54 Battalion, in Sector 10 as well as in Angola taking part in Operation Jabber. It operated independently during the 3-month stint as a mine hunting unit as well as lifting caches, sometimes going on long range mine hunting missions

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In 1966, members of 1 Parachute Battalion participated in the first action in the war in South West Africa during a heliborne assault on an insurgent base. Thereafter, Parabats were involved in operations in SWA/Namibia, Angola, Zambia, Mozambique and Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) and elsewhere on an

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On 19 January 1976, the unit was transferred without any personnel to Pretoria as a second-line workshop under the command of 1 SA Corps. The unit was originally established as a Technical Citizen force Unit in the SWA command. The unit first began to play an active role when it was under the

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In order to fulfill the airborne objective, the personnel were required to qualify as paratroopers. The existing officers and men of the unit who were not yet qualified took this as a challenge, and in March 1982 the leader element was sent to 1 Parachute Regiment in Bloemfontein for parachute

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For paratroopers the 1980s were characterised by continual operational involvement in Angola. Citizen Force Companies from 2 and 3 Parachute Battalion were initially also involved, often in heavy fighting as at Evale in Angola in 1981. A helicopter operation involving a 2 Parachute Battalion

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The brigade was at one stage on stand-by with both 14 Parachute Battalion Group and 2 Parachute Battalion in case events leading up to the SWA/Namibian independence turned sour. In April 1989, 14 Parachute Battalion Group was deployed to the Northwestern parts of Namibia where they carried out

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In 1985 the brigade also produced a manual on airborne operations, in which the concept of a Parachute Battalion Group as the basic, balanced airborne assault force is set out, together with its doctrinal employment. Organizations within the brigade were accordingly amended to conform to this

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The role of this regiment became more prominent with the changing South African situation with it forming an integral part of Airborne Forces and it positioned to provide parachute engineering support in many scenarios from counter-insurgency to international specialist military assistance if

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During this period the brigade conducted extensive tests on developing a heavy drop capability. The tests originated at 1 Parachute Battalion in 1982 with stripped-down Land-Rovers dubbed 'Fireflies', progressing to successfully dropping light armored reconnaissance vehicles carrying potent

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After moving to Murrayhill in 1980, 44 Parachute Brigade experienced relatively little organizational development even though the individual units within the brigade remained operationally active. After the battle of Cassinga in 1978, Colonel Breytenbach motivated an urgent requirement for a

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In 1981, one of the key objectives of the newly appointed Chief of the South African Army, Lieutenant General J.J. Geldenhuys, SSA, SD, SM, was the formalising of 44 Parachute Brigade. Following this, on 1 January 1982, Colonel F. J. Bestbier took up the post of the first formally appointed

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training at the hands of instructions from Special Forces in demolitions, mine warfare and infantry training. The emphasis of this training being to transform the engineers from a support role to that of an attack role adding the versatility providing own defense during operations.

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In May 1991, 3 Parachute Battalion mobilised with a Battalion HQ and two companies within 72 hours to deploy for 30 days in Soweto on urban COINOPS. During this time several operational parachute drops were executed in the urban areas, as part of cordon and search operations.

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1 Parachute Battalion also continued to reinforce mechanised and motorised battle groups during operations into Angola with the support of its paratroopers, often using heliborne tactics. In 1982 the unit experienced a major setback when a Puma Helicopter was shot down during

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1 SA Corps was de-activated on 30 January 1977 and all Citizen Force Units were re-allocated. The unit has been under the command of Northern Transvaal Command since 1 February 1977 in its previous format which includes to the present day Far North and Eastern Transvaal.

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heli-borne operations from a base at Ehomba as part of Operation Merlyn, in what became known as the Nine Day War. Appropriately, the South African paratroopers, the first to see action in the Namibian war in the 1960s, were also involved in the final military operations.

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Unrest in Townships in the Western Cape, Eastern Cape, Witwatersrand and Pretoria saw Infantry Companies of 44 Parachute Brigade, and later complete battalions being used to assist with the maintenance of law and order. These operations were dubbed Poncho and Zenon.

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14 Parachute Battalion Group become a permanent unit of 44 Parachute Brigade with effect from 1 January 1989, amalgamating all parachute qualified National Servicemen elements of the Army for operational deployment in their second year of full-time National Service.

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On 2 October 1986 the signal unit was formed with Commandant Mauritz Lombard as commander and his task was to supply the brigade with communication and to establish a full-strength signal unit. His second in command was Maj P. Drotsky and the RSM P. Snyders.

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in South Africa. It has emerged that the village was used as a defended refugee camp at the time and that during the assault 159 men, of whom 12 were soldiers, 167 women (number of those designated 'soldiers' not specified), and 298 teenagers and children.

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SADF. The objective was to train the Pathfinder to be on par with the Recces in their training schedule regarding land warfare, but specializing in pathfinder and airborne operations. The first group of pathfinders started training in September 1978.

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Other paratrooper companies were also from time to time deployed further south, in the farmlands, tracking and destroying insurgents who had penetrated that far. The numbers of insurgents caught or killed by the paratroopers was steadily increasing.

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During 1990 it was decided to move the brigade to Bloemfontein and this move took part during 1991. Some of the brigade units were moved to Pretoria City, and the signal unit moved into the Paulhof building, in Minnaar Street, on 29 November 1991.

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Following this exercise 14 Parachute Battalion Group was deployed in the Operational Area during April 1989. On returning from SWA, 14 Parachute Battalion Group was a depleted unit with the Citizen Force elements within it having been demobilised.

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In January 1991, 2 Parachute Battalion carried out the first operational jump in an urban COINOPS role during a 60-day deployment insurgency role. They conducted a subsequent sweep through a built-up area as part of an Operation called Eardrum.

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As with the brigade and many units within it, the rationalization process of the South African Army after 1994 saw 44 Parachute Regiment being placed under the command and control of the SA Army Engineer Formation with effect from 1 April 1999.

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The unit finally upgraded to an engineer regiment on 12 January 1990 and through its structure continued to provide ongoing parachute engineering support to 44 Parachute Brigade for Airborne, air-landed, heliborne and/or amphibious operations.

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18 Light Regiment is claimed to be "The only Airborne Artillery Regiment in Africa". In contrast to most South African artillery units was one of the more "modern" artillery regiment that was created to cope with modern warfare requirements.

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SWAPO base code-name "Moscow", at Cassinga in Angola. The force was closely supported throughout by the South African Air Force, and inflicted heavy losses on enemy, with only four paratroopers being lost in the action during the operation.

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With the rationalization of the SADF commencing from the end of 1989 and both 14 Parachute Battalion Group and 4 Parachute Battalion being de-activated, the brigade again adopted a programme of training, rather than of conducting operations.

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In March 1988, Exercise Iron Eagle III was carried out by 2 Parachute Battalion Group on the training grounds at Murrayhill. It involved a night drop onto a very rough Drop Zone by 600 men and 34 tonnes of equipment, including 16 vehicles.

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1 Parachute Bn. was organised as follows: Permanent Force – Batt. H.Q., H.Q. Coy and A and B Coy's; Citizen Force: C Coy Cape Town, D Coy Durban, E Coy Pretoria and F Coy Johannesburg. Two further battalions were formed in the 1970s:

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was also deployed in January 1988 to take part in Operation Hooper which included heavy fighting against Cuban and Forças Armadas Populares de Libertação de Angola or People's Armed Forces for Liberation of Angola (FAPLA).

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The period 1984 to 1986 saw intense internal unrest within South Africa and most elements of the brigade as well as the companies of 1 Parachute Battalion were called up to do urban Counter Insurgency Operations (COINOPS).

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deployed there. At times Citizen Force Parachute Companies would relieve the 1 Parachute Battalion Company for the purposes of rotation and furlough but usually it was a company from 1 Parachute Battalion stationed there.

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Finally, 1987 and 1988 saw the climax of the war in Angola with the battles taking place at Cuito Cuanavale and the Lomba River. Here Pathfinders from 1 Parachute Battalion were heavily deployed in the action and during

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In May 1988, Exercise Hornet took place in the Batavia area close to the Botswana Border. This involved a battalion-sized parachute drop followed by a helicopter deployment which was executed by 3 Parachute Battalion.

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During 1990 however, Iron Eagle 90, a parachute assault exercise, was carried out at Murrayhill by 3 Parachute Battalion, while 1 Parachute Battalion conducted a heliborne assault exercise known as Exercise Pegasus.

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operations. Sometimes paratroopers would be dropped into contacts up to 3 times per day. During 1979 companies from 1 Parachute Battalion, as a part of Operation Bowler, achieved remarkably high success rates with

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As a result of the units efforts, record mines and caches were lifted, more than any before and earned it the commendation (Floating Trophy) of Best Reserve Force Unit for 1986 within 44 Parachute Brigade.

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The unit was inaugurated in April 1978 as part of the formation of 44 Parachute Brigade. Initially a squadron, it started out from scratch without any office facilities or an official commanding officer.

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1 Parachute Battalion again deployed their companies as normal infantry and was noted as being instrumental in originating joint operations with the police. This would serve as the model on which the '

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capability was needed, and as a result, later on the brigade was expanded with various arms including engineering, artillery, signals, anti-aircraft, anti-tank, and maintenance and workshops units.

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without traditional infantry protection. A contact was recorded between the Para Sappers and SWAPO during such a long range mission where their retaliatory mortar fire caused the enemy to flee.

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The brigade had barely commenced organizing when less than a month later, on 4 May 1978, the operational situation required the execution of South Africa's first large-scale airborne assault,

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The gunners of 18 Light Regiment on the other hand found themselves deployed as an infantry battalion to prevent unrest within the homeland of Kwa Ndebele, in an Operation dubbed Windmeul.

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44 Parachute Brigade conducted its first skeleton brigade exercise in 1990, combining it with a Naval Gunfire Support exercise in the Lake St Lucia area. It was called Exercise Leviathan.

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The 1st Para-Sappers that ever took part in a SADF airborne assault operation were during Operation Reindeer at Cassinga on 4 May 1978. Both were two Lieutenants from the regular force.

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McGill Alexander writes that companies from 1,2, and 3 Parachute Battalions operated against Zimbabwean guerrillas inside Rhodesia in September 1979-FEbruary 1980, the last years of the

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Up until December 1989, 44 Parachute Brigade consisted of many different units. Herewith a breakdown of these, their composition, exercises, operations as well as command structure.

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This period even saw a battalion of technical, maintenance, signals and other supporting elements of the brigade being deployed in Soweto as part of an Operation dubbed Xenon.

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Murrayhill would serve as the home of 44 Parachute Brigade until the commencement of scaling down of operations and in 1991 Tempe (Bloemfontein) again became its Headquarters.

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command of 1 SA Corps. Under the command of SA Corps, the unit completed several tours of duties in the operational field and also in conjunction with 2 Parachute Battalion.

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consisted of five gunners. The 120 mm mortars of the regiment gave it an ideal airborne capacity. The regiment could now be deployed as a true light artillery regiment.

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Dakota aircraft in one lift. Due to various factors, Exercise Iron Eagle II with 4 Parachute Battalion Group, due to take place later in the same year, had to be cancelled.

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It got its first leadership when in 1982, a then 2nd Lieutenant Gerhard Pretorius was appointed as first adjutant and later on as first officer commanding of the squadron.

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they assisted liaison teams working between UNITA and the mechanised SADF forces by conducting reconnaissance missions within enemy-held territory in 1987. A battery from

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from 1 Parachute Battalion were placed under the operational command of the brigade. 2 Parachute Battalion and other elements constituted the force from the brigade side.

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refinement of the old "Fireforce" technique into the night-time Lunar Operations saw curfews being enforced as a result of night time parachute drops during this period.

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Colonel D. J. Moore took command of 44 Parachute Brigade on 1 January 1985 having spent 13 years at 1 Parachute Battalion serving 4 of those years as Officer Commanding.

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In August 2019, 52 Reserve Force units had their names changed to reflect the diverse military history of South Africa. 44 Parachute Engineer Regiment became the

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In 1990 however 1 Parachute Battalion again saw further participation in numerous operational deployments to stabilise internal unrest situations in the country.

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A manoeuvre involving troops being deployed by helicopter and or parachute drops in the area immediately after an insurgent presence had been reported or sighted

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37 Field Workshop was established 1 April 1974 in Windhoek, South West Africa as a Citizen Force second-line workshop under control of the then SWA Command.

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have to participate in a night drop with heavy equipment. The Exercise also involved 'assaults' on several objectives and the occupation of a bridgehead.

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In 1998 the decision was taken to reduce the brigade to the status of a regiment, and in 2000 this came into effect when the formation was reduced to

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In August 2019, 52 Reserve Force units had their names changed to reflect the diverse military history of South Africa. 37 Field Workshop became the

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In 1960 fifteen volunteers from the SADF were sent to England, the majority to train as parachute instructors, some as parachute-packers and one

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This combined formation was dubbed '14 Parachute Battalion Group' (The 1 referring to 1 Parachute Battalion and the 4 to 44 Parachute Brigade).

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New badges were introduced 1996 for wearing on the camouflage combat dress. These are black embossed plastic on a thatch green background.

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the battalion would need to create a formal structure, command system, specialised equipment and operational procedures to support this.

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SADF Nutria Badges worn on Combat Uniform known as Browns, whilst the Metal insignia were worn on the Dress Uniform known as Step-Outs.

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31 October 1987, D company from 1 Parachute Battalion formed part of a battle Group (101 Battalion and 2 recce) in an operation called

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This event is remembered in Namibia as the Cassinga massacre, the subject of much continued controversy covered in part during the

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In May 1989 the newly promoted Commandant Drotsky took over the command of the unit and Captain Hein von Berg became his 2IC.

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accepted. The process of approval and upgrading however was long and protracted with this only realizing many years after.

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come under the command of the brigade placing the SADF's complete air supply capability under the umbrella of the brigade.

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The brigade's units initially consisted of two Citizen Force units, 2 and 3 Parachute Battalions, that were manned by

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In this way the Para-Sapper offers engineering support where required and the ability to deliver enhanced firepower.

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training. The Regiments traditional blue artillery berets were now exchanged for the paratroopers' maroon berets.

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At the end of 1980 the force was scaled down and 14 Para Battalion Group and 4 Para Battalion were disbanded.

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Together with the announcement of the proposed establishment of the brigade by the then Minister of Defence,

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of the leadership resulted in a successful extraction, minimizing of loss and the objective being achieved.

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1987 also was the year when the very last operational parachute drop was executed in Angola as a part of

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With the coming of 44 Parachute Brigade in April 1978, under the leadership of Brig. M J du Plessis as

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pilot in the dropping of paratroopers. These formed the nucleus of 1 Parachute Battalion at Tempe in

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concept, which gave the brigade the capacity to mobilise three balanced Parachute Battalion Groups.

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The drop was followed by a night march of 12 kilometers and a first light assault on an objective.

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van Heerden, Cmdt KF; Pretorius, Cmdt JGL; Schreuder (SM, MMM), Brig Gen S.S.; Farrell, Col Ray.

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In 1986, the unit embarked on its first High altitude Low Opening/High Altitude High Opening (

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May 1980 saw the launch of another major offensive by the SADF into Angola, this was known as

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In 1990 the first company of black paratroopers were also trained by 1 Parachute Battalion.

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time, one in which this new role would begin to supplement the traditional airborne role.

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trackers) resulted in the death of one paratrooper and the wounding of several others.

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Vehicles were dropped by means of both the Platform Extraction System, as well as the

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Iron Eagle 1 (1987), Iron Eagle 3 (1988), Strandloper (1988) and Vlakwater (1989).

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The squadron took active participation in the following major exercises :

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importance of forming a parachute brigade had also been clearly demonstrated.

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44 Field Engineer Squadron (20 April 1978 – 11 January 1990)

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Its name was allocated by General N. van den Berg. On 25 May 1981 Colonel

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The force at Ondangwa were used mainly for reaction tasks and internal

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headquarters at Chitado in Angola. The latter operation was known as

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done technical repair tasks under command of various Headquarters.

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44 Parachute Engineer Regiment (12 January 1990 – August 2019)

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as well as counter insurgency operations inside South Africa.

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by enemy anti-aircraft fire and 12 paratroopers perished.

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The Truth and Reconciliation Commission of South Africa.

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in 1981 by several companies from 3 Parachute Battalion.

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37 Field Workshop (Under the brigade from 1 January 1984)

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Regiments 6412:8th (Johannesburg) 6370:Military Districts 6315:Citizens Batteries 6096:Okanhanja Commando 6090:Mariental Commando 6084:Maltahohe Commando 6072:Karasburg Commando 6042:Bo-Nossob Commando 5974:Support Structures 5954:91 Field Ambulance 5834:TDF Special Forces 5809:CDF Special Forces 5690:BDF Special Forces 5384:19 Rocket Regiment 5314:9 Support Engineer 5199:Regiment Uitenhage 5184:Regiment Sasolburg 5179:Regiment Pretorius 5144:Regiment Hillcrest 5104:Regiment Algoa Bay 4548:Training Formation 4436:Engineer Formation 4184:Umzimvubu Regiment 4164:Kimberley Regiment 4062:Motorised Infantry 3849:13 Signal Squadron 3822:Parachute Infantry 3794:Infantry Formation 3596:South African Army 3121:Commanding officer 3086:South African Army 2965:Commanding officer 2934:44 Signal Squadron 2833:Commanding Officer 2764:Commanding Officer 2730:Operation Daffodil 2726:Operation Geppetto 2604:was the brigade's 2587:A.L.J. van Vuuren 2397: 2291:Operation "Jabber" 2227:Airborne Engineers 2215:South African Army 2202:South African Army 2097:20 September 2024 2094:Capt N.Q.E. Smart 2046: 2039: 1985:Officer Commanding 1978:Rhodesian Bush War 1959:Operation Savannah 1901:South African Army 1831:WO1 G. van Rooyen 1689: 1514:Cmdt. John Brooks 1296:24 September 1980 1245: 1221: 1201: 1192:ready for airdrop 1188: 1175: 1160: 1147: 1134: 1113: 1098: 1079: 1067: 1029: 996: 963: 929: 896: 863: 824: 791: 758: 668:Operation Firewood 569:Operation Klipklop 529: 493:Operation Reindeer 487:Battle of Cassinga 345: 337: 327:44 Provost Platoon 193:commanding officer 185:battle of Cassinga 177:South African Army 83:South African Army 7177: 7176: 7173: 7172: 7145: 7144: 7128: 7127: 7097: 7096: 7064: 7063: 7019: 7018: 6991:Northern District 6969: 6968: 6944: 6943: 6914: 6913: 6884: 6883: 6846: 6845: 6842: 6841: 6829:Natal Light Horse 6824:Pretoria Regiment 6799:Kimberly Regiment 6789:Kaffrarian Rifles 6729: 6728: 6642: 6641: 6607: 6606: 6553: 6552: 6515:Regiment Onse Jan 6460:Pioneer Battalion 6450: 6449: 6387:3rd (East London) 6365: 6364: 6310: 6309: 6272: 6271: 6225: 6224: 6221: 6220: 6196: 6195: 6141: 6140: 6126:Rehoboth Commando 5979:Logistics Brigade 5851: 5850: 5847: 5846: 5715:BDF Bafokeng base 5639: 5638: 5635: 5634: 5541: 5540: 5379:19 Field Engineer 5369:15 Field Engineer 5364:14 Field Engineer 5349:13 Field Engineer 5339:12 Field Engineer 5329:11 Field Engineer 5324:10 Field Engineer 5244:Regiment Vrystaat 5139:Regiment Highveld 5129:Regiment Edenvale 5114:Regiment Congella 4885:Far North Command 4796: 4795: 4792: 4791: 4724:Signals Formation 4713: 4712: 4619:Support Formation 4608: 4607: 4537: 4536: 4533: 4532: 4425: 4424: 4421: 4420: 4413:Regiment Overvaal 4313: 4312: 4309: 4308: 4196: 4195: 4192: 4191: 4174:Mangaung Regiment 3992:OR Tambo Regiment 3934:Seaborne Infantry 3854:18 Light Regiment 3783: 3782: 3779: 3778: 3654: 3653: 3650: 3649: 3341:The Cassinga Raid 3214:Brigadier General 3167: 3166: 3099: 3098: 3020: 3019: 2995: 2994: 2928: 2927: 2871: 2870: 2825: 2824: 2786: 2785: 2694:Far North Command 2677:37 Field Workshop 2671: 2670: 2594: 2593: 2531:Lt Col P. Kuiper 2520:Capt J W Joubert 2498:Capt G.L. Browne 2462:Second in Command 2338:Operation Moduler 2269:or United States 2243: 2242: 2110:18 Light Regiment 2101: 2100: 2086:31 December 1989 1963:Angolan Civil War 1949:(SWA); along the 1947:South West Africa 1871: 1870: 1864:WO1 M.A. Helberg 1740:31 December 1989 1737:Cmdt V. Hattingh 1729:31 December 1987 1718:31 December 1984 1687: 1686: 1669:1 September 1998 1618:31 December 1992 1595:31 December 1991 1572:31 December 1985 1553:31 December 1982 1353:31 December 1984 1326:31 December 1982 1301:J. D. Breytenbach 1291:31 December 1979 1231: 1230: 1060: 1059: 1056: 1055: 1025: 1024: 992: 991: 957: 956: 953: 952: 925: 924: 920:Large Black wings 892: 891: 887:Large Black wings 857: 856: 853: 852: 848:Small Black wings 820: 819: 815:Small Black wings 787: 786: 782:Small Black wings 760:Paratrooper Basic 695:18 Light Regiment 683:Operation Moduler 553:Operation Sceptic 167: 166: 7247: 7151: 7134: 7116:Umkhonto weSizwe 7103: 7021: 6971: 6946: 6916: 6886: 6863: 6852: 6834:Natal Carbineers 6691: 6678:9th Infantry ACF 6673:5th Infantry ACF 6668:2nd Infantry ACF 6663:1st Infantry ACF 6609: 6584: 6570: 6559: 6545:Q Services Corps 6485:Cape Light Horse 6442:14th (Worcester) 6422:10th (Kroonstad) 6402:6th (Standerton) 6367: 6312: 6234: 6227: 6198: 6168: 6161: 6147: 6102:Omaruru Commando 6054:Gobabis Commando 5909:37/102 Battalion 5904:36/203 Battalion 5894:35/101 Battalion 5889:34/202 Battalion 5884:33/701 Battalion 5879:31/201 Battalion 5857: 5780:VDF Signals Unit 5710:BDF Signals Unit 5656: 5645: 5551:Madimbo Corridor 5498: 5299:6 Field Engineer 5189:Regiment Springs 5164:Regiment Natalia 4827:(Port Elizabeth) 4816: 4802: 4732: 4719: 4614: 4543: 4444: 4431: 4332: 4319: 4215: 4202: 4144:Tshwane Regiment 3869:44 Training Wing 3803: 3789: 3684:School of Armour 3674: 3665:Armour Formation 3660: 3617: 3606: 3570: 3563: 3556: 3547: 3536: 3535: 3533: 3531: 3520: 3511: 3510: 3508: 3506: 3495: 3486: 3485: 3477: 3471: 3470: 3462: 3456: 3453: 3447: 3444: 3438: 3431: 3425: 3424: 3417: 3411: 3410: 3399: 3393: 3390: 3384: 3383: 3375: 3369: 3368: 3360: 3349: 3348: 3346: 3332: 3326: 3325: 3319: 3310: 3304: 3301: 3288: 3287: 3285: 3283: 3260: 3254: 3253: 3245: 3228: 3222: 3216: 3210: 3204: 3198: 3192: 3189: 3183: 3180: 3125: 3084: 3082: 3081: 3066: 3064: 3063: 3051: 3039: 3023:Medical services 3002: 2969: 2924:Airborne Signals 2913: 2911: 2910: 2890: 2878: 2837: 2820: 2817: 2807:You can help by 2800: 2793: 2779:Cmdt P.M de Beer 2768: 2752:Operation Pebble 2646: 2644: 2643: 2623: 2611: 2400: 2346:Operation Packer 2342:Operation Hooper 2316:Operation Protea 2213: 2211: 2210: 2200: 2198: 2197: 2179: 2177: 2176: 2156: 2144: 2072:Lt S.J. Pienaar 2049: 1692: 1680: 1661: 1638: 1615: 1592: 1569: 1550: 1503: 1498:Col B. P. Foke, 1487: 1470: 1467: 1462: 1450: 1447: 1437: 1409:1 February 1992 1404:31 January 1992 1401: 1383:McGill Alexander 1370: 1361:Col D. J. Moore 1350: 1323: 1288: 1248: 1138:(Prior to 1985) 1070: 1043: 1036: 1034:(Qualification) 1010: 1003: 1001:(Qualification) 977: 970: 968:(Qualification) 959: 943: 936: 934:(Qualification) 931:Pathfinder Badge 910: 903: 901:(Qualification) 877: 870: 868:(Qualification) 859: 838: 831: 829:(Qualification) 805: 798: 796:(Qualification) 772: 765: 763:(Qualification) 754: 743: 717:Operation Merlyn 708:McGill Alexander 691:Operation Packer 687:Operation Hooper 615:Operation Meebos 584:Operation Askari 576:Operation Protea 470:PARATROOPER 2000 138:Remembrance Day) 107:Parachute School 81: 80: 79: 64: 62: 61: 30: 18: 7255: 7254: 7250: 7249: 7248: 7246: 7245: 7244: 7180: 7179: 7178: 7169: 7156: 7141: 7124: 7108: 7093: 7060: 7031:Cape Peninsular 7015: 6965: 6940: 6910: 6906:Royston's Horse 6880: 6866:Field Artillery 6857: 6838: 6725: 6682: 6651: 6638: 6603: 6599:Heavy Artillery 6582: 6564: 6549: 6446: 6377:1st (Cape Town) 6361: 6306: 6302:Coast Artillery 6297:Field Artillery 6268: 6217: 6192: 6155: 6137: 6048:Etosha Commando 6030:Aranos Commando 5865: 5843: 5829:1 TDF Battalion 5821: 5813: 5804:1 CDF Battalion 5789: 5752: 5744: 5720:BDF Mankwe base 5662: 5650: 5631: 5595: 5579: 5565: 5537: 5489: 5438: 5159:Regiment Molopo 5124:Regiment De Wet 5109:Regiment Boland 5086: 5080: 5047: 4967: 4962:Operation Prone 4934: 4913: 4909:Gauteng Command 4875:(Potchefstroom) 4810: 4788: 4756: 4726: 4709: 4621: 4604: 4550: 4529: 4496: 4458: 4438: 4417: 4379: 4346: 4326: 4305: 4257: 4229: 4209: 4188: 4057: 4053:Bambatha Rifles 4001: 3997:Lenong Regiment 3960: 3929: 3893: 3884:Bagaka Regiment 3817: 3797: 3775: 3729: 3688: 3668: 3646: 3611: 3600: 3577: 3574: 3540: 3539: 3529: 3527: 3522: 3521: 3514: 3504: 3502: 3497: 3496: 3489: 3479: 3478: 3474: 3464: 3463: 3459: 3454: 3450: 3445: 3441: 3432: 3428: 3419: 3418: 3414: 3401: 3400: 3396: 3391: 3387: 3377: 3376: 3372: 3362: 3361: 3352: 3344: 3334: 3333: 3329: 3317: 3312: 3311: 3307: 3302: 3291: 3281: 3279: 3277: 3262: 3261: 3257: 3247: 3246: 3242: 3237: 3232: 3231: 3223: 3219: 3211: 3207: 3199: 3195: 3190: 3186: 3181: 3177: 3172: 3160:Capt G. Krenzer 3123: 3118: 3113: 3107: 3102: 3079: 3077: 3061: 3059: 3037: 3025: 3000: 2988:Cmdt P. Drotsky 2980:Cmdt M. Lombard 2967: 2962: 2936: 2931: 2908: 2906: 2876: 2835: 2830: 2821: 2815: 2812: 2791: 2766: 2761: 2719: 2707: 2679: 2674: 2641: 2639: 2599: 2395: 2383: 2366: 2355: 2320:Operation Daisy 2279: 2246: 2238: 2219: 2208: 2206: 2195: 2193: 2174: 2172: 2142: 2137: 2121:Jan Breytenbach 2112: 2106: 2091:1 January 1990 2069:1 January 1985 2044: 2031: 2014: 2008: 1890: 1884: 1876: 1853:WO1 A.R. Grebe 1842:WO1 S.S. Baard 1781:Cmdt B.P. Foke 1759:Cmdt J.W. Lerm 1734:1 January 1988 1726:Cmdt R Mathews 1723:1 January 1985 1715:Cmdt W. Dalton 1712:1 January 1983 1676: 1664:31 August 1998 1653: 1630: 1623:1 January 1993 1607: 1600:1 January 1992 1584: 1577:1 January 1986 1565: 1558:1 January 1983 1546: 1539:1 January 1980 1499: 1479: 1475:1 January 1997 1468: 1454: 1448: 1416: 1385: 1362: 1358:1 January 1985 1338: 1331:1 January 1982 1303: 1272: 1243: 1103:(1980–Present) 1065: 1049: 1033: 1018: 1016: 1000: 985: 983: 967: 949: 933: 918: 916: 900: 885: 883: 867: 846: 844: 828: 813: 811: 795: 780: 778: 762: 749: 734: 729: 704: 664: 630: 599:Operation Daisy 521: 489: 483: 478: 466: 389: 369: 357: 288: 268: 249: 244: 189:Jan Breytenbach 181:Jan Breytenbach 170: 161:Jan Breytenbach 116: 110:Parachute Depot 77: 75: 59: 57: 33: 12: 11: 5: 7253: 7251: 7243: 7242: 7237: 7232: 7227: 7222: 7217: 7212: 7207: 7202: 7197: 7192: 7182: 7181: 7175: 7174: 7171: 7170: 7168: 7167: 7161: 7158: 7157: 7154: 7147: 7146: 7143: 7142: 7139:Boer Commandos 7137: 7130: 7129: 7126: 7125: 7123: 7118: 7113: 7110: 7109: 7106: 7099: 7098: 7095: 7094: 7092: 7091: 7086: 7081: 7076: 7071: 7065: 7062: 7061: 7059: 7058: 7053: 7048: 7043: 7038: 7033: 7027: 7025: 7017: 7016: 7014: 7013: 7008: 7003: 6998: 6993: 6988: 6983: 6977: 6975: 6974:Mounted Rifles 6967: 6966: 6964: 6963: 6958: 6952: 6950: 6949:Light Infantry 6942: 6941: 6939: 6938: 6933: 6928: 6922: 6920: 6912: 6911: 6909: 6908: 6903: 6898: 6892: 6890: 6882: 6881: 6879: 6874: 6869: 6867: 6859: 6858: 6855: 6848: 6847: 6844: 6843: 6840: 6839: 6837: 6836: 6831: 6826: 6821: 6816: 6811: 6806: 6801: 6796: 6791: 6786: 6781: 6776: 6771: 6766: 6761: 6756: 6751: 6746: 6741: 6736: 6730: 6727: 6726: 6724: 6723: 6718: 6713: 6708: 6703: 6697: 6695: 6688: 6684: 6683: 6681: 6680: 6675: 6670: 6665: 6659: 6657: 6653: 6652: 6650: 6649: 6643: 6640: 6639: 6637: 6636: 6631: 6626: 6621: 6615: 6613: 6605: 6604: 6602: 6601: 6596: 6590: 6588: 6581: 6576: 6574: 6566: 6565: 6562: 6555: 6554: 6551: 6550: 6548: 6547: 6542: 6537: 6535:Ordnance Corps 6532: 6527: 6522: 6517: 6512: 6507: 6502: 6497: 6492: 6487: 6482: 6477: 6472: 6467: 6465:1 Mobile Watch 6462: 6457: 6451: 6448: 6447: 6445: 6444: 6439: 6434: 6432:12th (Prieska) 6429: 6424: 6419: 6417:9th (Pretoria) 6414: 6409: 6404: 6399: 6394: 6389: 6384: 6379: 6373: 6371: 6363: 6362: 6360: 6359: 6354: 6349: 6344: 6339: 6334: 6329: 6324: 6318: 6316: 6308: 6307: 6305: 6304: 6299: 6294: 6289: 6284: 6279: 6273: 6270: 6269: 6267: 6266: 6261: 6256: 6251: 6246: 6240: 6238: 6231: 6223: 6222: 6219: 6218: 6216: 6215: 6210: 6204: 6202: 6194: 6193: 6191: 6190: 6185: 6180: 6174: 6172: 6165: 6157: 6156: 6150: 6143: 6142: 6139: 6138: 6136: 6135: 6129: 6123: 6120:Outjo Commando 6117: 6111: 6105: 6099: 6093: 6087: 6081: 6075: 6069: 6066:Hochi Commando 6063: 6057: 6051: 6045: 6039: 6033: 6027: 6021: 6016: 6011: 6006: 6001: 5996: 5994:Special Forces 5991: 5986: 5984:SWA Mil School 5981: 5976: 5971: 5966: 5961: 5956: 5951: 5946: 5941: 5936: 5931: 5926: 5921: 5916: 5911: 5906: 5901: 5896: 5891: 5886: 5881: 5876: 5870: 5867: 5866: 5860: 5853: 5852: 5849: 5848: 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Lourens 3149: 3148: 3145: 3141: 3140: 3137: 3133: 3132: 3129: 3122: 3119: 3117: 3114: 3109:Main article: 3106: 3103: 3100: 3097: 3096: 3093: 3089: 3088: 3075: 3071: 3070: 3057: 3053: 3052: 3044: 3043: 3036: 3033: 3024: 3021: 3018: 3017: 3014: 3010: 3009: 3006: 2999: 2996: 2993: 2992: 2989: 2985: 2984: 2981: 2977: 2976: 2973: 2966: 2963: 2961: 2958: 2935: 2932: 2929: 2926: 2925: 2922: 2918: 2917: 2904: 2900: 2899: 2896: 2892: 2891: 2883: 2882: 2875: 2872: 2869: 2868: 2865: 2861: 2860: 2857: 2853: 2852: 2849: 2845: 2844: 2841: 2834: 2831: 2829: 2826: 2823: 2822: 2803: 2801: 2790: 2787: 2784: 2783: 2780: 2776: 2775: 2772: 2765: 2762: 2760: 2757: 2756: 2755: 2749: 2746: 2743: 2740: 2737: 2734: 2731: 2728: 2723: 2718: 2715: 2706: 2703: 2678: 2675: 2672: 2669: 2668: 2663: 2659: 2658: 2655: 2651: 2650: 2637: 2633: 2632: 2629: 2625: 2624: 2616: 2615: 2608:support unit. 2598: 2595: 2592: 2591: 2588: 2582: 2578: 2577: 2574: 2568: 2564: 2563: 2558: 2553: 2547: 2546: 2543: 2540: 2536: 2535: 2532: 2529: 2525: 2524: 2521: 2518: 2514: 2513: 2510: 2507: 2503: 2502: 2499: 2496: 2492: 2491: 2488: 2485: 2481: 2480: 2477: 2474: 2470: 2469: 2464: 2459: 2453: 2452: 2449: 2446: 2442: 2441: 2438: 2435: 2431: 2430: 2427: 2421: 2417: 2416: 2411: 2406: 2394: 2391: 2382: 2379: 2365: 2362: 2354: 2351: 2350: 2349: 2335: 2332: 2329: 2323: 2313: 2278: 2275: 2244: 2241: 2240: 2233: 2229: 2228: 2225: 2221: 2220: 2218: 2217: 2204: 2190: 2188: 2184: 2183: 2170: 2166: 2165: 2162: 2158: 2157: 2149: 2148: 2141: 2138: 2136: 2133: 2108:Main article: 2105: 2102: 2099: 2098: 2095: 2092: 2088: 2087: 2084: 2081: 2077: 2076: 2073: 2070: 2066: 2065: 2060: 2055: 2043: 2040: 2030: 2027: 2010:Main article: 2007: 2006:44 Pathfinders 2004: 1886:Main article: 1883: 1880: 1875: 1872: 1869: 1868: 1865: 1862: 1858: 1857: 1854: 1851: 1847: 1846: 1843: 1840: 1836: 1835: 1832: 1829: 1825: 1824: 1821: 1818: 1814: 1813: 1810: 1807: 1803: 1802: 1797: 1792: 1786: 1785: 1782: 1779: 1775: 1774: 1771: 1768: 1764: 1763: 1760: 1757: 1753: 1752: 1749: 1746: 1742: 1741: 1738: 1735: 1731: 1730: 1727: 1724: 1720: 1719: 1716: 1713: 1709: 1708: 1703: 1698: 1685: 1684: 1681: 1670: 1666: 1665: 1662: 1647: 1643: 1642: 1639: 1624: 1620: 1619: 1616: 1601: 1597: 1596: 1593: 1578: 1574: 1573: 1570: 1564:G.J. Kitching 1559: 1555: 1554: 1551: 1540: 1536: 1535: 1530: 1525: 1519: 1518: 1515: 1512: 1508: 1507: 1504: 1496: 1492: 1491: 1488: 1476: 1472: 1471: 1463: 1453:Col G. P. Nel 1451: 1442: 1441: 1438: 1410: 1406: 1405: 1402: 1379: 1375: 1374: 1373:31 March 1989 1371: 1359: 1355: 1354: 1351: 1336:F. J. Bestbier 1332: 1328: 1327: 1324: 1297: 1293: 1292: 1289: 1269: 1268:20 April 1978 1265: 1264: 1259: 1254: 1242: 1239: 1229: 1228: 1226: 1213: 1210: 1209: 1207:AFB Waterkloof 1193: 1180: 1166: 1165: 1152: 1139: 1125: 1124: 1121: 1105: 1090: 1064: 1061: 1058: 1057: 1054: 1053: 1045: 1044: 1026: 1023: 1022: 1012: 1011: 993: 990: 989: 979: 978: 955: 954: 951: 950: 945: 944: 926: 923: 922: 912: 911: 893: 890: 889: 879: 878: 855: 854: 851: 850: 840: 839: 821: 818: 817: 807: 806: 788: 785: 784: 774: 773: 748: 747:Insignia SANDF 745: 733: 730: 728: 725: 703: 700: 663: 660: 629: 626: 594:taken office. 520: 517: 482: 479: 477: 474: 465: 462: 418:1988 also saw 388: 385: 368: 365: 356: 353: 329: 328: 325: 322: 319: 312: 311: 308: 305: 304:44 Signal Unit 302: 287: 284: 267: 264: 248: 245: 243: 240: 168: 165: 164: 157: 153: 152: 149: 145: 144: 140: 139: 132: 128: 127: 122: 118: 117: 115: 114: 111: 108: 105: 102: 99: 96: 92: 90: 86: 85: 73: 69: 68: 55: 51: 50: 47: 43: 42: 39: 35: 34: 31: 23: 22: 13: 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3381: 3374: 3371: 3366: 3359: 3357: 3355: 3351: 3343: 3342: 3338:(July 2003). 3337: 3331: 3328: 3323: 3316: 3309: 3306: 3300: 3298: 3296: 3294: 3290: 3278: 3276:9781855322943 3272: 3268: 3267: 3259: 3256: 3251: 3244: 3241: 3234: 3227: 3226:Major General 3221: 3218: 3215: 3209: 3206: 3203: 3197: 3194: 3188: 3185: 3179: 3176: 3169: 3162: 3159: 3158: 3154: 3151: 3150: 3146: 3143: 3142: 3138: 3135: 3134: 3130: 3127: 3126: 3120: 3115: 3112: 3104: 3101:Military unit 3094: 3090: 3087: 3076: 3072: 3069: 3058: 3054: 3050: 3045: 3040: 3035:Anti-aircraft 3034: 3032: 3030: 3022: 3015: 3012: 3011: 3007: 3004: 3003: 2997: 2990: 2987: 2986: 2982: 2979: 2978: 2974: 2971: 2970: 2964: 2959: 2957: 2954: 2950: 2947: 2944: 2940: 2933: 2930:Military unit 2923: 2919: 2916: 2905: 2901: 2897: 2893: 2889: 2884: 2879: 2873: 2866: 2863: 2862: 2858: 2855: 2854: 2850: 2847: 2846: 2842: 2839: 2838: 2832: 2827: 2819: 2810: 2806: 2802: 2799: 2795: 2794: 2788: 2781: 2778: 2777: 2773: 2770: 2769: 2763: 2758: 2753: 2750: 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