17th Parachute Engineer Regiment

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17th Parachute Engineer Regiment
17e Régiment du Génie Parachutiste
Regimental insigne
Active	March 1, 1944
Country	France
Branch	French Army
Type	Airborne Engineer
Role	Para Demining
Part of	1st Army 25th Airborne Division 10th Parachute Division 25th Parachute Division 11th Light Intervention Division Interarm Unit with 1st Parachute Hussard Regiment Interarm Unit with 35th Parachute Artillery Regiment 11th Division 11th Parachute Brigade 3rd Division
Garrison/HQ	Montauban, France
Nickname(s)	French: « Le couteau suisse de la brigade parachutiste (English: « The Swiss Army knife of the Parachute Brigade) » « Les démineurs de l'espoir » (English: « Hope's demining specialists »)
Colors	Red and Black
Mascot(s)	Royal Eagle « Bac-Kan » then Bald eagle « Malizia »
Engagements	World War II First Indochina War Algerian War Lebanese Civil War United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon Multinational Force in Lebanon Gulf War War on Terror (2001-Present) War in Afghanistan (2001–present)
Abbreviation	17e RGP

The 17th Parachute Engineer Regiment (French: 17^e Régiment de Génie Parachutiste, 17^e RGP) is heir to the traditions of the 17th Colonial Engineer Regiment (French: 17^e Régiment Colonial du Génie, 17^eRGC) which fought illustriously during the Second World War . It is the only airborne engineer unit of the French Army forming the engineering component of the 11th Parachute Brigade and secures all the specific airborne engineering missions relative to para assaulting at the level of deep reconnaissance as well as operations relative to para demining and handling explosives. The regiment has been present non-stop since 1975 on all theatres of operations (Lebanon, Tchad, New Caledonia, French Guiana, Pakistan, Kurdistan, Kuwait, Cambodia, Somalia, Rwanda, Gabon, Mozambique, ex-Yugoslavia, Albania, Kosovo, Afghanistan, Mali and others). For its various combat operational deployments, the 17^e RGP was cited 3 times at the orders of the armed forces, 2 times at the orders of the armed forces corps, and three of its combat companies cited at the orders of the armed forces ( 2nd combat company) in addition to armed forces corps (1st and 3rd combat companies).