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1st Parachute Hussar Regiment
1^e Régiment de Hussards Parachutistes
Regimental Insignia of the 1^er RHP
Active	1720 – 1815 1816 – 1928 1928 – 1940 1945 – present
Country	France
Branch	French Army
Type	Airborne Cavalry
Part of	11th Parachute Brigade 3rd Division
Garrison/HQ	Tarbes
Nickname(s)	Bercheny
Patron	St Michel, St Georges
Motto(s)	"Omnia si perdas, famam servare memento" "Si tu as tout perdu, souviens-toi qu'il reste l'honneur" (Fr) "If you lost everything, remember there is still honor" (Eng)
Colors	Red and blue
Equipment	see Equipment
Engagements	War of the Polish Succession War of the Austrian Succession Seven Years' War French Revolutionary Wars Napoleonic Wars Ten Days' Campaign Crimean War Franco-Prussian War World War I World War II 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)
Decorations	see Decorations
Battle honours	see Battle Honours
Commanders
Current commander	Colonel De Montgros
Abbreviation	1^e RHP

A Parachute Commando of a GCP Team from the 1st Parachute Hussar Regiment commencing airborne drop.

The 1st Parachute Hussar Regiment (French: 1^er Régiment de Hussards Parachutistes, 1^er RHP) is an airborne cavalry unit in the French Army, founded in 1720 by Hungarian noble Ladislas Ignace de Bercheny. It is stationed in Tarbes and is a part of the 11th Parachute Brigade.