17th Parachute Engineer Regiment

17e régiment du génie parachutiste
Regimental insigne
Active	March 1, 1944
Country	France
Branch	French Army
Type	Airborne Engineer
Part of	11th Parachute Brigade
Garrison/HQ	Montauban, France
Insignia
Badge of the 17th Parachute Engineer Regiment worn on Maroon Berets. This badge is also worn by French Foreign Legion Paratroopers on Green Berets.
Abbreviation	17 RGP

The 17th Parachute Engineer Regiment (French: 17e Régiment de Génie Parachutiste, 17e RGP) is the only airborne engineer unit of the French Army. It forms the engineering component of the 11th Parachute Brigade.

1 Organization
- 1.1 Battles inscribed on the flag
2 Honours
- 2.1 Battle Honours
- 2.2 Decorations

Organization

The Regiment consists of 7 companies:

1 Command and logistic company (CCL)
1 Support company (CA)
3 Combat companies
- 1st Company
- 2nd Company
- 3rd Company
1 Administration and support company (CAS)
1 Reserve company (5th Company)

Battles inscribed on the flag

Honours

Battle Honours

Germerscheim 1944
AFN 1952-1962

Decorations

His tie is decorated with the Croix de Guerre 1939-1945 with a palm (to quote the order by the Army OG 1148 of September 15, 1945). Then the croix de guerre des Théâtres d'opérations extérieures three palms and two stars of vermeil (citations: 3 times to the order of the army, 2 times to the order of the Corps in 1980 and 1983).