Airborne Brigade 1

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Airborne Brigade 1
- LLBrig 1 -
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Association badge of the LLBrig 1

Association badge
Lineup April 1, 2015
Country GermanyGermany Germany
Armed forces Bundeswehr Kreuz.svg armed forces
Armed forces Army logo army
Type Airborne brigade of intervention and stabilization forces with specialized forces
Subordinate troops

FschJgRgt 26.jpg Paratroopers 26 Paratroopers 31 Luftlandepionierkp 260 Luftlandepionierkp 270 Airborne Reconnaissance Unit 260 Airborne Reconnaissance Unit 310
FschJgRgt 31.jpg
COA LLPiKp 260.svg COA LLPiKp 270.svg LL AufklKp 260.jpg
COA LL AufklKp 310.svg

Strength 4100
Insinuation Rapid Forces Division (Bundeswehr) .svg Fast forces division
Seat of the staff DEU Saarlouis COA.svg Saarlouis (Graf Werder barracks)
Nickname Saarland Brigade
Web presence LLBrig 1
commander
commander Colonel Jens Arlt

The Luftlandebrigade 1 ( LLBrig 1 ) "Saarland" is a brigade of the Army of the German Armed Forces that was set up on April 1, 2015. Its headquarters are in Saarlouis and subordinate troops in Lower Saxony , Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland . It was created through the reclassification of Airborne Brigade 26 (LLBrig 26) and the incorporation of parts of Airborne Brigade 31 (LLBrig 31). The brigade bundles the forces of all paratroopers , airborne reconnaissance aircraft and airborne pioneers in the Bundeswehr.

assignment

Group photo of soldiers from Airborne Brigade 1 in France on the occasion of the celebrations for the 72nd anniversary of D-Day
Soldier of the 31st Paratrooper Regiment during a 2016 exercise
  • national crisis preparedness
  • Planning, preparation and implementation of specialized operations (military evacuation operations, armed repatriation)
  • Integration of multinational staff elements
  • Operations in the entire intensity spectrum including stabilization operations, intervention operations as well as alliance and national defense,
  • Provision of specialized workers for the special forces unit,
  • Provision of an infantry unit for airborne operations
  • Provision of forces for the NATO Response Force (NRF) and the EU Battlegroup (EUBG)

structure

Each of the paratrooper regiments is capable of parachuting with automatic round-cap parachutes, some of which are also capable of free-fall jumping in the MFF . The regiments as formations are divided into a 1st / staff and support company , 2nd / and 3rd / paratrooper command company , 4th / - 6th / paratrooper company, 7th / fire support company with heavy infantry weapons, 10th / supplementary troop unit with reservists and other logistic companies that are airborne.

history

From January to October 2018, the 7th and 8th MINUSMA contingent were mainly deployed by soldiers from Airborne Brigade 1, especially from Paratrooper Regiment 31, Airborne Reconnaissance Company 310 and Airborne Engineer Company  270  . During the same period, they provided a large part of the deployment contingents for training support in Iraq , Resolute Support , EUTM Mali and EUTM Somalia .

Commanders

The commanders of the brigade were (rank when taking command):

No. Surname Beginning of the appointment End of appointment
1. Colonel  Stefan Geilen April 1, 2015 July 6, 2016
2. Brigadier General  Dirk Faust July 6, 2016 March 30, 2020
3. Colonel  Jens Arlt March 30, 2020 constantly

Web links

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Daniel Kirch: Staff of the Airborne Brigade remains in Saarlouis after all - Bundeswehr reform is being revised. www.saarbruecker-zeitung.de, February 27, 2015, accessed on February 28, 2015 .
  2. LLBrig 26: Seedorfer Fallschirmjäger from April 2015 on a new assignment. www.deutschesheer.de, April 1, 2015, accessed April 1, 2015 .
  3. Seedorf: Almost 400 soldiers are deployed. November 21, 2017. Retrieved January 14, 2018 .

Coordinates: 49 ° 15 ′ 35.8 ″  N , 7 ° 23 ′ 9 ″  E