Airborne Brigade 1

Airborne Brigade 1 ; - LLBrig 1 - ; X
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Lineup	April 1, 2015
Country	Germany
Armed forces	armed forces
Armed forces	army
Type	Airborne brigade of intervention and stabilization forces with specialized forces
Subordinate troops	Paratroopers 26 Paratroopers 31 Luftlandepionierkp 260 Luftlandepionierkp 270 Airborne Reconnaissance Unit 260 Airborne Reconnaissance Unit 310; ; ;
Strength	4100
Insinuation	Fast forces division
Seat of the staff	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

Headquarters / telecommunications company Luftlandebrigade 1, Saarlouis (map) (compiled from the headquarters company of Luftlandebrigade 26 (Saarlouis))49.259935 7.385838
Paratrooper Regiment 26, Zweibrücken (map)49.259935 7.385838
- Recruit company 2, Merzig (map) (reclassification 6./FSchJgBtl 263)49.458627 6.662672
Paratrooper Regiment 31, Seedorf (map)53.334358 9.239588
- Recruiting company 1, Seedorf (reclassification 6./FschJgBtl 313)
Airborne Reconnaissance Company 260 , Lebach
Airborne Reconnaissance Company 310 , Seedorf (map)53.334358 9.239588
Airborne Pioneer Company 260 , Saarlouis
Luftlandepionierkompanie 270 , Seedorf (map)53.334358 9.239588

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

Individual evidence

^ ^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 .
↑ LLBrig 26: Seedorfer Fallschirmjäger from April 2015 on a new assignment. www.deutschesheer.de, April 1, 2015, accessed April 1, 2015 .
↑ Seedorf: Almost 400 soldiers are deployed. November 21, 2017. Retrieved January 14, 2018 .

49.259935 7.385838Coordinates: 49 ° 15 ′ 35.8 ″ N , 7 ° 23 ′ 9 ″ E

[sz20150227-1] 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 .