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Please take the time to sponsor me for this event in aid of:
The Parachute Regiment Charity
Registered charity number 1131977
About the charity
The Parachute Regiment Charity supports serving and retired
members of the Parachute Regiment and Airborne Forces, and assists the
wounded and the families of those who are killed in service.
, all donations are greatly appreciated and welcome.
P Company Challenge
For
those seeking an even tougher race: The Parachute Regiment
challenges you to attempt the 10 Mile 'P' Company Cross Country Route,
carrying a bergen (rucksack) weighing 35lb (excluding food water) and
wearing military style boots. Competitors rucksacks will be weighed
before and after the race, by race officials. The P Company Challenge is
open to individuals and teams of 4 (With the first 3 runners to count).
As a guide the Paratroopers Company Selection cut off time is 1 hr 50
minutes.
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The Parachute
Regiment provides the capability to deploy an infantry force at short
notice, in the vanguard of operations and in the most demanding
circumstances. As such, it is trained and ready to form the spearhead
for the Army’s rapid intervention capability. Its watchwords are
professionalism, resilience, discipline, versatility, courage and
self-reliance. It is light by design, because this confers speed of
reaction, and is expert at air-land deployments, by helicopter,
aeroplane or parachute. It is trained to conduct a range of missions,
from prevention and pre-emption tasks, to complex, high intensity war
fighting. It is also trained to provide direct support to United Kingdom Special Forces, with whom it maintains
close links and to whom it contributes a very significant proportion of
manpower. In sum, The Parachute Regiment’s approach to the training
and selection of its soldiers continues to foster those qualities of
resilience and versatility recognised by its founding fathers as the
rock on which its particular value is built. It remains a force for
good and for all seasons in the Army.
“What
manner of men are these who wear the maroon red beret? They are
firstly all volunteers, and are then toughened by hard physical
training. As a result they have that infectious optimism and that
offensive eagerness which comes from physical well being. They have
jumped from the air and by doing so have conquered fear. Their duty
lies in the van of the battle: they are proud of this honour and have
never failed in any task. They have the highest standards in all
things, whether it be skill in battle or smartness in the execution of
all peace time duties. They have shown themselves to be as tenacious
and determined in defence as they are courageous in attack. They are,
in fact, men apart – every man an Emperor.” Field Marshal The Viscount
Montgomery of Alamein
