10 Paratrooper Brigade (Malaysia)

10 Parachute Brigade
10 Parachute Brigade Insignia
Active	1970s – present
Country	Malaysia
Branch	Malaysian Army
Type	Elite Airborne Forces, Rapid Deployment Force
Role	Air Assault Coastal Operations Heli Operations Spearhead Operations Raids Vertical Envelopment Forced Entry
Part of	Malaysian Armed Forces Malaysian Special Operations Force
Garrison/HQ	Terendak Camp, Malacca
Nickname(s)	Storm Trooper, Pasukan Sayap Berdarah (English: The Bleeding Wing Forces)
Motto(s)	Tindak Pantas (English: Act Fast)
Beret	Maroon beret
March	Tiada Misi Terlalu Sukar, Tiada Pengorbanan Terlalu Besar, Tugas Diutamakan (English: No Mission Is Too Difficult, No Sacrifice Is Too Great, Duty Becomes Priority)
Anniversaries	10 October 1994
Engagements	Operation Astute MALTIM INTERFET,Timor Timur MASMEDTIM, Indonesia MASMEDTIM, Pakistan Ops Pasir Genting Sempah Incident MALCON - UNIFIL 2007 MALCON - ISAF Ops Daulat
Commanders
Current commander	Brigadier General Datuk Tengku Muhammad Fauzi Tengku Ibrahim

The 10 Parachute Brigade (Malay: 10 Briged Para, Jawi: ١٠ بريڬيد ڤارا) - commonly known as 10 PARA - is an elite airborne brigade-sized unit within the Malaysian Army tasked with being rapidly deployed inside or outside the boundaries of Malaysia. 10th Para is the key element of the Malaysian Rapid Deployment Force (Malay: Pasukan Aturgerak Cepat; PAC).

10 PARA's primary role is to be the nation's main offensive force in time of war or emergencies. The creation of the Parachute Brigade was proposed by Malaysia's defence planners in the late 1970s as a part of the modernisation plan for the military. The plan originally did not receive much support from the government due to concerns that the formation of such a brigade would be looked with suspicion by its neighbour, Singapore.

In November 1988, Malaysia was unable to respond to a request for assistance by Maldives when that country was invaded by Tamil mercenaries. This inability to render timely help prompted Malaysian leaders to move to form paratrooper units within the Malaysian Army.

10 Paratrooper Brigade is highly skilled in accordance with its status as a Rapid Deployment Force. Paratroopers are vigorously trained for specialised combat operations and rapid deployment in alignment with the brigade's motto -Tindak Pantas (English: Act Fast).

10 Paratrooper Brigade is based at Terendak Camp, Malacca, also known as 'Home of the Paras'.

The brigade consists of:

Members of the brigade must pass a Kursus Asas Payung Terjun (Basic Parachute Course) and Kursus Asas Pasukan Aturgerak Cepat (APAC) (Rapid Deployment Force Orientation Course) before being qualified to wear the maroon beret and parachute wing.

Many of the qualifying tests include: marches, raids, escape and evasions, abseiling, rappelling, mounted Gunung Ledang, survival skills, navigation, boating, running, and armoury dexterities.