2nd Marine Infantry Parachute Regiment

2nd Marine Infantry Parachute Regiment (2e Régiment de Parachutistes d'Infanterie de Marine)
Regimental Insignia of the 2e BCCP Regimental Insignia of the 2e RPIMa
Active	1947-1953 1955-1962 1965-present
Country	France
Branch	French Army
Type	troupes de marine
Role	Airborne
Garrison/HQ	Saint-Pierre, Réunion
Motto(s)	"À la vie. À la mort" (until July 5, 1962) Since : Ne pas subir
Anniversaries	Saint-Michel Day
Engagements	First Indochina War Algerian War Suez Crisis
Commanders
Current commander	Thierry Chigot
Notable commanders	Roger Trinquier
Insignia
Insignia of the 2nd Marine Infantry Parachute Regiment
Abbreviation	2e RPIMa

"À la vie. À la mort" (until July 5, 1962)

The 2nd Marine Infantry Parachute Regiment (French: 2^e Régiment de Parachutistes d'Infanterie de Marine, 2^e RPIMa) is an airborne regiment of the French Army created in 1947. The regiment is heir to the traditions of the 2nd Colonial Commando Parachute Battalion 2^eB.C.C.P. As of 2008, the regiment is stationed at Saint-Pierre, Réunion.

In 1947, the 2nd Colonial Commando Parachute Battalion 2^eB.C.C.P was posted to Indochina, combat engaging until 1953 in two rounds (1947-1949 and 1950-1953), being cited three times at the orders of the armed forces.

In 1954, the 2nd Colonial Parachute Battalion 2^e BPC made way to Morocco and was then subsequently dissolved on July 31, 1955.

In 1955, the regiment was redesignated as the 2nd Colonial Parachute Regiment 2^e RPC by regrouping the dissolved components of the 1^e BPC, 5^e BPC and 8^e BPC and then in 1958, designated again as the 2nd Marine Infantry Parachute Regiment. The unit served from 1955 until 1962 in North Africa at the corps 10th Parachute Division. On 5 November 1956, the unit jumped in the second wave of the French/British attack on the Suez Canal over Port Said and was cited at the orders of the armed forces.