4th Battalion, Parachute Regiment 2015/16

septembre 27, 2018

IN 2015/16 CSH TRANSPORT HAS BEEN PROUD TO BE AN EQUIPMENT SPONSOR TO THE 4TH BATTALION PARACHUTE REGIMENT SKI TEAM. THE 4 PARA SKI TEAM IS PERHAPS THE MOST SUCCESSFUL OF INFANTRY SKI TEAMS AND HAS PROVEN SUCCESS OVER MANY YEARS BOTH AT AN INDIVIDUAL AND TEAM LEVEL IN BRITISH ARMY SKIING.

AN ENTIRELY NEW TEAM CAME A VERY CREDITABLE SECOND OVERALL OUT OF SOME 300 COMPETITORS AT THE BRITISH INFANTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS IN THE FRENCH ALPS, JAN. 2016. THE AIM OF SKIING IN THE ARMY IS TO ENABLE OFFICERS AND SOLDIERS ALIKE TO COMPETE, FACE NEW CHALLENGES, SUCH AS SKIING AT UP TO 80MPH, AND ALSO TO DEVELOP INDEPENDENCE ALONG WITH TEAM BUILDING SKILLS FOR EACH SOLDIER WHILST BASED IN A FOREIGN COUNTRY.

THE PRESENT DAY BATTALION IS THE SUCCESSOR TO SEVERAL PARACHUTE BATTALIONS WHICH WERE ALL RAISED IN 1947, ALTHOUGH IT CAN TRACE ITS HISTORY BACK TO UNITS RAISED DURING WW II.