The 1st Foreign Parachute Battalion (1er BEP, first formation) was created on July 1, 1948, at Khamisis, in Algeria. The 1er B.E.P disembarked in Indochina on November 12 and was engaged in combat operations in the Tonkin. On June 1, 1949, the Para Co. 3e REI completed its count. On November 17, 1950; the 1st Foreign Parachute Battalion jumped on That Khé and sacrificed itself in Coc Xa to protect the unfolding of the RC4. The 1er B.E.P battalion commander was "Chef de Corps du 1er B.E.P", Commandant Pierre Segrétain. The battalion was dissolved on December 31, 1950; was reconstituted on March 1, 1951 (1er B.E.P, II formation) and was seen participating excessively in combat operations at Cho Ben, on the black river and at Annam. On November 21, 1953; the reconstituted 1er B.E.P was parachuted on Dien Bien Phu. At Dien Bien Phu, the reconstituted (1er B.E.P, II formation) 1er B.E.P counted 575 killed and missing for the second time. Amongst the fatal casualties were Lieutenants Dumont, Boisbouvier and de Stabenrath, killed in between April 1 and May 13 as well as Sergent-Chef Grimault, killed on March 30. Reconstituted for the third time (1er B.E.P, III formation) on May 19, 1954, the 1er B.E.P left Indochina on February 8, 1955. The 1er B.E.P totaled 5 citations at the orders of the armed forces and the fourragère of the colors of the Médaille militaire. The 1st Foreign Parachute Battalion (1er B.E.P, III Formation) became the 1st Foreign Parachute Regiment (1er R.E.P) in Algeria on September 1, 1955. The insignia of the 1st Foreign Parachute Battalion was created in 1948 by Commandant Segrétain, battalion commander "Chef de Bataillon, CBA" of the 1er B.E.P. The 3rd Foreign Parachute Battalion (3e BEP) was created on April 1949 at Mascara.