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The Portuguese Paratroopers ((ポルトガル語:Tropas Páraquedistas)) are an elite infantry assault force, representing the bulk of the airborne forces of Portugal. They were created in 1956 as part of the Portuguese Air Force, being transferred to the Portuguese Army in 1993. Presently, most of the Paratroopers are part of the Portuguese Rapid Reaction Brigade. The Portuguese Paratroopers are usually nicknamed "Paras" or "Green Berets" (''Boinas Verdes''). ==Organization== Until 2006, the Portuguese Paratroopers formed an autonomous command within the Army, the Airborne Troops Command (''Comandos de Tropas Aerotransportadas'') or CTA. All parachute units and most of the Paratroopers were under that command. The CTA was also responsible for the selection of the future Paratroopers and for their training. The main operational formation of the CTA was the Independent Airborne Brigade (''Brigada Aerotransportada Independente'') or BAI. The CTA was created in 1993, when the Paratroopers were transferred to the Army, succeeding the Parachute Troops Command (''Comando de Tropas Páraquedistas''), that had the same functions within the Air Force. The CTA was extinct in the Army reorganization of 2006, at the same time the BAI being transformed in the Rapid Reaction Brigade or BrigRR. Since then, the Paratroopers do not form a collective corps, constituting only a specialty of the Army. They serve mainly in the following units of the BrigRR (that now also includes non-parachute units): * School of Parachute Troops (including the Air-Land Support Battalion and its Pathfinders Company); * 1st Parachute Infantry Battalion / 15th Infantry Regiment; * 2nd Parachute Infantry Battlaion / 10th Infantry Regiment; 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Portuguese Paratroopers」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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