1st Airborne Brigade (Japan)
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The 1st Airborne Brigade (第1空挺団, Dai-Ichi Kūtei Dan), also known as the Narashino Airborne Brigade (習志野空挺団),[1] is stationed in the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) Camp Narashino in Funabashi, Chiba Prefecture.[2][3]
1st Airborne Brigade | |
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Active | June 25, 1958 – present |
Country | Japan |
Branch | Japan Ground Self-Defense Force |
Type | Airborne forces |
Size | 1,900 soldiers |
Part of | Ground Component Command (陸上総隊) |
Garrison/HQ | Camp Narashino, Funabashi, Chiba |
Nickname(s) | Narashino Airborne Brigade, 1AB |
Motto(s) | The Matchless Elite Second To None (精鋭無比) |
Engagements | Iraq War |
Commanders | |
Current commander | Maj. Gen. Jun'ya Wakamatsu |
Notable commanders | Hayao Kinugasa Yoshifumi Hibako Satoshi Mizuno Yosihiko Doi Ken'ichi Kinomura Shizuo Sekine |
The Brigade serves as Japan's elite paratrooper unit meant to counter against either guerrilla warfare or commando and airborne units enemy.[4][5] Since 1999, the Brigade has a Guide Unit (誘導隊, Yūdō-tai), serving as its NEO (Non-combatant Evacuation Operations) unit.[2] Currently, they are attached to current homeland defense and international combat operations under the JGSDF's Ground Component Command (Japanese: 陸上総隊) (formerly under the Central Readiness Force).[6]