4th Battalion The Parachute Regiment Desert DPM with unknown Patch

Hello,

I shall be grateful if a menber could recognize the patch under the british flag on this desert shirt.

Thank you in advance.

Jean-Yves

Cheers !

That's was quick !

Jean-Yves

PS : Thank you Pierre for your help and for the icture :

General Chris BROWN from MNF-I

Interesting that the wearer also had US jump wings.

I don't mean to hijack your thread, Jean-Yves; but does anyone know anything about cross-national training between NATO countries for things like airborne school?

Glad you got it ID'd J-Y.

Ben, the US Jump wings qualification patch is a complete mystery to me...But I do have a theory or two

Ben wrote:Interesting that the wearer also had US jump wings.

I don't mean to hijack your thread, Jean-Yves; but does anyone know anything about cross-national training between NATO countries for things like airborne school?

You don't need to attend another nation's Airborne School to be awarded their parachutist/airborne wings. Just be Airborne qualified in your Military and go on a excercise/training with the foriegn nation and jump with their equipment, etc and you get awarded their wings. Common thing for the US and Canadian Militarys to do wing exchange jumps, for example Menton days in Ft Lewis. Canadians will jump with US gear, and get US wings and Americans will jump with Canadian gear and get Canadian wings.

http://a4.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/206566_200369869993875_106661182698078_580348_4517057_n.jpg
http://www.army.dnd.ca/1RCHA/images/cbty/IMG_0750.jpg

Skeletor wrote:

Ben wrote:Interesting that the wearer also had US jump wings.

I don't mean to hijack your thread, Jean-Yves; but does anyone know anything about cross-national training between NATO countries for things like airborne school?

You don't need to attend another nation's Airborne School to be awarded their parachutist/airborne wings. Just be Airborne qualified in your Military and go on a excercise/training with the foriegn nation and jump with their equipment, etc and you get awarded their wings. Common thing for the US and Canadian Militarys to do wing exchange jumps, for example Menton days in Ft Lewis. Canadians will jump with US gear, and get US wings and Americans will jump with Canadian gear and get Canadian wings.

http://a4.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/206566_200369869993875_106661182698078_580348_4517057_n.jpg
http://www.army.dnd.ca/1RCHA/images/cbty/IMG_0750.jpg

Hi you ve totally right, I received my US and German wings like that.

Did not know that's how it worked... very cool and thanks for the info, guys!

JYN wrote:Hello,

I shall be grateful if a menber could recognize the patch under the british flag on this desert shirt.

Thank you in advance.

Jean-Yves

Hi do you have more information about the owner of this shirt??

Will,

Yes, here

https://oefoif.forumotion.net/t2355-lieutenant-colonel-handford-obe-4-battalion-the-parachute-regiment-mnf-i-irak

jean-Yves

Hi Jean-Yves, Thanks