Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: Ko te 1st Foreign Parachute Battalion, (1er BEP, I formation) i hangaia i te Hurae 1, 1948 i Khamisis, i Algeria. Ka eke te 1 BEP ki Indochina i te Noema 12 ka uru ki nga mahi whawhai i Tonkin. I te Pipiri 1, 1949, ka oti te tatau a te Co. Para du 3ème REI. I te 17 o Noema 1950; ka peke te 1er BEP (1er BEP, I Formation) ki That Khé ka tuku i a ia ano ki Coc Xa ki te tiaki i te whanaketanga o te RC4 i roto i te
Ko te mara whawhai o te Rōpū Tauawhenua. Ko te rangatira me te rangatira o te tikanga ko te 1er BEP battalion rangatira "Chef de Corps du 1er BEP", Commandant Pierre Segrétain. I whara mate a Segrétain i a ia e arahi ana i te BEP i te Pakanga o Route Colonial 4.