• 1870–1871: creation of the 17th company, 2nd Engineer Regiment: took part in the defense of
Paris, Saint-Denis, Mont-Valérien, Bourgets combats, battles of Champigny and Buzenval, founders of bridges at Marne. • 1876: creation of an engineer battalion and intervention in
Algeria. • 1881: 1st combat company of the 17th participated to an expedition in
Tunisia. • 1912: 4 combat companies participated to an expedition in
Morocco. • 1914–1918: 23 combat companies of the 17th Engineer Battalion
battled in Ardennes Belge, Marne, Champagne, Artois, Verdun, Aisne, Flandres, Oise, Woëvre. • 1916–1920: 4 combat companies of the 17th intervened in
Morocco, attached to the
Moroccan Division. • 1923: creation of the 17th Engineer Regiment, the 1st battalion of the regiment was stationed at Strasbourg, the second was dispatched to the
French Army of the Rhin at Biebrich in
Germany. • 1928: the 17th Engineer Regiment became the 1st Engineer Regiment. • 1940: 2 combat engineer companies of the 17th battled in l'Oise. Creation of the 17th Battalion at Castersarrasin (Tarn and Garonne) which became the 5th Engineer Battalion. • 1944–1945: creation of the 17th Colonial Engineer Battalion in
Morocco. The Battalion was detached to
Corsica and battled at Toulon ( battle campaigns of
France and
Germany) at the corps of the
1st Army (Rhin and Danube). • 1946–1949: creation of the
17th Airborne Engineer Battalion attached to the
25th Airborne Division. • 1947: a combat section of
paratrooper Pioneers intervened in
Indochina at the corps of the 61st Colonial Engineer Battalion. • 1948: a combat section of the
paratrooper pioneers intervened in Indochina at the corps of the 71st Colonial Engineer Battalion • 1948–1953: 3 successive combat sections of paratrooper pioneers of the 17th Airborne Engineer Battalion (
17e B.G.A.P) intervened in Indochina. • 1950: volunteer engagement of the
17th Airborne Engineer Battalion to the
United Nations French formed battalion participating in the
Korean War. • 1953: regrouping of the combat sections of the
paratrooper pioneers of Indochina from 17th Airborne Engineer Battalion for the creation of the 17th Parachute Engineer Company which would intervene in the
Battle of Dien Bien Phu part of
Operation Castor. • 1954: creation of the 3rd combat company of
Vietnamese Airborne Engineers in Indochina commanded and formed by the cadres of the 17th Parachute Engineer Company. • 1953–1962: the 1st combat company of the 17th Airborne Engineer Battalion intervened in
Algeria and became in 1955 the 60th Airborne Engineer Company attached to the
10th Parachute Division. The combat company intervened in
Egypt in 1956 and in 1961 at Bizerte (
Tunisia). • 1956–1962: the 75th Airborne Engineer Company issued from the 3rd combat company of the 17th Airborne Battalion Regiment was attached to the
25th Parachute Division. The company became in 1961 the 61st Airborne Engineer Regiment and intervened in Bizerte. • 1958: creation of the center of instruction of Airborne Engineers '17' at Castersarrasin. • 1961–1962: creation, conception and placing in effect the first
Commando Instruction Center (
C.E.C) at Fort de Charlemont of Givet in the department of Ardennes by the 61st Airborne Engineer Company and the
1st Commando Parachute Group. The main section of the 61st Airborne became the
Commando Instruction Center of the
11th Light Intervention Division (
11e D.L.I). This Division replaced the
10th Parachute Division and
25th Parachute Division. • 1963: creation of the 17th Airportable Engineer Regiment (
17e R.G.A.P) at Castelsarrasin from the
paratrooper pioneers of the engineer Center of Instruction and from the two combat companies back from
Algeria. • 1971: the regiment was dissolved, the 1st and 2nd combat companies of the airportable engineer regiment were attached respectively to the
1st Parachute Hussar Regiment, 1eRHP and the
35th Parachute Artillery Regiment, 35eRAP becoming inter-arm units. At the corps of these two regiments, the two airborne engineer companies maintained their missions and traditions of "
Génie Parachutiste". • 1974: recreation of the
17th Airportable Engineer Regiment at Montauban (Tarn and Garonne). • 1978: the 17th became the
17th Parachute Engineer Regiment (
17e R.G.P). • 1982–1984: the 17th Parachute Engineer Regiment took part extensively and heavily in both the
Multinational Force in Lebanon within the
31st Brigade and the
United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon placed in ground operations since 1978. • 1990–1991: the 17th Parachute Engineer Regiment took part in the
Gulf War part of the
Opération Daguet. • 2001: the 17th Parachute Engineer Regiment spearheaded
combat, combat support, peacekeeping, multipurposed operations through the
war on terror and has been seen taking part in all exterior theatres of operations of the
French Armed Forces on all five
continents. == Creation and different designations since 1944 ==