3rd Paratroopers Battalion (Belgium)

After the outbreak of the Korean War in 1950, the United Nations asked the Belgian government for military assistance.

Belgium, conscious of the vast cost and logistical difficulties of sending large numbers of men or equipment across the world, elected to put an elite unit under UN command.

BUNC soldiers wore Brown Berets with a new cap badge to distinguish them from other Belgian units.

In December 1992, 1st Parachute Battalion deployed to Somalia as part of US-led United Nations mission Operation Restore Hope.

[3] Soldiers from 3rd Parachute Battalion have been deployed to peace-keep in Lebanon as part of the United Nations UNIFIL mission.

Detachment of the 3rd Paratroopers battalion parading in front of the King on 21 July 1989, Place des Palais in Brussels.
Belgian Paracommando's UNOSOM soldiers in Somalia,1993