The 71st Infantry Regiment was established in Drama, Greece on 28 October 1940 and took part in World War II along the borders of Bulgaria.

The 71st Airmobile Infantry Brigade forms the basis of the Greek-led HELBROC BG, a Battlegroup of the European Union, composed of units from Greece, Bulgaria, Romania, Cyprus and Ukraine.

The emblem of the unit shows a falcon with open wings ready to land and two spears, framed by laurel leaves.

The falcon is the symbol of dynamic intervention by air in every battle, and the spears are weapons which used in ancient wars.

The motto is "On the wings of the winds" (Greek: «Επί πτερύγων ανέμων», romanized: "Epí pterígon anémon").