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Pathfinder Platoon

The Pathfinder Platoon is a pathfinder unit of the British Army, and an integral part of 16 Air Assault Brigade Combat Team. The Pathfinder Platoon acts as the brigade's advance force and reconnaissance force. Its role includes locating and marking drop zones and helicopter landing zones for air landing operations. Once the main force has landed, the…

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Active
March 1985–present
Branch
British Army
Country
United Kingdom
Engagements
Operation Agricola · Operation Tosca · Operation Palliser · Operation Essential Harvest · Operation Veritas
Garrison/HQ
Colchester Garrison
Motto
First In

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Pathfinder Platoon

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Edges75
Triples82
Avg. degree1.97
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related to May 2026 humanitarian mission · 24
Pathfinder Platoon → A400M, Air Assault Brigade, An RAF A400M, Arriving, Ascension, Ascension Island, British, Cunha, Due, Falkland Islands, Falklands, Her, HMS Medway, May, MV Hondius, On, Once, Oxygen, RAF Brize Norton, RAF Voyager
related to Command, control and organisation · 15
Pathfinder Platoon → Armed Forces’ Pay Review, Body, Brigade Combat Team Headquarters, Captain, Colchester, Essex, High Altitude Parachute Pay, In, Major, Operations Warrant Officer, OPSWO, Parachute Pay, Platoon, The, The Officer Commanding Pathfinder
related to Operations · 13
Pathfinder Platoon → Afghanistan, In June, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, NATO, Once NATO, Operation Agricola, Pristina International Airport, Russian, Sierra Leone, The, Yugoslavia
see also · 11
Pathfinder Platoon → Air Assault Brigade, Army, Brigade Patrol Troop, France11th Airmobile Brigade, Netherlands, NetherlandsPathfinders Company, Portugal101st Airborne Division, Reconnaissance Squadron, Royal MarinesCommando Parachute Group, Royal MarinesSurveillance, States Army Pathfinder School
Engagements · 8
Pathfinder Platoon → Operation Agricola, Operation Essential Harvest, Operation Herrick, Operation Palliser, Operation Pitting, Operation Telic, Operation Tosca, Operation Veritas
is a · 2
Pathfinder Platoon → pathfinder unit of the British Army, senior Captain or Major with an Operations Warrant Officer
Active · 1
Pathfinder Platoon → March 1985–present
Branch · 1
Pathfinder Platoon → British Army
Country · 1
Pathfinder Platoon → United Kingdom
Garrison/HQ · 1
Pathfinder Platoon → Colchester Garrison

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platoon pathfinder brigade air force parachute operation part team isbn deployed pathfinders british operations company may 16 assault reconnaissance mission

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Pathfinder PlatoonActiveMarch 1985–present1.00infobox
Pathfinder PlatoonBranchBritish Army1.00infobox
Pathfinder PlatoonCountryUnited Kingdom1.00infobox
Pathfinder PlatoonEngagementsOperation Agricola1.00infobox
Pathfinder PlatoonEngagementsOperation Tosca1.00infobox
Pathfinder PlatoonEngagementsOperation Palliser1.00infobox
Pathfinder PlatoonEngagementsOperation Essential Harvest1.00infobox
Pathfinder PlatoonEngagementsOperation Veritas1.00infobox
Pathfinder PlatoonEngagementsOperation Telic1.00infobox
Pathfinder PlatoonEngagementsOperation Herrick1.00infobox
Pathfinder PlatoonEngagementsOperation Pitting1.00infobox
Pathfinder PlatoonGarrison/HQColchester Garrison1.00infobox
Pathfinder PlatoonMottoFirst In1.00infobox
Pathfinder PlatoonNicknames"The PF", "The Finders", "X Platoon", "Ghost Platoon"1.00infobox
Pathfinder PlatoonPart of16 Air Assault Brigade Combat Team1.00infobox
Pathfinder PlatoonRolePathfinder operations Special Reconnaissance1.00infobox
Pathfinder PlatoonTypePathfinder1.00infobox
Pathfinder Platoonis apathfinder unit of the British Army0.90text
Pathfinder Platoonis asenior Captain or Major with an Operations Warrant Officer0.90text

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