Sewer Mayor, Joaquín Buendía, has received this morning at City Hall, the new Colonel Chief of the newly created Infantry Regiment "Zaragoza" No 5 of Paratroopers, Luis Sanchez-Tembleque, based in the Quartering Santa New Javalí Barbara.
This is the first official visit Colonel Sanchez-Tembleque done our City, since last October 5 took possession of the newly formed Regiment, although official acts city was also present before, since since last December and he was as head of the Airborne Forces Army in the region, which enabled him to attend in April to the celebration of the patron of the local police and delivery of decorations, or more recently the setting plate Cape tribute to Salvador Candel or on 7 October tribute to the flag held in the Adolfo Suarez plaza, thereby showing its special interest and proximity to our city and the town of Sewell.
The Paratrooper Brigade is the Regiment "Zaragoza" No. 5, the second with which tells the Paratrooper Brigade (BRIPAC) in the cantonment "Santa Barbara" Javalí Nuevo (Murcia), was established last October 5, as indicated and the inauguration of his boss, Colonel Sanchez-Tembleque, attended our mayor, Joaquin Buendia, in a ceremony that was presided over by the JEME, army General Jaime Domínguez Buj, also assisting the chief of the Land Forces Lt. Gen. Gomez de Salazar, along with other military and civilian authorities.
Thus the BRIPAC has taken another major step in its transformation to adapt to the new organic Army, which become more and more powerful unit without losing its specific characteristics.
This reorganization was started on 1 January with the creation of Infantry Regiment "Naples" No. 4, which have been integrated Flags "Roger de Flor" and "Roger de Lauria".
And behind them the "Zaragoza", which was published on July 1, was constituted Infantry Regiment "Zaragoza" No. 5, which is organically framed the existing Flag Light Infantry "Ortiz de Zarate" III Paratroopers which adopts the new name of Marine protected Flag "Ortiz de Zarate" III / 5.
The next and final step that remains to give this great unity on the way to becoming an Organic Brigade Polivalente is the integration of Cavalry Regiment "Lusitania" No. 8, scheduled for the first half of 2017.
Colonel Sanchez-Tembleque offers courses and HALO Parachutist Manual of tanks and Superior Intelligence and Security;
It has consolidated levels of English 3.3.3.3;
It has been decorated with four Crosses of Military Merit with White Distinctive and with Distinctive Blue Cross and Commendation of the Royal and Military Order of San Hermenegildo, and two medals NATO (ISAF and the former Yugoslavia).
Among their destinations highlights the Light Infantry Regiment "Soria 9" as head accidentally, but Lieutenant Colonel headed the Battalion "Fuerteventura" 1/9, in the Quartering "Puerto del Rosario", on the Canary island of Fuerteventura, in the Flag Paratrooper I and III and the Staff of the Army.
It also has the recognized by the Ministry of Defense, courage, leadership, serenity and efficiency in fulfilling its tasks in operations abroad, within the framework of multinational organizations, in particular by an action in Operation RA in Afghanistan.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Alcantarilla