structure is as follows: Brigade Headquarters, in Funabashi Headquarters Company Signal Company 1st Airborne Infantry Battalion 2nd Airborne Infantry Battalion 3rd Airborne Infantry Battalion Airborne Artillery Battalion (3 x batteries with F1 120mm mortars) Airborne Logistic Support Battalion Engineer Company Airborne School Weapons Standard weapons are from the JGSDF, including: Howa Type 89-F (Para) rifle SIG Sauer P220 pistol Minebea PM-9 submachine gun Remington M24 sniper rifle Sumitomo Heavy Industries M249 LMG Toshiba Type 91 Mobile SAM launcher Kawasaki Type 01 LMAT, a man-portable fire-and-forget anti-tank missile Deployment Local 1st Airborne Brigade paratroopers have only been seen in action through annual new year JSDF exhibition shows in Narashino. Overseas 170 paratroopers were sent to Samawah, Iraq as part of the JGSDF's commitment to the international effort. Training was conducted for a short time in a joint exercise with American soldiers of the Oregon Army National Guard's 2nd Battalion, 162nd Infantry Regiment. All of them were withdrawn following the end of the Japanese commitment in Iraq. Notable personnel Akihiko Saito Keisuke Itagaki Yasunobu Hideshima Nakamura Morioka Notes External links 1st Airborne Brigade Official Webpage 1st Airborne Brigade Exhibition Page 1st Airborne Brigade Unofficial Information page from its training research group Airborne infantry brigades Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Brigade Military units and formations established in 1958 1958 establishments in Japan