title: 1st Special Forces Regiment: An Evolving Tapestry
author: JP Hastings
description: I am not much of a writer, more of a scribe. I am a medically retired E7, 18C Special Forces Engineer sergeant who served with the 1st Special Forces Group (Airborne) (1986-1994) before a parachute accident sent me home. My total military service time was 1977-1997.
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  'Regiments that have served for more than ten years are usually transferred
  from protracted war zones into armies of conquest. Not only are these the best
  troops, but they are also the oldest, having fought gallantly for the Emperor
  for a decade or more. Their reward is to take part in the conquest of a new
  world. If they are successful the entire regiment earns the highest honour the
  Imperium can bestow, the gratitude of the Emperor and the right to settle a
  new planet. All over the Imperium there are worlds that were originally
  populated in this way. Their people are the hardy descendants of victorious
  Imperial Guard regiments.'
  
  
  
  
  
  Tactica Imperium - Commanders' notes on protracted service.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Sometimes the ghosts of the past won't let you go…
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  THE BAR WAS crowded and the simmering air of resentment that filled its smoky
  depths was like a current running through Hanno Merbal's body. He could sense
  the hatred o