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31st Brigade (France)

Index 31st Brigade (France)

The 31st Brigade (31e Brigade) was a French Army and French Foreign Legion combined arms brigade created in 1981 whose components were all reassigned in 1984. [1]

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AMX 10 RC

The AMX-10RC is a light reconnaissance vehicle built by GIAT.

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AMX-30

The AMX-30 is a main battle tank designed by Ateliers de construction d'Issy-les-Moulineaux (AMX, then GIAT) and first delivered to the French Army in 1966.

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Aubagne

Aubagne (Aubanha in Occitan according to the classic norm or Aubagno according to the Mistralian norm) is a commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region of southern France.

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Édouard Guillaud

Amiral Édouard Guillaud (born 10 July 1953), AFP-Le Figaro, 27 January 2010 is a retired French Naval Officer and Admiral.

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Benoît Puga

Benoît Puga (born 30 January 1953 in Saint-Mandé) is a French Général d'armée of the French Army and Grand Chancellor G.C. of the Légion d'honneur L.H (Grand Chancelier de la Légion d'honneur).

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Bernard Janvier

Bernard Janvier (born 16 July 1939) is a Général of the French Army who served in the French Foreign Legion, primarily spearheading and putting in place effective resolving forces.

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Bonifacio, Corse-du-Sud

Bonifacio is a commune at the southern tip of the island of Corsica, in the Corse-du-Sud department of France.

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Brigade

A brigade is a major tactical military formation that is typically composed of three to six battalions plus supporting elements.

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Bruno Dary

Bruno Dary (born 21 December 1952 in Barcelonnette, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence) is a Général d'armée of the French Army and Commandant of the French Foreign Legion.

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Chief of Staff of the French Army

The Chief of Staff of the French Army (Chef d'état-major de l'Armée de terre (CEMAT) is the highest rank officer in the chain of command of the French Army. The chief of staff (CEMAT) is assisted by the Major General of the French Army (Major général de l'Armée de terre). The CEMAT title has been in use since 1962; prior to that the position for the general in charge of France's army was referred to as Chief of Staff of the Army (Chef d'État-Major de l'Armée, CEMA).

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Corsica

Corsica (Corse; Corsica in Corsican and Italian, pronounced and respectively) is an island in the Mediterranean Sea and one of the 18 regions of France.

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Foreign Legion Command

The Foreign Legion Command (Commandement de la Légion Étrangère, (COMLE)) (official) is the Command of the French Foreign Legion.

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France

France, officially the French Republic (République française), is a sovereign state whose territory consists of metropolitan France in Western Europe, as well as several overseas regions and territories.

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Fréjus

Fréjus is a commune in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France.

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French Air Force

The French Air Force (Armée de l'Air Française), literally Aerial Army) is the air force of the French Armed Forces. It was formed in 1909 as the Service Aéronautique, a service arm of the French Army, then was made an independent military arm in 1934. The number of aircraft in service with the French Air Force varies depending on source, however sources from the French Ministry of Defence give a figure of 658 aircraft in 2014. The French Air Force has 241 combat aircraft in service, with the majority being 133 Dassault Mirage 2000 and 108 Dassault Rafale. As of early 2017, the French Air Force employs a total of 41,160 regular personnel. The reserve element of the air force consisted of 5,187 personnel of the Operational Reserve. The Chief of Staff of the French Air Force (CEMAA) is a direct subordinate of the Chief of the Defence Staff (CEMA).

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French aircraft carrier Clemenceau (R98)

Clemenceau, often affectionately called le Clem, was the French Navy's sixth aircraft carrier and the lead ship of her class. The carrier served from 1961 to 1997, and was dismantled and recycled in 2009. The carrier was the second French warship to be named after Georges Clemenceau, the first being a laid down in 1939 but never finished. The Clemenceau and her sister ship the served as the mainstays of the French fleet. During the carrier's career, the Clemenceau sailed more than during 3,125 days at sea. She was equipped to handle nuclear munitions to be delivered by her air complement, and was later modified to fire nuclear-capable missiles. She took part in numerous exercises and cruises, seeing action during the Lebanese Civil War, Gulf War and in air operations over the former-Yugoslavia.

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French aircraft carrier Foch (R99)

Foch was the second of the French Navy.

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French Army

The French Army, officially the Ground Army (Armée de terre) (to distinguish it from the French Air Force, Armée de L'air or Air Army) is the land-based and largest component of the French Armed Forces.

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French Foreign Legion

The French Foreign Legion (Légion étrangère) (FFL; Légion étrangère, L.É.) is a military service branch of the French Army established in 1831.

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French Foreign Legion Music Band (MLE)

The French Foreign Legion Music Band or Foreign Legion Music (Musique de la Légion étrangère, MLE), formerly officially designated as the Principal Music of the Foreign Legion (Musique principale de la Légion étrangère) is a Musical Formation of the French Army composed largely of Legionnaires.

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French Naval Aviation

French Naval Aviation (often abbreviated in French to: « l'Aéronavale », or « Aviation navale » or more simply « l'Aéro ») is the naval air arm of the French Navy.

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French Navy

The French Navy (Marine Nationale), informally "La Royale", is the maritime arm of the French Armed Forces.

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Général

Général is the French word for general.

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Hervé Charpentier

Hervé Charpentier is a Général d'armée of the French Army.

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Honneur et Fidélité

Honneur et Fidélité ("Honour and Fidelity") is the motto of the French Foreign Legion.

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Jean Brette

Jean Brette was a Général de corps d'armée of the French Army, who served in the French Foreign Legion and was the regimental commander of the 2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment 2e REP in 1974.

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Jean Louis Roué

Jean Louis Roué was a Général de corps d’armée of the French Army and Commandant of the French Foreign Legion.

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Jean-Claude Coullon

Jean-Claude Coullon was a Général d'armée of the French Army and Commandant of the French Foreign Legion.

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Jean-Pierre Bosser

Jean-Pierre Bosser, born on November 14 1959 at Versailles, is a French Général d'armée.

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Jeannou Lacaze

Jeannou Lacaze, was a French Général d'armée of the French Army and Chef d'État-Major des armées (1981-1985), who also served in the French Foreign Legion.

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Lebanese Civil War

The Lebanese Civil War (الحرب الأهلية اللبنانية – Al-Ḥarb al-Ahliyyah al-Libnāniyyah) was a multifaceted civil war in Lebanon, lasting from 1975 to 1990 and resulting in an estimated 120,000 fatalities.

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Lebanon

Lebanon (لبنان; Lebanese pronunciation:; Liban), officially known as the Lebanese RepublicRepublic of Lebanon is the most common phrase used by Lebanese government agencies.

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Major (France)

Major (Major) in France, is a senior superior military rank (grade militaire) across various military and security institutions with history dating back well beyond the 18th century.

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Maurice Schmitt

Maurice Schmitt, born on January 23, 1930 at Marseille (Bouches-du-Rhône), is a French general and chief of the general staff headquarters of the Armies (CEMA) from November 16, 1987 until April 23, 1991.

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Multinational Force in Lebanon

The Multinational Force in Lebanon (MNF) was an international peacekeeping force created in August 1982 following the 1981 U.S.-brokered ceasefire between the PLO and Israel to end their involvement in the conflict between Lebanon's pro-government and pro-Syrian factions.

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Nîmes

Nîmes (Provençal Occitan: Nimes) is a city in the Occitanie region of southern France.

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Operation Épaulard I

Operation Épaulard 1 (Operation Orca 1) was a military operation undertaken on the behalf of the 2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment to land soldiers in Beirut, Lebanon on 21 August 1982, during the Lebanese Civil War.

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Orange, Vaucluse

Orange (Provençal Aurenja in classical norm or Aurenjo in Mistralian norm) is a commune in the Vaucluse Department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France, about north of Avignon.

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Paul Arnaud de Foïard

Paul Marie Félix Jacques René Arnaud de Foïard (9 September 1921 – 7 August 2005) was a général of the French Army who served primarily in the French Foreign Legion taking part in World War II and the conflicts of Indochina and Algeria.

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Paul Lardry

Paul Lardry was a Général d'armée of the French Army who served almost an entire career and Commandant of the French Foreign Legion.

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Peacekeeping

Peacekeeping refers to activities intended to create conditions that favour lasting peace.

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Poseidon

Poseidon (Ποσειδῶν) was one of the Twelve Olympians in ancient Greek religion and myth.

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Raymond Le Corre

Raymond Le Corre (1933-2014) was a Général de division of the French Army and Commandant of the French Foreign Legion.

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Regiment

A regiment is a military unit.

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Troupes de marine

The Troupe de marine (TDM) are a corps of the French Army which regroups several specialties: infantry, artillery, armoured and airborne.

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17th Parachute Engineer Regiment

The 17th Parachute Engineer Regiment (17e RGP) is heir to the traditions of the 17th Colonial Engineer Regiment (17e Régiment Colonial du Génie, 17eRGC) which illustrated itself during World War II.

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1st Armored Division (France)

The 1st Armored Division (1re Division Blindée, 1re DB) is a unit of the French Army formed during World War II.

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1st Foreign Cavalry Regiment

The 1st Foreign Cavalry Regiment is the only cavalry regiment in the French Foreign Legion.

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1st Foreign Regiment

The 1st Foreign Regiment (1er Régiment étranger, 1er RE) and the 2nd Foreign are the original and most senior founding regiments of the French Foreign Legion.

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1st Parachute Hussar Regiment

The 1st Parachute Hussar Regiment (1er RHP) is an airborne cavalry unit in the French Army, founded in 1720 by Hungarian noble Ladislas Ignace de Bercheny.

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21st Marine Infantry Regiment

The 21st Marine Infantry Regiment (21e Régiment d'Infanterie de Marine, 21e RIMa) is a unit of the French military issued by filiation from the 2e RIC.

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2nd Foreign Infantry Regiment

The 2nd Foreign Infantry Regiment (2e Régiment Étranger d'Infanterie, 2e REI) is an infantry regiment of the French Foreign Legion.

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2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment

The 2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment (2e Régiment étranger de parachutistes, 2e REP) is the only airborne regiment of the French Foreign Legion.

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35th Parachute Artillery Regiment

The 35th Parachute Artillery Regiment (35e RAP) is the only airborne artillery unit of the French Army forming the air artillery component of the 11th Parachute Brigade.

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3rd Armored Division (France)

The 3rd Armoured Division (3e Division Blindée, 3e DB) is a unit of the French Army.

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3rd Marine Infantry Parachute Regiment

The 3rd Marine Infantry Parachute Regiment (3e RPIMa) is an airborne elite regiment of the French Army heir to the 3rd Colonial Commando Parachute Battalion 3e BCCP created in 1948 and the 3rd Colonial Parachute Regiment 3e RPC.

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501e Régiment de chars de combat

The 501e Régiment de chars de combat 501e RCC in French, (501e R.C.C, or 501st Combat Tank Regiment) is an armoured tank unit of the French Army created on May 13, 1918, and which took part in the two world wars, the Russian Civil War, the Indochina war, and the Algerian war.

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6th Light Armoured Brigade (France)

The 6th Light Armoured Brigade (6e Brigade Légère Blindée, 6e BLB) one of the eight inter-arm brigades which are at the disposition of the Commandement de la force d'action terrestre.

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8th Marine Infantry Parachute Regiment

The 8th Marine Infantry Parachute Regiment (8e RPIMa) is an airborne regiment of the French Army.

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9th Light Armoured Marine Brigade (France)

The 9 Marine Infantry Brigade (e Brigade d'Infanterie de Marine, 9 BIMa) is a light armoured, amphibious unit of the Troupes de marine of the French Army.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/31st_Brigade_(France)

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