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Structure Of The French Army
The structure of the French Army is fixed by Chapter 2 of Title II of Book II of the Third Part of the Code of Defense, notably resulting in the codification of Decree 2000-559 of 21 June 2000. Army General Staff The Army General Staff is headquartered in Paris. * État-major de l'Armée de terre - Army General Staff, in Paris ** Centre de doctrine et d'enseignement au commandement (CDEC) - Doctrine and Leadership teaching Centre, in Paris ** Section technique de l'Armée de terre (STAT) - Army Technical Section, in Versailles *** Groupement aéromobilité de la section technique de l'Armée de terre (GAMSTAT) - Army Technical Section Airmobile Group, in Chabeuil ** Corps de réaction rapide européen (CRR-E) - French Element European Rapid Reaction Corps (Eurocorps), in Strasbourg Light Aviation Command The Army Light Aviation Command is headquartered in Vélizy-Villacoublay. * Commandement de l'Aviation légère de l’Armée de terre (COM ALAT) - Army Light Aviation C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Army
The French Army, officially known as the Land Army (french: Armée de Terre, ), is the land-based and largest component of the French Armed Forces. It is responsible to the Government of France, along with the other components of the Armed Forces. The current Chief of Staff of the French Army (CEMAT) is General , a direct subordinate of the Chief of the Defence Staff (CEMA). General Schill is also responsible to the Ministry of the Armed Forces for organization, preparation, use of forces, as well as planning and programming, equipment and Army future acquisitions. For active service, Army units are placed under the authority of the Chief of the Defence Staff (CEMA), who is responsible to the President of France for planning for, and use of forces. All French soldiers are considered professionals, following the suspension of French military conscription, voted in parliament in 1997 and made effective in 2001. , the French Army employed 118,600 personnel (including the Fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
