Camp Raffalli is a military camp of the

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 For ...

. It is located in the municipalities of

Calenzana Calenzana (; co, Calinzana) is a commune in the Haute-Corse department of France on the island of Corsica. In 1732 it was the site of an uprising by Corsican nationalists against the island's Genoese rulers. It is now best known as the sta ...

and Calvi, Haute-Corse. It serves as a

garrison A garrison (from the French ''garnison'', itself from the verb ''garnir'', "to equip") is any body of troops stationed in a particular location, originally to guard it. The term now often applies to certain facilities that constitute a mil ...

and training ground for the

2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment The 2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment (french: 2e Régiment étranger de parachutistes, 2e REP) is the only airborne regiment of the Foreign Legion in the French Army. It is one of the four infantry regiments of the 11th Parachute Brigade and part o ...

(2^ème REP) and the Calvi defense base support group.

Gallery

File:Musée 2eREP.JPG, 2ème REP museum. Image:Saut-balagne.jpg, 2ème REP paratroopers jumping over Calvi Drop Zone. Image:Saut-Calvi.jpg, 2ème REP paratroopers landing on Calvi Drop Zone during a training course. File:Largage parachutiste 2REP.jpg, 2ème REP paratroopers jumping from a

C-160 The Transall C-160 is a military transport aircraft, produced as a joint venture between France and Germany. "Transall" is an abbreviation of the manufacturing consortium Transporter Allianz, comprising the companies of MBB, Aerospatiale, and ...

References

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