Combat Training Center At Arta Beach
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The Combat Training Center at Arta Beach (CECAP), or ''Centre d'entraînement au combat d'Arta Plage'', is a French Army training facility located in
Arta Arta, ARTA, or Artà may refer to: Places Djibouti * Arta, Djibouti, a regional capital city in southeastern Djibouti * Arta Mountains, a mountain range in Djibouti * Arta Region, Djibouti Greece * Arta, Greece, a regional capital city in northwes ...
, Djibouti. The Combat Training Center is run by the members of the Foreign Legion and is part of the headquarters company of
13th Demi-Brigade of the Foreign Legion ) and veteran foreign regiments (french: Anciens régiment étranger, link=no) of the Legion, in case of the CEPs, BEPs & REPs, the context reference is referring to the paratrooper veterans (french: Anciens legionnaires parachutistes, link=no) ...
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Overview

The Combat Training Center at Arta Beach was established in 1978 as an
amphibious warfare Amphibious warfare is a type of offensive military operation that today uses naval ships to project ground and air power onto a hostile or potentially hostile shore at a designated landing beach. Through history the operations were conducte ...
training center. However in 1982 CECAP became the Commando Center reflecting a slight change from its original purpose; by 2003 CECAP had increasingly become a combat training capability. The similarity of the center's environment to Afghanistan was useful to the
French armed forces The French Armed Forces (french: Forces armées françaises) encompass the Army, the Navy, the Air and Space Force and the Gendarmerie of the French Republic. The President of France heads the armed forces as Chief of the Armed Forces. Franc ...
and CECAP began offering courses preparing soldiers for that region's environment.


Training

Military instruction at CECAP occurs through recurring military exercises held at the Arta Beach Facility. CECAP in addition to training French soldiers accepts American soldiers into its training programs. CECAP has the capacity to accommodate for approximately sixty soldiers in training at any given time.


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Combat Training Center At Arta Beach Training establishments of the French Army Training establishments of the French Foreign Legion Arta Region Military of Djibouti Units of the French Foreign Legion Military units and formations established in 1978