Fusiliers de Marine

The Fusiliers de Marine, or fusiliers marins, are units specialised in the protection and defence of sensitive points of the French Navy on land. They include about 1 200 men.

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Their deployment includes

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• One group in Toulon and another in Brest, with a "Regional Intervention Group" to reinforce the protection of any particular building or place.
• Seven companies scattered around metropolitan territory: one in the naval base of Cherbourg, one in every site of the FOST (Ile longue, France-sud, Rosnay and Sainte Assise) and one on each of the naval air bases of Lann Bihoué and Nîmes-Garons.

They also protect the DOM/TOM where interarm transmission stations are located.

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