Military of France

Organisation

The French armed forces are divided into four branches:

Related Topics:
French - Armed forces

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• Army (Armée de Terre), including
• Chasseurs Alpins
• French Foreign Legion
• Marine troops
• light aviation (ALAT - Aviation Légére de l'Armée de Terre)
• engineers (Génie)
• including Paris Fire Brigade
• Navy (Marine Nationale), including
• Naval Air
• naval fusiliers and naval commandos
• Including Marseille Fire Battalion
• Air Force (Armée de l'Air) including
• territorial Air Defence
• air fusiliers
• Gendarmerie (Gendarmerie Nationale), a military police force which serves for the most part as a rural and general purpose police force.

They also include the following services:

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• General delegation to weaponry (defence procurement agency), military/civilian service, including
• the Direction of Naval Constructions
• supervision of some engineering schools (including École Polytechnique, École Nationale Supérieure de Techniques Avancées and SUPAERO)
• Health service of the armies
• Service of fuels.

The titular head of the French armed forces is the President of the Republic, in his role as Chef des Armées and is Commander-in-Chief of French Forces.

Related Topics:
President of the Republic - Commander-in-Chief

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