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Military Region assigned Units

 

        

526e Bataillon du Train (526e BT) (Transport)  Île-de-France (HQ Saint-Germain-en-Laye)

4e Groupe d'escadrons de Hussards (Armor) North-East (Metz)

22e Bataillon d'Infanterie (22e BI) (Infantry) South-East (Lyon)

57e Bataillon d'Infanterie (57e BI) (Infantry Battalion) South-West (Bordeaux)

16e Groupe d'Artillerie (16e GA) (Artillery) North-West (Rennes)

 

 

Training Units

 

1er Régiment de Chasseurs d'Afrique (1er RCA) Draguignan (Armor training)

4e Régiment Etranger (4e RE) (Foreign Legion training)

17e Groupe d'Artillerie (17e GA) Landes  (ADA training

132e bataillon cynophile de l'armée de terre (132e BCAT) Suippes (K-9 training)

 

 

 

Foreign Legion 7,700 (Some regiments are included in the combat brigades above)

 

1 armored regiment

1 paratroop regiment

4 infantry regiments

2 engineer regiments

 

1^e REC, Orange (Armor)

1^e RE  Aubagne (Infantry)

 2^e REI, Nîmes (Infantry)

4^e RE Castelnaudary (Training, infantry)

1^e REG Laudun (Engineers)

2^e REG, St. Christol, Corsica (Engineers)

2^e REP Calvi, Corsica (Paratroop)

3^e REI French Guyana (Infantry)

 

13^th DBLE (Demi Brigade) Djibouti

 

            2 companies from the above regiments

 

R = Regiment

E = Etranger (foreigner)

C = Chasseurs (armor)

I = Infantry

G = Genie (engineer)