French Armed Forces

[Gabriel92]

A thought for them and those that served there ( Mali &/or CPA 10 ).
Smaller units feel such hits quite hard but they'll carry on.

Tay.

«On leur souhaite un prompt rétablissement»

 

[Jäger]

3 soldirs from CPA10 badly injured in Mali by mine under their vehicle.

i hope those brave soldiers make it.

 

[Gabriel92]

@mike2000 is back While you play at war in your luxury islands,others are deployed to the real battlefield.

 

[mike2000 is back]

@mike2000 is back While you play at war in your luxury islands,others are deployed to the real battlefield.

We taking a nap from being deployed all over the world fighting/advising other militaries etc. Time to take a luxury break to our many islands scattered all over the place. After we are done, then you better watch you back because we are coming back in full force. Even France will be no match for our killings......

 

[Gabriel92]

We taking a nap from being deployed all over the world fighting/advising other militaries etc. Time to take a luxury break to our many islands scattered all over the place. After we are done, then you better watch you back because we are coming back in full force. Even France will be no match for our killings......

We hope you the best,kick some butts.

 

[prima99]

We taking a nap from being deployed all over the world fighting/advising other militaries etc. Time to take a luxury break to our many islands scattered all over the place. After we are done, then you better watch you back because we are coming back in full force. Even France will be no match for our killings......

seconded. British SAS are among the top Elite Forces. Respect from Indonesia

 

[mike2000 is back]

CJTF-HOA Photo DJIBOUTI, Djibouti - U.S. Army Captain Joseph E. Nickel, with Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa, leads his platoon during a simulated assault on the French cadrees

5th French Marine Regiment in Djibouti

U.S. soldiers and French Naval commandos in Djibouti. Qu'est-ce que vous faites avec les anglo-saxon @Gabriel92 ?

French soldiers making an arrest against Anti balaka miitias in central Africa republic. WTF did i do??

French soldiers in Africa.

Stringer ./REUTERSFrench soldiers patrol in the Terz valley, about 60 km (37 miles) south of the town of Tessalit in northern Mali March 20, 2013. France has deployed some 4,000 troops to Mali, alongside a regional African force, in a nine-week operation that has driven Islamists into desert hideaways and mountains near the Algerian border.

seconded. British SAS are among the top Elite Forces. Respect from Indonesia

ahahahah....true that.

 

[Gabriel92]

CJTF-HOA Photo DJIBOUTI, Djibouti - U.S. Army Captain Joseph E. Nickel, with Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa, leads his platoon during a simulated assault on the French cadrees

5th French Marine Regiment in Djibouti

U.S. soldiers and French Naval commandos in Djibouti. Qu'est-ce que vous faites avec les anglo-saxon @Gabriel92 ?

Working/training together to fight terrorists scums,is there a problem ?

French soldiers making an arrest against Anti balaka miitias in central Africa republic. WTF did i do??

-I swear i didn't steal your jambon-beurre !

These aren't French soldiers. Or maybe we've been so Americanised,could be possible,we've been so hit by the American way of life.

French soldiers in Africa.

Stringer ./REUTERSFrench soldiers patrol in the Terz valley, about 60 km (37 miles) south of the town of Tessalit in northern Mali March 20, 2013. France has deployed some 4,000 troops to Mali, alongside a regional African force, in a nine-week operation that has driven Islamists into desert hideaways and mountains near the Algerian border.

Even by +40 or +50°,always ready to kick some butts.
@Taygibay

 

[Taygibay]

Djibouti Mike! After an initial dubious sharing when the Americans "bought" a foothold post-independence,
the cooperation began roughly in 2001. After the 9-11 attacks, Washington spruced up one of our old bases,
named it Camp Lemonnier and moved the CJTF-Horn of Africa there. It corresponds to a real need though,
past the scare of al-Qaida. Moving troops to say Somalia is easier from Djibouti than Spain.
Since 2008, the cooperative training has moved from occasional to standard practice. The last V-22 testing
on French boats and French troops presence on US ships happened there.

As for the attractiveness to many countries, consider the following :
stable, non aligned govt / no expansionist foreign policy ( as if they could if they wanted, right? ) /
perfect geographic location linking Middle-East to volatile African region -Somalia, South Sudan, etc -
incredible accessibility from either Med or Indian ocean, gaining them protection at almost no cost & so on.
Check this for more infos : Forward Operating Base Djibouti: Africa’s Leading Host for Western Military Operations | Security Sector Reform Resource Centre

On a different matter, I agree with Gab that the guys on that 3rd pic are not likely French. US or EU origin
SF at most.
And I also agree that our guys look great!
What France did in Mali was an almost perfect intervention. Of course we know Africa best, of course we got
very decent support for mobility from our friends ( US, UK, Canada ) and of course the menace was not the
highest ever seen; still, an honest assessment begs the question : Who else could have done better?

The best example is found in airborne ops. Jumping on Timbuktu on Jan 28, a mere 17 days into the operation
and the smaller one on Gao prior or those on Kidal and Tessalit later are pretty darn rare occurrences. You might
want to check how many live air assaults were held huh … say since Kolwesi … by any nation.
There were a couple more since ( Salvador pass in Niger ) under Barkhane mandate.

Maybe next time, that operational joint task force / brigade / whatever they'll callit between your boys and ours
will be ready and England will return to real war ops that we know its best can do successfully?
Maybe a part of that shared contingent will be based in Djibouti? That would be swell!

Later guys, have a great day, Tay.

P.S. French Commando Marines wearing green berets points to a labeling mistake - pic 3-.

 

[halloweene]

Djibouti Mike! After an initial dubious sharing when the Americans "bought" a foothold post-independence,
the cooperation began roughly in 2001. After the 9-11 attacks, Washington spruce up one of our old bases,
named it Camp Lemonnier and moved the CJTF-Horn of Africa there. It correspond to a real need though,
past the scare of al-Qaida. Moving troops to say Somalia is easier from Djibouti than Spain.
Since 2008, the cooperative training has moved from occasional to standard practice. The last V-22 testing
on French boats and French troops presence on US ships happened there.

As for the attractiveness to many countries, consider the following :
stable, non aligned govt / no expansionist foreign policy ( as if they could if they wanted, right? ) /
perfect geographic location linking Middle-East to volatile African region -Somalia, South Sudan, etc -
incredible accessibility from either Med or Indian ocean, gaining them protection at almost no cost & so on.
Check this for more infos : Forward Operating Base Djibouti: Africa’s Leading Host for Western Military Operations | Security Sector Reform Resource Centre

On a different matter, I agree with Gab that the guys on that 3rd pic are not likely French. US or EU origin
SF at most.
And I also agree that our guys look great!
What France did in Mali was an almost perfect intervention. Of course we know Africa best, of course we got
very decent support for mobility from our friends ( US, UK, Canada ) and of course the menace was not the
highest ever seen; still, an honest assessment begs the question : Who else could have done better?

The best example is found in airborne ops. Jumping on Timbuktu on Jan 28, a mere 17 days into the operation
and the smaller one on Gao prior or those on Kidal and Tessalit later are pretty darn rare occurrences. You might
want to check how many live air assaults were held huh … say since Kolwesi … by any nation.
There were a couple more since ( Salvador pass in Niger ) under Barkhane mandate.

Maybe next time, that operational joint task force / brigade / whatever they'll callit between your boys and ours
will be ready and England will return to real war ops that we know its best can do successfully?
Maybe a part of that shared contingent will be based in Djibouti? That would be swell!

Later guys, have a great day, Tay.

P.S. French Commando Marines wearing green berets points to a labeling mistake - pic 3-.

Can't say, but try to kow about GAO bridge story

 

[Jäger]

French army in Mali

French Navy Super Étendard

British Eurofighters with French Rafales

German A310 MRTT refueling a French Rafale over Mali

 

[Taygibay]

Can't say, but try to kow about GAO bridge story

LOL! Top FB contacts, top industry contacts and first hand accounts, you're a beast, mec!

Wink indeed huh?

And good evening all, Tay.

P.S. Oh! BTW, H. : Trudeau is coming in tonight so maybe Rafalous sur l'Arctique?

 

[mike2000 is back]

Menacing Call of duty : This french trooper is one of an estimated 2,000 French soldiers sent to the west African nation to fight hardline Islamic extremists who seized control last year.

A French soldier stands guard outside a destroyed Islamic militants camp in the recently liberated town of Diabaly

A French soldier controls a Milan ant-tank missile launcher near Diabaly

French soldiers patrol the recently liberated town of Diabaly as forces continue their advance northwards in the fight against Islamic militants linked to al-Qaeda

French soldiers getting ready to fire an anti-tank missile during an exercise in Abeche

To the frontline in Mali

 

[Taygibay]

Sad story on the iconic COD-clad Légionnaire : He was looked for and found by the hierarchy
which took a dim view on such antics as unprofessional / getting bad publicity, some such to
which I personally disagree even though I understand the rationale.
It led to a successions of screw-ups including prison and leaving the armed forces.

That image will nonetheless remain important as an icon of that sweep of an operation, of course.

Also, the count under the image is wrong, 4 000+ is more like it.
Later mate, Tay.

 

[mike2000 is back]

Sad story on the iconic COD-clad Légionnaire : He was looked for and found by the hierarchy
which took a dim view on such antics as unprofessional / getting bad publicity, some such to
which I personally disagree even though I understand the rationale.
It led to a successions of screw-ups including prison and leaving the armed forces.

That image will nonetheless remain important as an icon of that sweep of an operation, of course.

Also, the count under the image is wrong, 4 000+ is more like it.
Later mate, Tay.

Yes i heard about it. I don't think it was that bad to be honest to deserve such a punishment. Prison?? hmmmm....sometimes those at the top make rather rash decisions.
Reminds me of what hapened to one of our own elite paratrooper 3 years ago, he was chased by military courts for punching a fleeing Taliban suspect and subsequently lost his job.
Fury of a hero betrayed: Para prosecuted for punching a Taliban suspect who was trying to escape speaks out for the first time | Daily Mail Online

Taking 'Human rights' to a whole new level.......Pathetic.
' Lions led by Donkeys' fits perfectly here.