Marine Nationale

Motto: Honneur, Patrie, Valeur, Discipline ("Honour, Homeland, Valour, Discipline") Command Naval Ministers Maritime Prefect Components Force d'Action Navale Force Océanique Stratégique Aviation Navale FORFUSCO Commandos de Marine Fusiliers de Marine Gendarmerie Navale Equipment Current Fleet Current deployments Personnel Ranks in the French Navy History History of the French Navy Future of the French Navy French Navy ensigns and pennants Historic ships Historic Fleets Awards, Decorations and Badges Croix de guerre Médaille militaire Légion d'honneur Ribbons of the French military and civil awards

The Fusiliers de Marine (also known as Fusiliers Marins) are units specialised in the protection and defence of key sites of the French Navy on land. They include about 1,200 men. Navy officers on the bridges of the Motte-Picquet frigate French Navy summer uniforms Frigate division of the French Navy in Toulon harbour The French Navy (Marine Nationale) is the second-largest Western European navy (the largest being the Royal Navy). ... Image File history File links Civil_and_Naval_Ensign_of_France. ... A motto (from Italian) is a phrase or a short list of words meant formally to describe the general motivation or intention of an entity, social group, or organization. ... One of ancien régime Frances Secretaries of State was entrusted with control of the French Navy. ... From left to right: Capitaine de Vaisseau Xavier Magne (captain of the Charles De Gaulle), vice-amiral descadre Alain Dumontet, commander of the Force dAction Navale, and contre-amiral Édouard Guillaud, Préfet maritime of the English Channel and North Sea. ... The Force dAction Navale (FAN) is the 12,000-man and about 100-ship strong backbone of the French Navy. ... The Force Océanique Stratégique (FOST, Strategic Oceanic Force) are the strategic submarine forces of the French Navy. ... The Aviation Navale (Naval Aviation) of the French Navy includes 162 airplanes (138 of them combat-capable) and 6,800 men, both civilians and military personel. ... The Naval Light Infantry and Naval Commandos units are under command of the Force Maritime des Fusiliers Marins et Commandos (FORFUSCO) in Lorient. ... The Naval Commandos (Commandos Marines) are the special forces of the French Navy. ... The Gendarmerie Navale, or Gendarmerie maritime, is a 1 100-man strong corps of the French Navy. ... // Aircraft carriers Charles de Gaulle nuclear aricraft carrier Charles de Gaulle Planned: Second aircraft carrier Projection and Command vessels Mistral Projection and Command vessel Mistral class - 2 ships Mistral Tonnerre Helicopter Carriers Jeanne dArc Jeanne dArc (normally used for training) (Note that most amphibious ships are capable of... Standing French Navy Deployments is a list of current deployment by the French Navy: Caribbean Fort-de-France, Martinique Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe South America Cayenne, Suriname Pacific Tahiti - naval base New Caledonia Indian Ocean Mayotte Réunion Alindien or Indian Ocean Maritime Zone Africa Djibouti Dakar, Senegal North America Saint... The rank insignia of the French Navy are worn on epaulettes of shirts and white jackets, and on sleeves for navy jackets and mantels. ... The French navy is affectionately known as The Gayest Navy(the Royal), for its supposed attachement to the monarchy; it is to be noted that some of the greatest heroes of the First Republic were in the French Navy (Luc-Julien-Joseph Casabianca, Robert Surcouf, Latouche-Tréville). ... The French Navy is undertaking a significant reinforcement, both in modernising and in number, under the Projet de loi de programmation militaire 2003-2008 (Military programme law project 2003-2008)[1] , which notably calls for A second aircraft carrier - conventionally propelled (the current Charles De Gaulle is nuclear), and built... The French Navy has a specific flag, slightly different from the regular French flag, a number of pennants and jacks, and traditions related to them. ... This is a list of traditional French Navy ship names, along with notices for notable units. ... List of British fleets of World War I British Grand Fleet List of British fleets of World War II British Eastern Fleet British Home Fleet British Mediterranean Fleet British Pacific Fleet List of United States fleets US Atlantic Fleet US Pacific Fleet US Asiatic Fleet For a list of numbered... The Croix de guerre is a military decoration of both Belgium and France which was first created in 1915. ... French Military Medal The Médaille militaire (Military Medal) is a decoration of the French Republic which was first instituted in 1852. ... Chiang Kai-sheks Légion dhonneur. ... Here stands a list of the ribbons of the French military and civil awards // Order (decoration) State decoration Les décorations françaises ISBN 2-911468-99-6 Site très complet traitant des décorations militaires et civiles françaises Categories: | | | ... The French Navy, officially called the National Navy (French: Marine Nationale) is the maritime arm of the French military. ...

Their deployments include:

• 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 (Île 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. Panorama of Toulon area Satellite view Coat of Arms of Toulon view of Toulon harbour around 1750, by Joseph Vernet. ... Brest (lol) is a city in Brittany, or the Bretagne région, north-west France, sous-préfecture of the Finistère département. ... Cherbourg is a city of Normandy, in northwestern France, in the Manche département, of which it is a sous_préfecture. ... The Force Océanique Stratégique (FOST, Strategic Oceanic Force) are the strategic submarine forces of the French Navy. ... ÃŽle Longue (French for “Long Island”) is an island of the roadstead of Brest. ...

History

Originally embarked troops used to maintain order aboard ships, the Fusiliers de Marine served as elite troops during boardings, typically using hand grenades and sharp-shooting from the masts. An anonymous Fusilier de Marine is credited for Nelson's death during the Battle of Trafalgar. Lord Nelson Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson (September 29, 1758 – October 21, 1805) was a British admiral who won fame as a leading naval commander. ... Combatants United Kingdom First French Empire Kingdom of Spain Commanders Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson † Pierre Charles Silvestre de Villeneuve Strength 27 ships of the line France: 18 ships of the line and 8 others. ...

"Call to fair men; the Royal regiment of Naval fusiliers is recruiting..." Louis XV Image File history File linksMetadata No higher resolution available. ...

Musée de la Marine, Paris: Naval Infantry shako, around 1829. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1020x1251, 124 KB) A French naval Shako, MUsée de la Marine, Paris. ...

See also

• Troupes de Marine
• Marine

The Troupes de marine (marine troops) is a subset of the French Army dedicated to external operations. ... The UKs Royal Marines in a Rigid Raider assault watercraft Marines (from the English adjective marine, meaning of the sea, from Latin language mare, meaning sea, via French adjective marin(e), of the sea) are, in principle, land soldiers under the control of a navy. ...

External links

• (French) Présentation des fusiliers marins et commandos marine