French Air Special Operations Forces.

Note:  Translation is letting me down on this one.  Any French speaker click here to go to the site to help me out...I think these are French Air Force Special Ops but not entirely sure..

Note 1:  "Bryaxis" gave this synopsis of the event...

28 commandos from the CPA 10 (Airborne Commando of the Air) have been training in Corsica, from the BA 126 Ventiseri-Solenzara. They had to exercize both for ground operations (motorized patrol and urban warfare) and in cooperation with airplanes (assault landing with planes from the 3/61 "Poitou" transport squadron) and helicopters ( helicopter borne assault with the 3/67 helicopter squadron "Pyrénées" and 1/44 helicopter squadron "Solenzara"), with support of the logistic departement of airbase 126.
The training seems to have been the "general" training for 17 new recruits, before they are sent to specialized training for the various subgroups of CPA 10 : they were coached by 11 trainers.

Note 2:  Most of the time when you see blurred images of Special Ops personnel its done by bloggers and not the Department of Defense.  Why so many choose to do such a thing is beyond me.  If the services, SOCOM and DoD don't see a reason to do so then why should a blogger?  This time you see the French have actually done the deed.  That's new.  Are they aware of increased threats to personnel?  Is the possibility of attack so great that training inside France itself requires such precautions?