Friday, March 15, 2013

3rd Company 2nd REP (French Marines?) marching to the objective...








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  1. These guys are members if the French Foreign Legion. The 2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment, 2e Régiment étranger de parachutistes, 2e REP is an airborne regiment of the French Foreign Legion.

    Were confusion can set is of the 4 primary companies have a specialty classification. 1st company is urban warfare, 2nd company is mountain, 3rd is amphibious operations and 4th is demolition and sniping.

    The third are some the guys that jumped into Mali north of Timbuktu back on 28 January; here is link to the jump video:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5W9PKR6FdU&feature=player_embedded

    One other unique fact is these guys even though they are Airborne and are classified a special force commando unit of the French Air borne brigade, they still wear their Legion Green berets with the winged daggered arm badge instead of the traditional maroon.

    As far as French Marines this too is confusing, first off you have the Navy Fusiliers of the Navy, these guy’s have a primary mission is to protect and defend key French Naval sites.
    From thier ranks come the Naval Commando, Commandos marines which is thier special opreation force.

    From what I’ve read they are kind of a cross between Force Recon and a SEAL team.

    Finally you get the Troupes de marine, now these guy’s trace thier liniage back to the Navy in the 1600;s but since the late 1950’s they have been part of the French Army and for years were the backbone of the French Colonial troops.

    I hope this helps
    Cheers

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    1. it helps tremendously! thank you! i've been confused about the French organization for some time now and that cleared it up nicely.

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  2. ESTAOS SON SOLDADOS DEL 2REP EN LA OP. PANTHER EN LAS MONTAÑAS DE IFOGHAS EN MALI ,DURANTE LA OP SERVAL , SON LEGIONARIOS PARACAIDISTAS EL 2 REP ES LA UNICA UNIDAD DE LA LEGION PARACHUTISTE , Y ES UNA DE LAS UNIDADES MAS FAMOSAS DEL EJ. FRANCES ,ALTAMENTE ENTRANADOS DENTRO DE LA UNIDADHAY UN GRUPO SELECTO DE FUERZAS ESPECIALES LLAMADO GCP, (grupo comando parachutiste) m QUE ES POR EJ. EL OF. QUE ESTA CONSULTANDO SU GPS DE MUÑECA , O EL MISMO DANDO ORDENES A UN OFICIAL DE LA 3ERA CIA. EN LAS FOTOS SE PUEDE APRECIAR EL GRAN Y SOFISTICADO EQUIPAMIENTO QUE PORTAN EN EL OF, DEL GCP. EN EL CASCO VISOR NOCTURNO ,INTERCOMUNICADOR , UN DETALLE PORTA EN LA MUSLERA TACTICA IZQUIERDA UN CUCHILLO DE COMBATE -GLOCK- , QUE FUE MUY UTILIZADO POR ESTAS TROPAS EN MALI ,..DESDE ARGENTINA SALUDOS . ANIBALH

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  3. TAMBIEN TE EXPLICO MAS O MENOS LA EXTRUCTURA DEL EJ. FRANCES , EL ARME DE TERRE ES EL EJERCITO , EL ARME DEL AIR LA AVIACION , Y LA MARINE , EN EL ARME DE TERRE SE ENCUENTRAN LAS TROPAS DE MARINE QUE ES LA INFANTERIA DE MARINA QUE ESTA EN EL EJ, DE TIERRA )MEDIO COMPLICADO NO) , LAS TRES FUERZAS TIENEN GRUPOS DE FUERZAS ESPECIALES , EN EL ARME DE TERRE SON EL 1REPIMA,.13DRAGOONS PARACHUTISTES, EN EL AIR LOS COMANDOS DEL AIR ,SPA 10,20,30 , EN LA MARINE LES FUSILIER ,MARINES ,..ESE MAS O MENOS ES EL ARMEDO DE LAS FUERZAS FRANCESAS , DESDE ARGENTINA SALUTE A TOURS

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