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	The Avalon Project : Franco-German Armistice : June 25, 1940
		All French authorities and officials of the occupied territory, therefore, are to be promptly informed by the French Government to comply with the regulations of the German military commanders and to cooperate with them in a correct manner.
		French armed forces on land, on the sea, and in the air are to be demobilized and disarmed in a period still to be set.
		The French armed forces in the territory to be occupied by Germany are to be hastily withdrawn into territory not to be occupied and be discharged.
	www.yale.edu /lawweb/avalon/wwii/frgearm.htm (1806 words)

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		The French Armed Forces took too long to adopt an effective doctrine to combat the insurgent threat and by the time they were effective it was irrelevant.
		The U.S. Armed Forces are conducting counterinsurgency operations to defeat and dismantle the Former Regime Loyalists and various Islamic fundamentalist organizations inside the country.
		U.S. Armed Forces do not have an overarching counterinsurgency doctrine that is applicable to their operations in Iraq and similar to the French in Algeria they are going through a learning process.
	www.ntis.gov /search/product.asp?ABBR=ADA429272 (342 words)

	Military of France - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The President of the Republic is the Commander-in-Chief of the French military, which counts the defence of national territory, the protection of French interests abroad, and the maintenance of global stability as some of its primary objectives.
		The titular head of the French armed forces is the President of the Republic, in his role as Chef des Armées — the President is thus Commander-in-Chief of French forces.
		French Nuclear testing in the Pacific, and the Sinking of the Rainbow Warrior strained French relations with its Allies and South Pacific states.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Military_of_France (1192 words)

	Embassy of France in the US -National Defense
		French contributions include troops deployed to the International Security Assistance Force (13% of ISAF), training of the Afghan National Army, Operation Enduring Freedom on the ground (Special Forces), at sea (3 frigates and 1 Maritime Patrol Aircraft), and in the air (6 fighter aircraft, 1 tanker and 2 transport aircraft).
		Earthquake in Pakistan October 8, 2005: the French Armed Forces participated in the rescue of the populations in Pakistan, with the deployment of a first aid medical center and surgical facilities, as well as the transport of UN humanitarian freight from Turkey.
		The French Armed Forces in the Caribbean are closely coordinating with the U.S. Joint Inter Agency Task Force South to counter all kinds of illegal trafficking.
	www.ambafrance-us.org /atoz/defense.asp (2564 words)

	NATO/IMS: Committee on Women in the NATO Forces: France
		Currently, the French Armed Forces are entering a period of transformation, which includes the end of compulsory national service by the year 2002.
		Eligibility requirements for employment in the French Forces are the same for women and men, and they have the same opportunities for promotion as their male counterparts.
		The Armed Forces enable those women who choose to have a career the opportunity to fulfil their goals and train equally with their male colleagues.
	www.nato.int /ims/2001/win/france.htm (1669 words)

	French forces train for Afghanistan in Africa -DAWN - International; 15 July, 2004
		During her visit, Alliot-Marie confirmed that France's contingent of special forces in Afghanistan, operating from a base at Spin Boldak near the southwestern city of Kandahar, would be continuing to hunt for Al Qaeda activists, and notably for the group's leader, Osama bin Laden.
		In early June the chief of staff of the French armed forces, General Henri Bentegeat, said during a visit to Kabul that Osama bin Laden had on several occasions been almost within reach of the coalition forces in Afghanistan.
		The French forces engaged in the hunt regularly pass through Djibouti for four-month spells of training in desert conditions, in temperatures that can reach as high as 55 degrees Celsius.
	www.dawn.com /2004/07/15/int10.htm (578 words)

	The French armed forces
		French forces arrived early on the ground in Afghanistan.
		Since February 5, Operation Beryx led by the French Armed Forces in the Tsunami devastated areas, has been progressively scaled back with the reduction of the Army deployment, the relief of the Navy assets on Feb 9, and the departure of 3 Puma helicopters.
		The French Armed Forces in the Caribbean are closely coordinating with the U.S. Joint Inter Agency Task Force South to counter drug trafficking.
	www.ambafrance-au.org /article.php3?id_article=310 (2024 words)

	NRDC: Nuclear Data - Table of French Nuclear Forces, 2002
		The French stockpile as of 2002 is estimated at approximately 350 warheads of three types.
		The SSBN force is organized under the Oceanic Strategic Task Force (Force Océanique Stratégique, FOST) and homeported at the Île Longue base in Brest.
		French SSBNs are protected during their operations by nuclear attack submarines, maritime patrol aircraft (Atlantique 2), anti-submarine frigates and minesweepers.
	www.nrdc.org /nuclear/nudb/datab16.asp (1812 words)

	News: Central African Republic, France helps CAR gov't in offensive against rebels
		He said the government troops had captured the airstrip with French help but said his fighters still controlled Birao, which is the main town of the remote, rugged Vakaga prefecture and is located 800 km (500 miles) northeast of the capital, Bangui.
		Earlier in Paris, French armed forces spokesman Christophe Prazuck said French troops fired in self defence during the operation on Monday that recaptured the airstrip at Birao.
		French troops led an intelligence operation to ensure the Birao airstrip was safe before the troops disembarked, Prazuck added.
	www.reliefweb.int /rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/STED-6VYS5C?OpenDocument (477 words)

	BT&R/Emcon C: French Forces Unit Data, 1990-2020
		The ability to send heavy forces overseas was exercised in May 2002 (deployment of the 2eme Brigade Blindee to Ukraine) and November 2002 (a smaller deployment to Qatar), exercises that appear to have been rehearsals for the projected French military participation in the anti-Iraq coalition.
		Although a number of French ground and air units were alerted for such a mission in early 2003, subsequent political developments have precluded French military participation in the Operation Iraqi Freedom.
		French forces have also remained active in peacekeeping operations in the Balkans and a number of civil wars in Africa, most notably in the Ivory Coast and Sierra Leone.
	www.geocities.com /pmj6/BTRfr90.html (1085 words)

	The French Army: History, Organization (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The French carried out a huge cavalry encirclement, sweeping behind the Spanish army and smashing their way through to attack the rear of the Spanish cavalry that was still in combat with the reserves.
		The infantry was armed with muskets, fusils and pikes.
		The ranks of the French regiments were filled by voluntary enlistment, that is by the wles of the recruiting sergeants and the temptations of bounty.
	web2.airmail.net /napoleon/FRENCH_ARMY.htm (14027 words)

	The new-style Armed Forces
		When the contribution of the Armed Forces is deemed necessary, each zone of defence will benefit, in the first instance, from the means supplied by the Armed Forces stationed in that zone.
		Thus, the French Armed Forces are to undergo considerable reorganisation.
		The new-style Armed Forces are based on a level of resources equal to 185 thousand million FRF per year, of which about 99 thousand million FRF are to be devoted to operational costs and a little over 86 thousand million FRF to equipment costs.
	www.globalsecurity.org /wmd/library/news/france/960222-new.htm (2900 words)

	Terrorism - French Military Reform
		The changes would also re-orient the French Armed Forces from a mostly European force focused on repelling a Soviet invasion, to a professional, flexible, and highly mobile force capable of deploying worldwide to fight or conduct peace support operations.
		French suppression of enemy air defense (SEAD) capabilities were limited in Kosovo because the Air Force lacked an anti-radar missile that could track and destroy a target after the radar is switched off.
		French Special Forces were reported as fighting al Qaeda forces as part of a multinational effort in the Shahikot mountain range near Gardez on March 5.
	www.cdi.org /terrorism/french-reform.cfm (2045 words)

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		French stamps and French Military cachet used in Vietnam.
		All the mails, since then, have been franked with the French stamps (the stamps of the puppet state were no longer sold then) and cancelled with " Post aux Armees - TOE " which mean :" Military Post offices - The exterior operation troops ".
		On 13/ 5/ 1955, each division belong to the command headquater received the period of 300 days (the 5th regiment, the 64th regiment, the provincial Armed Force of Hong Quang), and received the positions in the city to keep them in safe and order.
	www.philatelyvietnam.com /stampvn2b.htm (452 words)

	The Fall of France and the Multicultural World War \| The Brussels Journal
		French Jews are leaving the country in ever-growing numbers, fleeing a wave of anti-Semitism.
		Some have pointed out that the French military are not always squeamish, but there are estimates that 15% of the armed forces are already made up of Muslims, and rising.
		It is a Europe written in French.” Education Minister François Fillon stated: “This Constitution allows the French ambition to assert itself in the big Europe that General de Gaulle hoped and prayed for.” The French dream of an enlarged France.
	www.brusselsjournal.com /node/989 (4369 words)

	Crisis could define future French spending (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Richard announced the appointment of a panel of senior military planners to examine operations in Kosovo from an equipment perspective and draw "initial conclusions" on the type of weaponry the French armed forces would be likely to require to respond to similar crises in future.
		Richard did not state which areas could receive additional funding as a result of lessons from Operation 'Allied Force' but French Navy sources suggested the crisis could persuade the government that France needs a new aircraft carrier to accompany the nuclear-powered Charles de Gaulle, which enters service next year.
		Separately, the French Army said that it had lost a CL-289 UAV over Kosovo on 13 May, the first actual French loss reported since the start of NATO strikes against Yugoslavia.
	www.aeronautics.ru /nws001/janes012.htm (443 words)

	French and British nuclear forces, 1999 \| thebulletin.org (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		We estimate that the French operational stockpile, which peaked at almost 550 warheads in 1991-92, now consists of approximately 450 warheads of three types.
		The most significant was the phasing out of conscription and the introduction of professional armed forces over a six-year period that concludes in 2001.
		But with the withdrawal of the last remaining WE177 bombs at the end of March 1998, the Tornadoes' nuclear role was terminated, bringing to an end the four-decade-long history of RAF aircraft carrying nuclear weapons.
	www.thebulletin.org /article_nn.php?art_ofn=ja99norris (2117 words)

	French to reinforce Haiti force by 140 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The possibility of the additional deployment was first raised by the commanding officer of the French contingent in Haiti, Colonel Daniel Deplatois, on his arrival at Port-au-Prince on Monday.
		The French light military transport ship Champlain carrying army vehicles was en route to Haiti and the naval frigate Ventose, which has a command function, was already manoeuvring off the Haitian coast.
		About 80 mobile gendarmes of the French armed forces also left an airbase in southern France Monday for Fort-de-France in the French Caribbean possession Martinique in preparation for eventual deployment in Haiti, the spokesman added.
	www.spacewar.com /2004/040301184024.ffod3x2x.html (242 words)

	British, French, and Chinese nuclear forces \| thebulletin.org (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The French stockpile at the end of 1996 is estimated at approximately 450 warheads of three types.
		The Rafale is described as the multi-purpose navy and air force fighter/bomber for the twenty-first century.
		The mainstay of Chinese nuclear forces is the ballistic missile, which varies in range from 1,700 to 13,000 kilometers.
	www.thebulletin.org /article_nn.php?art_ofn=nd96norris (3092 words)

	Dossier/Special 09/2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The French forces present in the Pacific region and the Southern Indian Ocean (10,000) are controlling sea lanes of communications and important areas for the preservation of natural wealth.
		From October 23, 2001, to September 30, 2002, a total of 12,000 flying hours were conducted in support of operations in Afghanistan by the French Mirage IV reconnaissance aircraft, the C135 tankers, the C160 and C130 transports, the E2C and Super Etendard from the Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier, and the Mirage 2000D strike aircraft.
		Now, 540 French troops are deployed in Afghanistan as part of the International Security Assistance Force, whose duty is to maintain security at the Kabul airport and its surroundings.
	www.consulfrance-chicago.org /France-Midwest/0904dos.htm (1319 words)

	Buy French Now! • We Get Mail (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		As an American/Israeli student of French language and literature (and student in France for one glorious year) increasingly sickened by Americans who are dedicated to wiping out thought, I thank you for providing an antidote.
		French (from the tv show "Family Affair" circa 1975-- he was Buffy and Jody's male "nanny".
		The French are a bunch of Socialist cowards who don't deserve the freedom America has given you.
	www.buyfrenchnow.com /mail.html (1603 words)

	French armed forces - Page 4 - World Affairs Board
		I can´t make fun of the French though cos they had a big resistance after the takeover of their country.
		The RAF were nearly beaten by weight of numbers and when Hitler at last had them on their knees in a grand show of stupidity (like a loy of things he did) he switched from bombing RAF airfields to bombing cities allowing the RAF to get back up and finally defeat the Luftwaffe.
		As for the Maginot line I'll give a simple but effective idea of what happened.The German forces went around the Maginot line through Holand, French forces were sent from the line to try and stop them and when the line was left undermaned and under strength and so the German forces simply rolled on through.
	www.worldaffairsboard.com /showthread.php?p=42730 (2871 words)

	Why India's ties with the US worries France
		During his stay in Paris, Mukherjee will be visiting the Centre for Planning and Operations Management and the French armed forces command of air defence and air operations at Taverny.
		The Centre deals with international operations of the French armed forces and execution at joint staff level and the inclusion of CIDS Chief Gen Lidder in the Indian delegation is significant as New Delhi is in the process of moving towards the formation of a chief of defence staff.
		The conclusion of the agreement to provide for German technology transfer and holding of joint naval exercises and more interaction between the armed forces would be the highlight of the visit commencing September 5.
	www.rediff.com /news/2006/sep/01france.htm (539 words)

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		I am writing to you in your capacity as the Supreme Commander of French Armed Forces in French Polynesia, in response to some of the grossly inaccurate claims which have been made about Greenpeace's recent protest actions at Moruroa.
		I further object to the unlawful, excessive and inappropriate use of force employed by the armed forces acting under your orders against the Rainbow Warrior and her crew.
		Accordingly, I wish to receive your assurance that forces acting under your orders will be given new orders which require them to refrain from the excesses displayed in ramming, boarding and seizing the Rainbow Warrior at our protest.
	archive.greenpeace.org /comms/rw/jul14c.html (753 words)

	All Headline News - French Armed Forces Rejoin "Operation Enduring Freedom" - December 18, 2006
		Kabul, Afghanistan (AHN) - French forces are returning to the War on Terror, in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.
		A French Navy Carrier Air Wing has begun flying their first missions in support since November.
		AHN shall not be liable of delays, errors or omissions in the content, or for any actions taken in reliance thereon.
	www.allheadlinenews.com /articles/7003496593 (276 words)

	Center for the Study of Sexual Minorities in the Military \| UCSB (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The French armed forces will accept openly gay recruits as long as they don't
		In the interview, Raevel said that as the country&Mac226;s draft is ended, the armed services needs to recruit both men and women, "and the fact that some may be homosexual is none of our business.
		We follow the evolution of society, and the recognition of the homosexual phenomenon is one such evolution."
	www.gaymilitary.ucsb.edu /ResearchResources/PressClips/news5_6_00.htm (154 words)

	French Army - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Further information might be found on the talk page or at requests for expansion.
		The principles and values of the French Army are exposed in the code du soldat français ("code of the French soldier") :
		Insignia of French units stationed in West Berlin during the Cold War
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/French_Army (245 words)

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