French Army (A New World)

The French Army, officially the Ground Army (French: armée de Terre [aʀme də tɛʀ], lit. 'Army of land') to distinguish it from the French Air Forces, Armée de l'Air or Air Army. is the land-based and largest component of the French Armed Forces. It is responsible to the Government of France, along with the other four components of the Armed Forces. The current Chief of Staff of the French Army (CEMAT) is General Henry Besnard, a direct subordinate of the Chief of the Defence Staff (CEMA). General Besnard is also responsible, in part, to the Ministry of Defence for organization, preparation, use of forces, as well as planning and programming, equipment and Army future acquisitions. For active service, Army units are placed under the authority of the Chief of the Defence Staff (CEMA), who is responsible to the President of France for planning for, and use, of forces.
As of 2110, the French Army employed 125,521 personnel.(including the French Foreign Legion and the Paris Fire Brigade). In addition, the reserve element of the French Army consisted of 15,453 personnel of the Operational Reserve.
== Structure and organisation ==
the Army comprises:
* The Army Chief of Staff (Chef d'état-major de l'armée de Terre (CEMAT)).
* The army staff (l'état-major de l'armée de Terre or EMAT), which gives general direction and management of all the components;
* The Army Inspectorate (l'inspection de l'armée de Terre);
* The Army Human Resources Directorate (la direction des ressources humaines de l'armée de Terre or DRHAT);
* The forces;
* A territorial organisation (seven regions, see below)
* The services;
* The personnel training and military higher training organisms.the French Army consists of three combined divisions (carrying the heritage of 1st Armored, 2nd Armored and 3rd Armored divisions) and given three combat brigades to supervise each. There are also several division-level (niveau divisionnaire) specialized commands including Intelligence, Information and communication systems, Maintenance, Logistics, Special Forces, Army Light Aviation, National Territory, Training.
=== Arms of the French Army ===
The Army is divided into arms (armes). They include the Troupes de Marine, the Armoured Cavalry Arm (Arme Blindée Cavalerie), the Artillery, the Engineering Arm (l'arme du génie), the Infantry (which includes the Chasseurs Alpins, specialist mountain infantry), Materiel Matériel, Logistics (Train) and Signals (Transmissions). Parachute units are maintained by several of the armes.
The Légion étrangère (French Foreign Legion) was established in 1831 for foreign nationals willing to serve in the French Armed Forces. The Legion is commanded by French officers. It is an elite military unit numbering around 10,000 troops. The Legion has gained worldwide recognition for its service, most recently in World War III. It is not strictly an Arme but a commandement particulier, whose regiments belong to several arms, notably the infantry and the engineering arm.
The Troupes de marine are the former Colonial Troops of the l'Armee de terre. They are the first choice units for overseas deployment and recruit on this basis. They are composed of Marine Infantry (Infanterie de Marine) (which includes parachute regiments such as 1er RPIMa and a tank unit, the RICM) and the Marine Artillery (Artillerie de Marine). in 2028, New French Army decided to changed the Troupes de marine Motto "Et au Nom de Dieu, vive la coloniale! ("And in the name of God, long live the Colonial") due to it contain Colonialism, which seen as an relic and an contrary to the Sixth Republic Values. the New Motto "au nom de la nouvelle république, nous prévaudrons ("in the name of new republic, we shall prevail") was adopted when the unit was reformed.
The Aviation légère de l'armée de Terre (ALAT, which translates as Army Light Aviation), was established on 22 November 1954 for observation, reconnaissance, assault and supply duties. It operates numerous helicopters in support of the French Army, It is an Arme with a commandement particulier.
== Uniform ==
with the advent of Fifth-Generation Warfare, French Soldiers were issued a new Standard Uniform and ATHENA Combat System to it's Soldiers, the Uniform Design were taking influences of WWI-Era horizon-blue uniform.
Male Soldiers wear horizon-blue Blazer and White Dress Shirt, with an Red Tie, and horizon-blue Trousers. for Female Soldiers, they wear horizon-blue Blazer, White Blouse, Red Tie, and horizon-blue Short Pleated Skirt (can opt to changed for Trousers, use by several female soldiers).
for ceremonial purpose, France has adopted a light beige dress uniform which is worn with coloured kepis, sashes, fringed epaulettes, fourragères and other traditional items on appropriate occasions. The infantry and cavalry of the Republican Guard retain their late 19th-century dress uniforms, as do the military cadets of Saint-Cyr and the École Polytechnique. A dark blue/black evening dress is authorized for officers and individual branches or regiments may parade bands or "fanfares" in historic dress dating as far back as the Napoleonic period.
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