About SAS fortified farm in 1960 The SAS was created in 1955 by the Governor-General of Algeria Jacques Soustelle « JOA », Journal Officiel Algérie, 30 septembre 1955, Article 4 to provide a hearts and minds program to provide rural Algerian villagers with practical help Journal Officiel (publié le 4 septembre), Décret, Paris, 2 septembre 1959, n°59-1019 and provide a visible French presence thus improving their daily lives while simultaneously protecting them. Sever hundred small volunteer teams led by Arabic speaking junior officers with local knowledge. The well funded SAS program covered public health, education, building, agricultural assistance and justice administrationJ.Béraud, The SAS , Paris, Bulletin historique des Anciens des Affaires Algériennes et Sahariennes (Historical Bulletin of the Alumni of Algerian and Saharan Affairs), April 2009 , p.12Grégor Mathias, Les sections administratives spécialisées en Algérie : Entre idéal et réalité (Specialized administrative sections in Algeria: Between ideal and reality), L'Harmattan, 1998 , 256 p. ( ) , p.62. It also provided local counter-insurgency intelligence and security forces liaison. The officers were known by their headgear as "kepis bleus" and were men serving in remote areas and were protected by a handful of local Moghazni auxiliaries. Their popularity made them targets with the FLN. Field organization The SAS was organized into four-man teams each with thirty to forty auxiliaries for security, these teams spread all over the country providing traditional colonial administrative, social, and economic assistance to disadvantaged native populations. About 660 teams were ultimately fielded from a total civil affairs personnel strength of 5,000.25Beckett, Modern Inurgencies and Counter-Insurgencies. Guerrillas and their Opponents since 1750, 164.
About SAS fortified farm in 1960 The SAS was created in 1955 by the Governor-General of Algeria Jacques Soustelle « JOA », Journal Officiel Algérie, 30 septembre 1955, Article 4 to provide a hearts and minds program to provide rural Algerian villagers with practical help Journal Officiel (publié le 4 septembre), Décret, Paris, 2 septembre 1959, n°59-1019 and provide a visible French presence thus improving their daily lives while simultaneously protecting them. Several hundred small volunteer teams led by Arabic speaking junior officers with local knowledge. The well funded SAS program covered public health, education, building, agricultural assistance and justice administrationJ.Béraud, The SAS , Paris, Bulletin historique des Anciens des Affaires Algériennes et Sahariennes (Historical Bulletin of the Alumni of Algerian and Saharan Affairs), April 2009 , p.12Grégor Mathias, Les sections administratives spécialisées en Algérie : Entre idéal et réalité (Specialized administrative sections in Algeria: Between ideal and reality), L'Harmattan, 1998 , 256 p. ( ) , p.62. It also provided local counter-insurgency intelligence and security forces liaison. The officers were known by their headgear as "kepis bleus" and were men serving in remote areas and were protected by a handful of local Moghazni auxiliaries. Their popularity made them targets with the FLN. Field organization The SAS was organized into four-man teams each with thirty to forty auxiliaries for security, these teams spread all over the country providing traditional colonial administrative, social, and economic assistance to disadvantaged native populations. About 660 teams were ultimately fielded from a total civil affairs personnel strength of 5,000.25Beckett, Modern Insurgencies and Counter-Insurgencies. Guerrillas and their Opponents since 1750, 164.
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