📍 Djibouti | 🚁 "3D Support" training for the Inter-Branch Military Academy (AMIA)   The French forces supervised an exceptional training course in Djibouti for the AMIA.   🎯 Objective: to train, experience, and embed 3D support procedures in operational reflexes.   The Mirage 2000 jets were put into action, in close coordination with ground troops, to implement:   ✈️ Urgent Close Air Support   🎯 Fire support   🏜️ Desert environment   This training course helped strengthen joint operations and trust between the units of our two countries, and consolidated the ability to act together in the face of regional security challenges.   💪 It is here, on the field, that the operational excellence of future Djiboutian Armed Forces officers is forged.

📍 Gulf of Guinea | 🚢🇸🇳 CORYMBE Mission: together for maritime security   🔍 Alongside the Senegalese forces, oursailors are conductingtactical evolutionexercises at sea with a Senegalese offshore patrol vessel, as wellas shooting drills and helicopter-borne maneuvers.   Within the samecooperationframework, the SIREN 26 training course continues for the benefit of militarypersonnel from the Gulf of Guineacountries. The training covers, in particular, fisherieslaw enforcement and the law of the sea 🌊   🎯 Objective: to strengthen regional surveillance and maritime security capabilities in the region

📍 Bulgaria | On the wayto the TITAN COOPERATION exercise🇧🇬   The ESN (National Support Element), responsible for the logistics and support of deployed forces, isactively assisting the FLFBG (Forward Land Force Battle Group) in setting up its camp in Bulgaria 🏕️   🎯 Objective: to host 150 French military personnel on the ground, who willface their Bulgarian 🇧🇬 and Italian 🇮🇹 counterparts in a tank shooting competitionin a few days   A demonstration of top-level coordination and logistical support 👏

📍 West Indies | Over 8 tons of narcotics seized by the @MarineNationale 🛑   ⚓ Three seizures were carried out by our crews within a few days, following control operations conducted in the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean.   Operational results:   ⚖️ 6.6 tons of cocaine and 1,638 kg of marijuana seized   ⚖️ Carried out in close coordination with our Colombian, American, Dutch, British, and Venezuelan partners, these seizures demonstrate the French Armed Forces’ ability to carry out effective actions against illicit trafficking in an international and inter-agency framework.   🛡️ The French Armed Forces remain determined to act against trafficking in order to prevent its consequences on our population.

📍Estonia 🇪🇪 | An innovative coordination system between allied for live firing : ASCA* 📶   ➡️ This ASCA system is a step forward towards a more and more connected combat 🌐   🎙️ In this interview, discover how the ASCA system contributes to the transition to digitalized combat by connecting NATO allies, from target acquisition to adapted artillery fire 💥   ⛓️ Unified data sharing between allies is one of the keys to strengthening NATO's defense capabilities on the eastern flank: the Alliance is developing this concept under the name of the Eastern Flank Deterrence Initiative (EFDI) 📡   *Artillery systems cooperation activities

📍 Romania | ⚕️ Major casualty care exercise   🎯 As part of the EAGLE ANGLE exercise, FLF-BG (NATO multinational battalion) conducted an exercise aimed at testing the activation of the MASCAL (Massive Casualties) plan.   🩺 This training enabled the simulation of a massive influx of injured, putting the medical support chain to the test all the way to the forward medical post, the first link in on-the-ground medical care.   🌍 This maneuver is part of a genuine coordination effort between allies, highlighting the adaptability of our soldiers in face of an intense scenario. The true strength of FLF-BG lies in joint effort and inter-Allied solidarity. 🤜🏼🤛🏼

Strategic mobility : what about it ? This technical name refers to the ability of military forces to transport material, human and logistical resources, quickly and efficiently, to theaters of operations. 💡 Strategic mobility enables to achieve the first movement by projecting forces outside of our territory in order to accomplish the mission where it is commanded to.   On land 🌍, at sea 🌊 or in the air 🚁, strategic mobility helps maximising the success of an operation by keeping the initiative and in order to contain a crisis or prevent escalation. It requires the combination of various assets : 🛫 conveyance assets fit for operational needs; 🚂 identified and resilient transportation infrastructures, allowing movements under short notice as well as long-term; 🗒️ rules and procedures that are harmonised on national and international scale, in order to deploy forces in an allied frame. The French forces have a solid expertise and maintain various skills for strategic mobility, whatever the way.

[#PicOfTheDay 📸] Some admire the sea. Some watch over it.

📍Egypt 🇪🇬 | Final phase of the PÉGASE 2026 mission: high-level exercises between 🇫🇷🇪🇬 aviators in the Egyptian sky ✈️   French aircrafts collaborate with Egyptian Rafale, F16, and MIG 29 fighter jets in the scenario of the bilateral AMUN 26 exercise:   💥 Air-to-air combat and air superiority conquest ⛽ Day and night air refueling using various connecting techniques and assets ⛓️ Integration of the MRTT and the A400M 🇫🇷 into tactical phases   This exercise demonstrates the bond of trust and close cooperation maintained by French 🇫🇷 and Egyptian 🇪🇬 forces, strongly committed to stability and security in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Red Sea, at the gates of the Middle East.

📍Romania | Immersed with French and Belgian NATO soldiers 🇫🇷🇧🇪   ⚔️ In Romania, these military personnel 🇫🇷🇧🇪 from the multinational NATO battalion are rehearsing combat sequences in trenches and urban areas. Coordination, communication, tactical maneuvering, realistic scenario training with live fire: every detail matters.   🎯 The goal: to perfect the knowledge of NATO allies so they are ready to fight together for the defense of the Alliance's territory 🤜🏼🤛🏼

📍Gabon | Training together to better understand security challenges 🇬🇦🇫🇷   ➡️ As part of the periodic deployments of 🇫🇷 detachments (known as “TANDEM”) carried out at the request of our partner 🇬🇦, Gabonese and French soldiers jointly led several training sessions in forest and urban terrain:   🪖 Combat simulations and live-fire exercises 💪 Hardening and forest combat training courses at the Academy for the protection of the environment and natural resources (APERN) 🇬🇦 🔍 Reconnaissance and search operations 🤝 Training of 🇬🇦 instructors in various areas of operations   ➡️ Training for officers of gabon’s defense and security forces enables them to provide rigorous instruction tailored to new recruits 🇬🇦   🎯 Building the future, protecting and preserving Gabon’s environment and resources, thereby directly contributing to the stability and security of the country and the region🫡

📍Indian Ocean | The French Navy led a high sea intervention in order to control the pavilion of an oil tanker ashore Reunion Island   This operation aimed to verify the nationality of a ship asserting a Beninese flag. The French sailors examined the papers of the ship and verified the suspicions.   The ship has been rerouted at the demand of the public prosecutor, under escort of the French Navy. The whole operation was led in compliance with the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (art. 110 UNCLOS)

📍Djibouti 🇩🇯 | Training flights and parachuting focused on teamwork 🤝🏼   ➡️ On the agenda: joint training exercises in airdrops and jumps between members of the 🇩🇯 armed forces and internal security forces and 🇫🇷 paratroopers   ✈️ These activities took place as part of the celebrations for Saint Michael, the paratroopers’ holiday.   This is yet another example of the trust and strong bonds that unite the French and Djiboutian forces.

📍Mediterranean | A look back at a highlight of maritime cooperation between Morocco 🇲🇦 and France 🇫🇷 : CHEBEC 26 exercise   ➡️ Focused on maritime security, this joint exercise combined air defense and anti-surface maneuvers, joint patrols, and simulated maritime crisis scenarios.   ⚓ Through these concrete actions and exchanges between sailors 🇲🇦🇫🇷, CHEBEC 26 represents the strengthening operational cooperation between the French Navy and the Royal Moroccan Navy, both of which are committed to maritime security in the Mediterranean 🛡

"The quality of our communication is determined not by the way we say things, but by the way they are understood". (Albert Camus, French writer)   🇫🇷 soldiers of the NATO Battlegroup Romania and their 🇷🇴🇧🇪 counterparts train their transmissions capabilities on the field.   As part of a complex training sequence including individual weaponry as well as armored shooting, training transmissions allow the Allied soldiers to ensure:   🔗 Coordination of the vehicles on the field Maintain the full capability of the NATO allies to transmit, receive and make oneself understood in order to operate together   One team, one fight, one mission: defend the Alliance's territory 🛡️

📍 Romania | "L'union fait la force" : Urban combat and trench warfare exercises involving🇧🇪🇫🇷 soldiers   ⚔️ Realistic and demanding training with live-fire exercises led by forces from 🇫🇷 and 🇧🇪, both deployed as part of the NATO multinational battlegroup in Romania, for which France serves as the lead nation   🎯 Practicing and developing our shared expertise to ensure we are operational and ready to defend the Alliance  🤜🏼🤛🏼

📍Gulf of Guinea | Cooperate, patrol, train: a 🇫🇷 landing helicopter dock enters the CORYMBE operation area 🌍   As part of the regular presence of the French Navy in the area, this mission is led in close cooperation with our partners in the area.   ➡️ This CORYMBE mandate allows the crew and the embarked tactical group of the 🇫🇷 Army:   🤝 To lead various cooperation actions alongside the armed forces of the coastal states of the Gulf of Guinea. It testifies the shared commitment to regional security; 🛑 To contribute directly to the fight against illicit activities such as trafficking, piracy or illegal fishing   These aims become concrete through:   ⚓ Joint trainings and patrols at sea, the peak being the Grand African Nemo 26 exercise; ✍🏻 The welcoming onboard the LHD of officer trainees from the armed forces of the Gulf's area within the frame of a specific regional embarked and digital instruction course called SIREN.   Ready, steady to operate with our partners for security in the Gulf of Guinea ⚔️