📍 Japan | Naval exercise with allied navies of the Northern Pacific   ⚓ A 🇫🇷 frigate is currently involved in the KEEN SWORD exercise, which aims to enhance allied nations' capacities to act for security in the area. It is co-organized by Japan and the United States.   🌊 Joint patrols at sea alongside 🇺🇸🇯🇵🇨🇦🇦🇺🇳🇿🇩🇪🇳🇱🇵🇭🇬🇧 ships 🎯 Shooting exercises with 🇯🇵 and 🇨🇦 units   🤝  This participation in KEEN SWORD is a witness of the strong partnership gathering especially 🇫🇷 and 🇯🇵 forces, eager to work together for a free, stable and open Indopacific area. 🌏

📍 North Atlantic, Baltic Sea and Mediterranean | All-round commitment of the French Navy within NATO 💪   ⚓ Various 🇫🇷 assets have recently been deployed under NATO flags in different areas, demonstrating France's determination to operate alongside its allies to strengthen the Alliance's defensive and deterrent posture in its maritime approaches:   🔹 In the Northern Atlantic and the Baltic Sea ⤵️ · The NATO Standing Maritime Group 1 in the North Atlantic (SNMG1) is under French command and regularly includes 🇫🇷 frigates and patrol ships, as well as a replenishment vessel allowing the SNMG1 to operate over extended periods of time · Our patrol ships are regularly deployed in OPERATION BALTIC SENTRY, aimed at protecting allies' underwater infrastructure in the Baltic Sea 🔹 In the Mediterranean: · Regular integration of frigates into NATO's Standing Maritime Group 2 in the Mediterranean (SNMG2).   And for the first time, a French nuclear attack submarine 🇫🇷 patrolled in Mediterranée sea  under the operational control of the NATO Maritime Command.   #StrongerTogether #WeAreNATO 🛡️

📍Gabon | Jungle warfare training and exercices for the protection of Gabon's forests   🫡 Gabonese and French instructors deliver a training course to 25 non-commissioned 🇬🇦officers aiming to become heads of sections   🛡️ These training courses are built together and allow to enhance the shared ability to fight against illicit trafficking and insecurity, as well as to protect the forest environment of GA by taking the effects of climate change into account   🤝  Trust and mutual support between 🇫🇷 and 🇬🇦forces is a reality within the Environment and Natural Resources Protection Academy (APERN)

📍Gabon | Aguerrissement en forêt et formation au tir pour la protection de la forêt gabonaise 🌳   🫡 Des instructeurs gabonais et français dispensent des formations au profit de 25 sous-officiers supérieurs des Forces de défense et de sécurité et de la Garde républicaine 🇬🇦, destinés à devenir chefs de sections 🛡️ Ces formations co-construites permettent de renforcer les capacités de lutte contre les trafics illicites et l'insécurité d'une part, de protéger l'environnement forestier 🇬🇦 en prenant en compte les effets du changement climatique d'autre part    🤝 Confiance et soutien mutuel 🇬🇦🇫🇷 concrétisés au sein de l'Académie de protection de l'environnement et des ressources naturelles

📍 Black Sea | Monitoring flights in the Black Sea's air space   ✈️ Joint patrols involving 🇫🇷 Mirage 2000-5 and 🇧🇪 F16 fighter jets supported by a 🇫🇷 A330-MRTT tanker and its counterpart from the Multinational Multirole Tanker Unit (MMU)   🔍 Enhanced air surveillance capacity thanks to a 🇫🇷 E-3F AWACS surveillance aircraft   🛡️ Allied forces remain firmly and steadfastly committed to monitoring European airspace, defending freedom of navigation and Alliance approaches, in full respect of international law

📍Eastern Europe | NEPTUNE STRIKE: high level NATO exercise for the protection of the Alliance's air space ✈️   Numerous training flights alongside our 🇵🇱🇮🇹🇫🇮allies, involving a 🇫🇷 A330-MRTT tanker from the Air Force and Navy Rafale   ✈️ joint flights in NATO air space and the international Baltic air space Common planification 🎯 Live fire campaigns on land targets ⛽ Air-to-air refueling   NEPTUNE STRIKE illustrates the high level of operational preparation of the Alliance for the defence of its territory and approaches 🛡️ #StrongerTogether #WeAreNATO 💪

📍 Romania | Commanding on the field, fighting in trenches and urban areas among allies: EAGLE WARRIOR exercise ⚔️   ⚔️ Military personnel from 🇫🇷🇧🇪🇪🇸🇱🇺 in the NATO multinational battlegroup train in joint maneuvers to streamline inter-allied operations :   ·  Deployment of a tactical command post to coordinate engaged units · Combat scenario training and cooperation between allied units, including engineering and infantry elements · Crossing and advancing in trenches, tactical actions in an urban environment.   🎯 Strengthening and coordinate NATO's allied defense capabilities on the eastern side of the European continent 🛡️

📍 Caribbean | 🇫🇷🇧🇧: United through training, for security in the Caribbean arc   In both Martinique and Barbados, two detachments from the Armed Forces in the Antilles (FAA) and the Barbadian Armed Forces are training side by side: shooting 💥, urban combat 🪖, and maritime hardening 🌊.   This exchange is in the continuation of a partnership born in 2003 and is rooted in over 50 years of diplomatic relations between France and Barbados 🤝🏼.   This operational military partnership fosters a cooperation focused on regional crisis management, information exchanges, and reciprocal occasional support in the fight against drug trafficking ⚔️

📍 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.

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📍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)