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The Maritime Gendarmerie (French: Gendarmerie Maritime) is a component of French gendarmerie under operational control of the chief of staff of the French Navy. See Gendarmerie for similar forces in other countries In France, the National Gendarmerie (Gendarmerie Nationale is the national The Republican Guard (Garde républicaine is the Ceremonial unit of the French Gendarmerie. The National Gendarmerie Intervention Group, commonly abbreviated GIGN (Groupe d'Intervention de la Gendarmerie Nationale is the French Gendarmerie 's Elite The Parachute Intervention Squadron of the National Gendarmerie (Escadron Parachutiste d'Intervention de la Gendarmerie Nationale (EPIGN is the parachute-trained intervention squadron French ( français,) is a Romance language spoken around the world by 118 million people as a native language and by about 180 to 260 million people See Gendarmerie for similar forces in other countries In France, the National Gendarmerie (Gendarmerie Nationale is the national The French Navy, officially the Marine nationale ( National Navy) and often called La Royale ( The Royal Navy) is the maritime arm Its employs 1,100 soldiers and it has about thirty patrol craft and high-speed motorboats distributed on all the littoral waterways as well.
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Missions
As a coastguard type force, commanded by a colonel:
- maritime safety and of general police force duties in the territorial waters and EEZ, under the authority of maritime prefect ;
- Criminal Investigation Department under the authority of public prosecutor ;
- protection of the naval shore establishments. A coast guard is a national organization responsible for various services at sea Under the law of the sea, an Exclusive Economic Zone ( EEZ) is a seazone over which a State has special rights over the exploration and use of marine The Criminal Investigation Department (CID is the branch of all Territorial police forces within the British Police and many other Commonwealth police
- missions to assist people in danger
Organisation
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Commanded by a colonel who is assisted by a staff located in Paris, the coastguard is articulated in 3 groupings, 8 companies and 75 units (brigades of research, brigades of monitoring of the littoral, group of safety of the protected zones, group of monitoring of intervention and reinforcement, patrol craft, coastal high-speed motorboats of maritime surveillance) whose geographical distribution is as follows:
- Metropolis:
- grouping of the English Channel and the North Sea in Cherbourg (2 companies)
- grouping of the Atlantic in Brest (4 companies);
- grouping of the Mediterranean in Toulon (2 companies);
- company from Paris to the Career-on-Seine (under the authority of the state major);
- national instruction center of the GM (C. The French Navy, officially the Marine nationale ( National Navy) and often called La Royale ( The Royal Navy) is the maritime arm A motto (from the Italian word motto, meaning witticism sentence is a phrase meant to formally describe the general motivation or intention of a social group One of France 's Secretaries of State under the Ancien régime was entrusted with control of the French Navy ( Secretary of State of the Navy (France The Préfet Maritime is a servant of the French State who exercises authority over the sea in one particular region (a Préfecture maritime) The Force d'action navale (FAN Naval Action Force is the 12000-man and about 100-ship strong backbone of the French Navy. The Force océanique stratégique (FOST Strategic Oceanic Force is the Ballistic missile submarine force of the French Navy. The Aviation navale ( Naval aviation) of the French Navy includes 162 airplanes (138 of them combat-capable and 6800 men both civilians and military personnel The Naval Commandos (Commandos marine are the Special forces of the French Navy. The Fusiliers Marins (Navy riflemen are units specialised in the protection and defence of key sites of the French Navy on land This is a (non exhaustive list of currently operating ships of the French Navy. Standing French Navy Deployments is a list of current deployments by the French Navy: Caribbean Fort-de-France, The rank Insignia of the French Navy ( French: Marine Nationale) are worn on shoulder straps of shirts and white jackets Although the History of the French Navy goes back to the Middle Ages when it was defeated by the English at the Battle of Sluys and with Castilian help managed The French Navy is undertaking a significant reinforcement both in modernising and in number under the Projet de loi de programmation militaire 2003-2008 ("Military programme A French ensign is the flag flown at sea to identify a vessel as French. This is a list of traditional French Navy ship names, along with notices for notable units This is a list of French Battleships of the period 1859-1970 Note that the dates given are the ships' launch date cruisers Armorique (1862 Circé (1860 Flore (1869 Cosmao class Cosmao (1861 Dupleix (1861 This is a list of French broadside battleships of the period 1640-1861 Sections stating the ruler in power are provided as chronological references This is a list of French sail frigates from the start of the 1740s Chinese Fleets Beiyang Fleet Nanyang Fleet East Sea Fleet North Sea Fleet South The Croix de Guerre (sometimes lowercase in French Croix de guerre, meaning "Cross of War" is a military decoration of both France and The Médaille militaire (Military Medal is a decoration of the French Republic which was first instituted in 1852. Here stands a list of the ribbons of the French military and civil awards The French Order of Chivalry The principal French military awards N. I. G. M) in Toulon.
- Overseas:
- Guadeloupe: 1 patrol craft;
- Guyana: 2 high-speed motorboats of 20 meters;
- Mayote: 1 patrol craft (20 metre high-speed motorboat);
- French Polynesia: 1 patrol craft and a brigade;
- New Caledonia: 1 high-speed motorboat of 20 meters and 2 brigades;
- Saint-Pierre-and-Miquelon: 1 patrol craft;
- Martinique: 1 patrol craft;
Groupings
- Grouping of the English Channel and the North Sea (Cherbourg)
- Grouping of the Atlantic (Brest)
- Grouping of the Mediterranean (Toulon)
Companies
- 2 companies for the English Channel and the North Sea (Cherbourg and Le Havre)
- 4 companies for the Atlantic (Brest, Brest Arsenal, Long island and Lorient)
- 2 companies for the grouping of the Mediterranean (Toulon and Toulon-Arsenal)
- The company in Paris is based in the Career-on-Seine. Depending directly on staffing.
- 4 high-speed motorboats for maritime surveillance of 20 meters (Le Havre, Dieppe, Boulogne, Dunkirk)
- The National Center of Instruction of the GM (CNIGM) is located at Toulon
Means are also implemented in DOM and them TOM.
Notes
Like land-based colleagues the Gendarmes Maritime are military personnel carrying out police operations. Their missions include immigration control, monitoring of fishing operations, police at sea, and search and rescue operations. They also carry out provost duties within the French Navy. Provosts are Military police whose duties are policing solely within the Armed Forces as opposed to Gendarmerie duties in the civilian population The French Navy, officially the Marine nationale ( National Navy) and often called La Royale ( The Royal Navy) is the maritime arm
The uniforms and insignia of the Gendarmerie Maritime are very similar to those of the French Navy, but the ranks used are those of the rest of the Gendarmerie (which are the same as the traditional ranks of the French Cavalry).
See also
- Hong Kong Marine Police, an equivalent police force in Hong Kong
- Water Police
External links
- Official Site of the Gendarmerie Maritime french only
- Forum anciens Gendarmes Maritimes French only
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