He looks straight in the eye.
This is how the troops are reviewed.
Military leaders scrutinize soul to soul, as a mark of respect, those who may have to fight.
So, diligently, Sébastien Lecornu fixes the soldiers as he advances.
That day, June 9, the new Minister of the Armed Forces takes care of his gestures in front of the men of the RICM, the Marine Tank Infantry Regiment.
This regal and prestigious portfolio, he had dreamed of it for a long time.
He loves the military world.
When he was younger, he almost got involved.
He was a reservist.
So it applies.
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For his first public trip after his appointment and his first meeting with soldiers, Sébastien Lecornu chose the most decorated regiment in France.
With the troupe he wants to be tactile and direct.
Before speaking, he is shown the armored vehicles, AMX-10 RCs.
“
If I go in, you won't get me out
,” he jokes.
These fifty-year-old tanks will be…
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