The first French coastal reserve flotilla will be launched this summer in Brest. Seventy reservists must be recruited in the city of Ponant, the size of a squad.
“They will be the eyes and ears of the authorities at sea” “There will ultimately be ten squads of 70 sailors divided evenly on each of France’s three maritime facades,” specifies Frigate Captain (CF) Alban Simon. The missions of these flotillas will act up to 6 nautical miles from the coast, in cooperation with Navy units.