Special forces prepare for future conflicts

In Bayonne

In the enclosure of the Citadel, in Bayonne, the young engaged of the “special forces ground” arrive singing.

Their loud voices proudly sing the song of the marshes as they take their places alongside the soldiers of the 1st Marine Infantry Parachute Regiment (RPIMa).

This ceremony marks the end of their initial four-month training.

Drastic, the selection is just beginning for them.

They will only be a handful to be able to integrate, at the end of the road in a year, a "Stick", one of these units of ten soldiers who form the "bricks" of the 1st RPIMa.

Everyone is called by a pseudonym.

Anonymity is the rule.

The regiment, like the 13th RDP, the 4th RHFS, the CPA10 or the marine commandos, belongs to the special forces.

These elite troops are the spearhead of French operations in the Sahel as in the Levant.

“Preparation is as difficult as the terrain,”

says Sergeant Tino, a senior soldier.

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