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French Army - Order of Battle

At the head of the land forces is the Chief of staff of the Army (chef d ' état major de l ' armée de Terre). The armed forces staff in Paris, the command of the land forces (commandement de la Force d ' action Terrestre - CFAT) in Lille and the logistics command (commandement de la force Logistique Terrestre - CFLT) in Monthléry are subject to him.

The CFAT is responsible for the operational readiness of the troops and may surgically leading command for multinational operations or NATO-Korpskommando are used for. Four deployable Division commands (étas-major de forces - EMF) the CFAT are subordinate, that do not have forces in peacetime; they can be used as a national headquarters or as a NATO Division commands. The forces are subordinated in the application tailored for the job. One of these commands is assigned to Eurocorps for two years each as a Division command. A total of 9 Combat brigades as well as 7 specialized brigades and a brigade of special operations forces are subordinated to the EMF.

Under the leadership of the land forces, France is divided into five military regions (Régions Terre) to carry out administrative tasks: Paris, Rennes (Northwest), Metz (northeast), Bordeaux (southwest) and Lyon (Southeast). The forces overseas will be guided through local headquarters: Dakar, Djibouti, Libreville (Gabon) and Reunion (Indian Ocean).

Etat-major de force (EMF)

To meet the need for the ability to command the division level, the Army has created three staffs of force (EMF) in 1999 (EMF1 in Besançon, Nantes 2 and 3 in Marseille), and 2000 (EMF Limoges 4)

• Etat-major de force n°1 Staff Force # 1 , located in the district Ruty in the heart of the historic city of Besancon, the State Major Force No. 1 was established on 1 July 1999.
• L'état-major de force n°2 (EMF2) staff strength of No. 2 (EMF2) was established on 1 July 1999 the District Richemont, in Nantes.
• L'état-major de force n°3 (EMF3) staff strength of No. 3 (EMF3) was established on 1 July 1999 the District Audéoud, Marseilles
• Etat-major de force n°4 Staff Force # 4, created on 1 July 2000, the staff strength of 4 meets the new requirements of the Army for operational command capacity.

Brigades

Rapidly deployable forces of the army are organized on the national territory in 3 levels. The third level is formed by the brigades, whose function is to coordinate the actions means provided by the regiments.

Overseas Deployment [2007]