Īll soldiers are considered professionals following the suspension of conscription, voted in parliament in 1997 and made effective in 2001.Īs of 2019, the French Army employed 114,850 personnel (including the Foreign Legion and the Paris Fire Brigade). For active service, Army units are placed under the authority of the Chief of the Defence Staff (CEMA), who is responsible to the President of France for planning for, and use, of forces.Īccording to British historian Niall Ferguson, out of all recorded conflicts which occurred since the year 387 BC, France has fought in 168 of them, won 109, lost 49 and drawn 10 this makes France the most successful military power in European history in terms of number of fought and won.
General Burkhard is also responsible, in part, to the Ministry of the Armed Forces for organization, preparation, use of forces, as well as planning and programming, equipment and Army future acquisitions. The current Chief of Staff of the French Army (CEMAT) is General Thierry Burkhard, a direct subordinate of the Chief of the Defence Staff (CEMA). It is responsible to the Government of France, along with the other four components of the Armed Forces. 'Land Force') to distinguish it from the French Air and Space Force ( Armée de l'Air et de l'Espace), is the land-based and largest component of the French Armed Forces. The French Army, officially the Ground Army ( French: Armée de Terre, lit.
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