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The 🇫🇷 Joint Staff - Millitary operations @frenchforces.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

📍 New Caledonia | TAGATA TOA multinational exercise 🌊 Joint forces 🇫🇷🇺🇸🇵🇬 on the ground, engaged in amphibious and air-land maneuvers across multiple environments in the Pacific

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The 🇫🇷 Joint Staff - Millitary operations @frenchforces.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

📍Latvia | 2 Rafale from the Baltic air policing detachment took off from Siauliai to join the nearby base of Lielvarde in 🇱🇻 ➡️ Training in relocating aircraft with minimal logistical footprint ➡️ Cooperative flights between allies 🇫🇷 🇸🇪 🇫🇮 🇮🇹🇪🇪

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The 🇫🇷 Joint Staff - Millitary operations @frenchforces.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

📍Lithuania | Continuation of the Baltic Air Policing Mission 🛡️ ✅ In one week, 4 Rafale interventions 🇫🇷 in coordination with our allies ⚔️ Identification and escort of 6 Russian planes 🇷🇺as part of the protection of the airspace of the Baltic states 🇱🇹, 🇱🇻, 🇪🇪

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The 🇫🇷 Joint Staff - Millitary operations @frenchforces.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

📍 South Pacific | Heading for AQUARIUS 26.2 for 🇫🇷 BSAOM ➡️ Deployment across the Pacific Island Countries ➡️ Amphibious training with the RIMaP-P 🛡️ 🇫🇷 remains committed to a free and open Indo-Pacific region.

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The 🇫🇷 Joint Staff - Millitary operations @frenchforces.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

📍 Bulgaria | Participation of soldiers from Multinational Battlegroup in Romania in the EAGLE STEEL exercise 🇧🇬 ✅ Strengthened cooperation between the 🇲🇪 🇮🇹 🇦🇱 🇫🇷 armed forces ⚡ Training focused on sharing expertise and adapting to threats, in armored vehicles or foot patrols

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The 🇫🇷 Joint Staff - Millitary operations @frenchforces.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

📍 Estonia| Multinational training taking place in @NATO's enhanced vigilance activities ⛽ Air refueling of fighters 🇵🇹🇷🇴🇪🇸 by a 🇫🇷 MRTT 🛡️ Supporting missions for the security on the eastern flank.

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The 🇫🇷 Joint Staff - Millitary operations @frenchforces.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

📍 Finland | Winter conditions preparation and strengthening of 🇫🇷 🤝 🇫🇮 🛡️ Combined operational preparation session and sharing of tactical expertise

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The 🇫🇷 Joint Staff - Millitary operations @frenchforces.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

📍 Poland | 🇺🇦 🤝 🇫🇷 🎯 Training focused on live-fire exercises, adapted to operational requirements in open and urban terrain. 🛡️ The French armed forces provide ongoing support to Ukrainian forces contributing to Europe's long-term security

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The 🇫🇷 Joint Staff - Millitary operations @frenchforces.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

📍Estonia | 🇪🇪🇫🇷training ⚔️ Immersion for French and Estonian light infantry detachments during a bilateral combat training exercise ⚡ Sustained effort on coordination measures and permanent operational procedures

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The 🇫🇷 Joint Staff - Millitary operations @frenchforces.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

📍Romania | Trilateral urban combat training between an infantry detachment 🇧🇪 🇫🇷 and 🇷🇴 mountain troops 🎯 Three-way instruction to optimize our operational procedures.

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The 🇫🇷 Joint Staff - Millitary operations @frenchforces.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

📍 Lebanon | Cooperation and military partnership between 🇫🇷🤝🇱🇧 : ⚔️ Joint training actions on infantry combat and its variations 🚁 Appropriation of drones and their operational use 🎯 🇫🇷 standing by Lebanon to work towards maintaining stability.

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The 🇫🇷 Joint Staff - Millitary operations @frenchforces.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

📍Finland | Deployment of 🇫🇷 moutains troops for a partnership alongside 🇫🇮 ✅ Short-term deployment aimed at strengthening the security arrangements of the eastern flank of NATO ✅ Specialized training and experimentation in winter conditions

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The 🇫🇷 Joint Staff - Millitary operations @frenchforces.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

📍French Guiana | End of the Mokarran operation for the armed forces in French Guiana. ✅ 4 weeks of sea patrols to fight against illegal fishing in French territorial waters ✅ A total of 6 ships diverted and several tons of fish and equipment seized

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The 🇫🇷 Joint Staff - Millitary operations @frenchforces.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

📍Romania | SEA SHIELD NATO exercise for French Clearance Diver from the French Navy ▶️ Multi-environment sequences : sea, riverine and land ▶️ Evaluating responsiveness to new hybrid threats ▶️ Training module on naval mine countermeasures

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The 🇫🇷 Joint Staff - Millitary operations @frenchforces.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

📍Mediterranean Sea | The carrier air group (CAG) of the aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle continues its commitment in the NATO #NeptuneStrike exercise ⚡ ✈️ Rafale Marine, E-2C and Atlantique 2 🇫🇷demonstrate their determination alongside our allies 🇦🇱🇧🇬🇭🇷🇫🇮🇩🇪🇬🇷🇮🇹🇳🇱🇷🇴🇪🇸🇺🇸

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The 🇫🇷 Joint Staff - Millitary operations @frenchforces.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

📍 Gambia | A 🇫🇷 TANDEM detachment delivered a training program for the Gambian Armed Forces, focused on practical operational skills. ⚡ 2 weeks of bilateral instruction focused on combat and operational medical care.

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The 🇫🇷 Joint Staff - Millitary operations @frenchforces.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

📍Poland | Ongoing training of 🇺🇦 forces by 🇫🇷 forces in the european mission #EUMAM 🔍 Progressive build-up with the priority given to urban and trench warfare, specialist training and engineering. 🎯 Sustained support to strenghten 🇺🇦 operational capabilities.

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The 🇫🇷 Joint Staff - Millitary operations @frenchforces.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

📍 Black Sea | ✈️ x 🛳️ flying together 🔎 Monitoring mission over a strategic area with two key objectives : 👉 Safeguarding security and preventing any threat at Europe's border. 👉 Ensuring freedom of navigation and access to shared spaces.

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The 🇫🇷 Joint Staff - Millitary operations @frenchforces.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

📍French Guiana | Continuing the fight against illegal gold mining as part of operation #HARPIE and stepping up forest patrols ➡️ Joint efforts between the gendarmerie and the Armed Forces in French Guiana.

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The 🇫🇷 Joint Staff - Millitary operations @frenchforces.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

📍Mediterranean Sea | NEPTUNE STRIKE 🔱 ⚡ The aircraft carrier air group (Gaé) of the aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle has joined the #NeptuneStrike exercise @NATO 🎯 Objectives : Vigilance, freedom of navigation and coordinated actions

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The 🇫🇷 Joint Staff - Millitary operations @frenchforces.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

📍Estonia | Deployment of the French light infantry company for an exercise alongside the Estonian Defense League. ⚡Combat rescue, bunker assault ➡️ Two days of combat and mutual sharing based on tactical knowledge. ✅ A beneficial collaboration beetween 🇫🇷 and 🇪🇪 since 2023.

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The 🇫🇷 Joint Staff - Millitary operations @frenchforces.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

📍Romania | Allied engineer units take part in #EagleSapper exercise 🇷🇴🇧🇪🇫🇷 🤝Joint training, obstacle breaching and exchange of operational expertise 🎯NATO forces in action : engineering capabilities and teamwork aiming for European security

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The 🇫🇷 Joint Staff - Millitary operations @frenchforces.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

📍 Romania| Trilateral cooperation 🇷🇴🇫🇷🇵🇹 during a ambush training module in Romania. ⚔️ Leading assaults on objectives in forest environment. 🫡 Exchange of know-how and meticulous coordination down to the lowest operationnal level

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The 🇫🇷 Joint Staff - Millitary operations @frenchforces.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

📍Mer Noire | Vols de surveillance dans une zone stratégique depuis le Charles de Gaulle en Méditerranée orientale, avec le soutien de l‘Armée de l’Air et de l’Espace ✈️ ➡️ Renforcer la surveillance des espaces maritimes et aériens du flanc est de l'Europe

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The 🇫🇷 Joint Staff - Millitary operations @frenchforces.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

📍Black Sea | Surveillance flights in a strategic area - operated by FS Charles de Gaulle' air wing from the Eastern Mediterranean with the support of 🇫🇷 Air Force✈️ ➡️ Enhance surveillance of maritime and air spaces on Europe's Eastern flank

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The 🇫🇷 Joint Staff - Millitary operations @frenchforces.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

📍Norway | Atlantic 2 in the High North✈️ 🔍Maritime surveillance flights in coordination with our 🇳🇴 allies: ➡️ Optimal cover of operation zones ➡️ Sharing tactical picture for situational awarness

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The 🇫🇷 Joint Staff - Millitary operations @frenchforces.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

📍 Finland | 💥 Ambush training for the French detachment mobilized during the #COLDRESPONSE exercise 💪 Train hard, adapt fast, stay ready despite extreme winter weather

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The 🇫🇷 Joint Staff - Millitary operations @frenchforces.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

📍Greenland | Arctic cold weather exercise #UPPICK26🇫🇷🇩🇰 ❄️ -30°C, frozen fjord: 230 kms of snowmobile infiltration for French soldiers alongside their Danish counterparts

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The 🇫🇷 Joint Staff - Millitary operations @frenchforces.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

📍French Guiana | Fighting illegal fishing ⚔️ 🌊 As part of the interministerial mission #MOKARRAN, our forces in French Guiana conduct control actions alongside the internal security forces 🛡️ Protecting the environment, maritime ressources, and France's sovereignty at sea

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The 🇫🇷 Joint Staff - Millitary operations @frenchforces.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

📍 Dominican Republic | 20 years of military cooperation 🇩🇴🤝🇫🇷 DUNAS 26 exercise 🇫🇷 and 🇩🇴 soldiers trained together, teaming up: ➡️ Various warfares at stake: nautical drills, infantry warfare and combat hardening 🛡️DUNAS embodies a major exercise for regional cooperation & security in the Carribean

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The 🇫🇷 Joint Staff - Millitary operations @frenchforces.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

✈️ French Air Force fully committed alongside our allies and partners 🛡️ 📍In the Near and Middle-East : ➡️ Taking part to the protection of allied air spaces ➡️ Logistics routing with transport aircrafts in order to maintain lasting operational efforts

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The 🇫🇷 Joint Staff - Millitary operations @frenchforces.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

📍Lebanon| Freight delivery in support of 🇱🇧 armed forces ✈️ An A400M aircraft transported equipment in order to contribute to the operational readiness of the Lebanese armed forces

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The 🇫🇷 Joint Staff - Millitary operations @frenchforces.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

📍Djibouti | Paratroopers cooperation 🇫🇷🤝🇩🇯 🇩🇯 cadet officers took part in an airborne training sequence led by instructors from the French forces in Djibouti

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The 🇫🇷 Joint Staff - Millitary operations @frenchforces.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

📍Greece | air training 🇬🇷🤝🇫🇷 ➡️ #Iniochos26 ✈️ Air training between 🇬🇷🇫🇷 fighter jets squadrons, including low altitude navigation 💪 Determination of 🇪🇺 partners to act for a lasting cooperation🛡️

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The 🇫🇷 Joint Staff - Millitary operations @frenchforces.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

📍Estonia | 🇪🇪🇫🇷 Team up on the field 🤜🤛 ⚔️ Infantry drills in complex environment and tranchees maneuvers 🎯 Hard work on the field between NATO allies makes our collective defence work 🛡️

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The 🇫🇷 Joint Staff - Millitary operations @frenchforces.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

📍Romania | Sharing the sky to defend it 🛡️ ✈️ @NATO allies led an #AirShielding mission: ➡️ Joint maneuvers including air-to-air refuelling with a 🇫🇷 tanker and various types of fighter jets 🇷🇴🇩🇪🇪🇸🇫🇷

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The 🇫🇷 Joint Staff - Millitary operations @frenchforces.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

📍 French Guiana | 🇫🇷 armed forces and internal security forces put pressure on illegal gold miners 🛑 Control of a river in the East of the by setting up a floating dam 🔍 Land comb with air surveillance support

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The 🇫🇷 Joint Staff - Millitary operations @frenchforces.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

📍Djibouti | Strengthening 🇩🇯 forces through combat training 🇩🇯 soldiers recently trained alongside French instructors in group and section level combat exercises 🎯 Exercices included navigation, weapon handling, and combat raid 🤝 Elevating 🇩🇯🇫🇷 cooperation to enhance regional stability

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The 🇫🇷 Joint Staff - Millitary operations @frenchforces.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

📍Baltic | Joint exercise between the Rafale 🇫🇷 and two allied ships 🇩🇪🇪🇸 off the Danish coast. 🎯Test the air defense capabilities of our allies, while testing our ability to operate as a naval force built around the Charles de Gaulle’s Carrier Strike Group.

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The 🇫🇷 Joint Staff - Millitary operations @frenchforces.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

📍Red Sea | Commercial ships protected by a 🇫🇷 air-defence destroyer under ASPIDES 🇪🇺 ⚓️French Navy is committed to maritime security, freedom of navigation, and stability in a tense area

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The 🇫🇷 Joint Staff - Millitary operations @frenchforces.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

📍Estonia | CALFEX exercise: shooting and armored combat challenge 🇫🇷🇬🇧 ➡️ 🇫🇷 soldiers integrated the allied maneuver led by the 🇬🇧 Battlegroup 💥Armored shooting challenge to celebrate International tank day as a grand finale

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The 🇫🇷 Joint Staff - Millitary operations @frenchforces.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

📍Middle East | Joint 🇫🇷🇮🇶 air training ✈️ As part of Operation Inheret Resolve, French Rafale took part in the training of Iraqi Air defence controllers

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The 🇫🇷 Joint Staff - Millitary operations @frenchforces.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

📍Pacific ocean | Replenishment at sea drills between a 🇫🇷 patrol vessel and an 🇮🇩 frigate ⚓ Training our sailors and better their ability to operate #together and reinforce the links between French and Indonesian navy

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The 🇫🇷 Joint Staff - Millitary operations @frenchforces.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

📍Poland | Strengthening 🇺🇦 defence abilities #EUMAM mission 🇪🇺 🇫🇷 forces enforce 🇺🇦 troops skills with multi-domain combat expertise and command techniques 🎯 Upheld commitment to lasting peace and collective security in Europe by supporting Ukraine

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The 🇫🇷 Joint Staff - Millitary operations @frenchforces.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

📍Brittany | Armored raid in urban area - #ORION26 exercise 🛣️Urban maneuver, control of key routes and securing strategic locations 🎯Test armored units ability to lead offensive maneuvers in inhabited areas in the frame of ORION26' high intensity scenario

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The 🇫🇷 Joint Staff - Millitary operations @frenchforces.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

📍Lebanon | Securing the ground, protecting communities 💪 🤝 Along the Blue Line, French 🇫🇷 soldiers deployed with UNIFIL operate daily to : 🔎Secure sensitive areas 💥Clear explosive remnants 🛡️Ensure a safe environment Upheld commitment to lasting peace in southern Lebanon 🇱🇧

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The 🇫🇷 Joint Staff - Millitary operations @frenchforces.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

📍Djibouti | "Work hard, play hard" : desert field training for the 🇩🇯 forces 💪Djiboutian soldiers and internal security forces took part in a rigorous training led by the Desert combat and survival training center (CECAD) alongside French Forces in Djibouti

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The 🇫🇷 Joint Staff - Millitary operations @frenchforces.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

📍Romania | Tactical ground evolution with the 🇫🇷 soldiers ⚔️Troops disembarking from a GRIFFON armored vehicle followed by offensive ground progression and disengagement manœuvres 🛡️High level of operational readiness of the NATO Battlegroup in Romania for the defence of Europe's Eastern flank

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The 🇫🇷 Joint Staff - Millitary operations @frenchforces.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

📍Ivory Coast | 🇨🇮🇫🇷 paratroopers take it to new heights 🌤️ 🪂 Ivorian and French forces training side by side and sharing their expertises: parachute jumps, assault landings on austere terrain, and exfiltration drills to sharpen their skills

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The 🇫🇷 Joint Staff - Millitary operations @frenchforces.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

📍Atlantic Ocean | The 🇫🇷 carrier strike group is ready to fight within #ORION26 exercise ⚔️ ⚓ The FS Charles de Gaulle and its carrier strike group sail in their area of operation 💪 The naval assets are #ready for surface, air and submarine warfare

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