We know the general in uniform with his cap or fatigues, but to see Christian Bailly in civilian clothes, you have to go to his LinkedIn page where he appears with a jacket over his shoulders and a shirt with an open collar. A very civil image placed in a medallion on a background photo of the governor’s palace. The residence he has occupied since the last day of August 2019, the date of his arrival in Metz to take up his duties as military governor of the city and general officer of the eastern defense and security zone. A charge worthy of its four stars which also illuminate its command of the North-East Land Zone and of the French forces and the civilian element stationed in Germany.
A nice career for a man that no family example has guided to the flags. With this native of the Allier who grew up in the Nièvre, we spoke above all about agriculture. The commitment comes to the military college of Le Mans and is confirmed with the entry to Saint-Cyr (1982-1985). Military engineer and graduate of Ponts-et-Chaussées, he will know operational areas in which to command while expressing his interest in infrastructure. His career continued with seventeen years at the army staff to pilot large files.
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The challenge of the Covid
In Metz, he will be dealing with the smallest enemy there is: a virus. The Covid quickly affected its region, from March 2019, with the Mulhouse cluster which imposed to operate in crisis management mode to adapt the capacity for action. This is without forgetting the resolute commitment of the military to civilians through Operation Resilience. In the eastern zone, it went through air transfers of patients in intensive care or the establishment of a field hospital and its intensive care in Mulhouse. Phalsbourg helicopters are equipped with resuscitation beds and embark teams from the SAMU and specialists from the technical section of the Army to evacuate patients to Germany. Resilience ultimately means 200 health, protection and logistics missions involving 600 soldiers engaged every day. A big effort and chapters that Christian Bailly will close on July 5 with his farewell to arms.
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