We had confirmation yesterday, 1er RCP was ready to provide para infantry sections on behalf of
France remained on a contribution from 5e Put, who made his first opex there since moving to the UAE. The rotating troops then completed their mandate in the UAE.
It is the value of a company of infantry of the 1st RCP which had been envisaged. A return that would have been particular for the regiment, which provided several warrants in Afghanistan, including the one for which it had lost four of its own.
The non-departure in Kabul is only partly postponed, since the 1st RCP will be on opex in 2020, as part of a mandate from the 11e BP at Barkhane. The arrival of paratroopers in the Sahel can, if necessary, be supplemented by airborne operations, demonstration of force, reinsurance or even direct action.
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