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To: Joe 6-pack

Yes - I was attempting to point out that French Marines, unlike their counterparts in the US, are organized as part of the Armee de Terre (the Army), rather than part of the Marine Nationale (the Navy). To confuse matters more, the French Navy also has the Fusiliers Marin (Sailors Riflemen), that are actually infantry and commandos.


12 posted on 03/17/2013 12:57:40 PM PDT by stormer
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To: stormer

Correct again. I was merely addressing the question as to whether or not it was a legionnaire who had been killed, and seeing ‘Marine’ in the article was enough to pretty much verify the KIA was not FFL.


13 posted on 03/17/2013 1:02:39 PM PDT by Joe 6-pack (Qui me amat, amat et canem meum.)
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