French succession for Epervier and Eufor Tchad

(B2) The European force in Chad and the Central African Republic could be built up quickly. 900 men, mainly "porpoises" and "bigors" (naval forces), are indeed joining these two countries. Their first mission is to take over from the Epervier and Boali system – a bilateral operation between France and the two countries. But, once "acclimatized", part of the forces could " quickly switch to the Eufor operation, as needed » someone close to the troops assured me. This detachment is essentially made up of units from the 9th Light Marine Armored Brigade (BLBMa based in Nantes) — marine tanks (RICM from Poitiers), marine infantry (2nd RIMA from Auvour and 3rd RIMA from Vannes), artillery navy (11th RAMa of Landoué), engineers (6th RG of Angers) -, as well as elements of the 25th air engineers (Istres-Marseille). (Published in Europolitics, January 2008)