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Fusiliers de Marine
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The Fusiliers de Marine (also known as Fusiliers Marins) are units specialised in the protection and defence of key sites of the French Navy on land. They include about 1,200 men.
Their deployments include:
- One group in Toulon and another in Brest, with a "Regional Intervention Group" to reinforce the protection of any particular building or place.
- Seven companies scattered around metropolitan territory: one in the naval base of Cherbourg, one in every site of the FOST (Ile longue, France-sud, Rosnay and Sainte Assise) and one on each of the naval air bases of Lann Bihoué and Nîmes-Garons.
They also protect the DOM/TOM where interarm transmission stations are located.
Originally embarked troops used to maintain order aboard ships, the Fusiliers de Marine served as elite troops during boardings, typically using hand grenades and sharp-shooting from the masts. An anonymous Fusilier de Marine is credited for Nelson's death during the Battle of Trafalgar.