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The aspirant must have been previously élève officier (Officer Cadet). They can afterwards be commissioned as a sous-lieutenant . Élève officier. Officer cadet. A rank held during the first years at the officer academies. Student. Aspirant élève de l'École de l'air (EA) (officer candidate, air force academy)
The Compagnons du Devoir, full name Compagnons du Devoir et du Tour de France, is a French organization of craftsmen and artisans dating from the Middle Ages. Their traditional, technical education includes taking a tour, the Tour de France, around France and doing apprenticeships with masters. For a young man or young woman today, the ...
e. The rank insignia of the French Navy ( French: Marine Nationale) are worn on shoulder straps of shirts and white jackets, and on sleeves for navy jackets and mantels. Until 2005, only commissioned officers had an anchor on their insignia, but enlisted personnel are now receiving them as well. Although the names of the ranks for superior ...
NATO on Friday launched one of its biggest naval deployments since Russia's invasion of Ukraine, with French aircraft carrier the Charles de Gaulle under the command of the alliance for the first ...
A Parachute Commando of a GCP Team from the 1st Parachute Hussar Regiment commencing airborne drop. The 1st Parachute Hussar Regiment ( French: 1 er Régiment de Hussards Parachutistes, 1 er RHP) is an airborne cavalry unit in the French Army, founded in 1720 by Hungarian noble Ladislas Ignace de Bercheny. It is stationed in Tarbes and is a ...
Enlargement of NATO. Chronology of membership of the European portion of NATO. NATO is a military alliance of thirty-two European and North American countries that constitutes a system of collective defense. The process of joining the alliance is governed by Article 10 of the North Atlantic Treaty, which allows for the invitation of "other ...
The Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres ( French pronunciation: [akademi dez‿ɛ̃skʁipsjɔ̃ e bɛl lɛtʁ]) is a French learned society devoted to history, founded in February 1663 as one of the five academies of the Institut de France. The academy's scope was the study of ancient inscriptions ( epigraphy) and historical literature ...
The Ordre des Arts et des Lettres ( French for 'Order of Arts and Letters ') is an order of France established on 2 May 1957 by the Minister of Culture. Its supplementary status to the Ordre national du Mérite was confirmed by President Charles de Gaulle in 1963. Its purpose is the recognition of significant contributions to the arts ...