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The École spéciale militaire de Saint-Cyr ( ESM, literally the "Special Military School of Saint-Cyr") is a French military academy, and is often referred to as Saint-Cyr ( French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ siʁ] ). It is located in Coëtquidan in Guer, Morbihan, Brittany. Its motto is Ils s'instruisent pour vaincre, literally meaning "They study ...
Ecole de guerre-Terre. The École de guerre-Terre ( EDG-T) ("Army War College") is a French military academy that trains senior army officers, recruited mainly after succeeding competitive examinations right after the first part of their military career, in which they served as platoon and company commanders in regiments.
The École d'application de l'infanterie was created on 30 January 1946 in Auvours, as a post-graduate course for young officers freshly graduated from Saint-Cyr . On 15 October 1948, the school was moved to Coëtquidan, next to Saint-Cyr itself. In October 1951, it was moved again to Saint-Maixent-l'École, and opened to non-commissioned ...
commander. Major General Antoine Windeck. The Combined Arms School or Joint military school, known as École Militaire Interarmes or EMIA, is a military school of the French Army intended to train officers who have risen from the ranks. It was founded in 1942 and based in a rural location, Coëtquidan ( Morbihan) along with Saint-Cyr military ...
Officer Training for the Reserve Forces (e.g. Army Reserve, Royal Naval Reserve, RAF Reserves and Royal Marines Reserves) also takes place at the relevant military academies, but under a different curriculum and the courses tend to be concentrated into a much shorter period – a significant amount of the study will be undertaken at the cadet's ...
The École des troupes aéroportées (ETAP), or School of Airborne Troops, is a military school [ 1] dedicated to training the military paratroopers of the French army. It was established in 1964 and is located in the town of Pau, in the département of Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France. It is a training unit of the French Army, under the French ...
The National Centre for Commando Training, (French: Centre national d'entraînement commando, CNEC) is a French Army training centre. It is a centre d'aguerrissement [] located in Mont-Louis and Collioure in the Pyrenees-Orientales department, and is part of the Sous-direction formation et des écoles de la direction des ressources humaines de l'Armée de terre (DRHAT/SDFE).
The army reserve was created by law on 27 July 1872 following the disbandment of the National Guard. [ 2] [ 3] This law established a military service obligation of twenty years for French men as follows: five years in the active army; four years in the Army Reserve; five years in the Territorial Army; six years in the Territorial Army Reserve.