• commander is usually known in French as the officier commandant. Conversely, in Canadian English, the word commandant is used exclusively for the commanding...
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    of increasing distinction: Chevalier (Knight), Officier (Officer), Commandeur (Commander), Grand officier (Grand Officer) and Grand-croix (Grand Cross)...
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    and Capitaine de vaisseau), the appropriate style to address them is "Commandant", "Capitaine" referring to "lieutenant de vaisseau", which is translated...
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    grades' lace stripe metal depends on their arm of service, just like the officiers. Infantry and support units wear gold stripes and cavalry and technical...
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    gold respectively. Commandant Jacques Cousteau, a Grand-Croix of the Ordre national du Mérite. US Navy Admiral Frank Bowman, an Officier of the Ordre national...
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    1901 – 26 October 1975) was Général de brigade of the French Army and Commandant of the Foreign Legion in 1951 and 1958. Saint-Cyrien of the 108th promotion...
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  • candidate, military flight school) Élève officier de l'École de l'air (EA) (officer cadet, air force academy) Élève officier du personnel navigant (EOPN) (navigation...
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    features Lamy's head, with a military style collar, and the legend COMMANDANT LAMY 1900. Officier de la Légion d'honneur Fort-Lamy, current capital of Chad (N'Djaména...
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    captain and below lieutenant colonel. It is the first Senior officer (Officier supérieur) rank and corresponds to Major in the armies of most English-speaking...
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    a combat unit then a corps general staff headquarters officer (French: officier d'état-major au corps). He was promoted to the rank of Captain on 1 January...
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    Air Officer (French: Officiers de l'air) Officer Mechanics (French: Officiers Mécaniciens) Aerial Base Officer (French: officiers des bases de l'air),...
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    Commander-in-Chief of the armies of the North and North-East « (French: Commandant en Chef des Armées du Nord et du Nord-Est) ». The term would be made official...
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    VC award in 1857 he was promoted to the next higher rank of the Legion, Officier. From September 1855 till the end of the Crimean War Dickson was employed...
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  • Forces, senior officers are called officiers supérieurs. They include the army and air force ranks of commandant, lieutenant-colonel and colonel, and...
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    affectation d'un officier général". legifrance.gouv.fr (in French). Retrieved 29 February 2020. Rocco DeFilippis (4 December 2009). "Commandant of the Marine...
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  • degrees (lower to higher): Chevalier (Knight), Officier (Officer), Commandeur (Commander), Grand Officier (Grand Officer) and Grand Croix (Grand Cross)...
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  • pilote du side-car Maurice Travail as le commandant Blin Marcel Gassouk Jean-Pierre Zola as le sous-officier allemand qui tente de loger Chaudard, Pithivier...
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  • degrees in ascending order: Chevalier (Knight), Officier (Officer), Commandeur (Commander), Grand Officier (Grand Officer) and Grand Croix (Grand Cross)...
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  • lieutenant and junior to commandant. This rank was previously known as inspecteur principal for plain-clothed officers, and officier de la paix principal...
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  • H. Forestier Pierre Labry as Le commandant Daniel Mendaille as Le premier officier Bill Bocket as Le deuxième officier Jeanne Fusier-Gir as La passagère...
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    Sous-Officiers and 9 Legionnaires); however, the section of tradition is part of the 1st Foreign Regiment of Aubagne and is composed of 3 Sous-Officiers and...
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    James L. Jones (category United States Marine Corps Commandants)
    from 2009 to 2010. During his military career, he served as the 32nd Commandant of the Marine Corps from July 1999 to January 2003, and Commander, United...
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    inspecteurs if detectives or officiers de la paix if uniformed, although CRS officers always used the current ranks. Commandant divisionnaire functionnel...
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    the French Republic (6 December 1972). "Décret portant affectation d'un officier général". legifrance.gouv.fr (in French). Retrieved 29 February 2020. Government...
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  • Robert Brummel as Un officier Jacques Erwin as Un officier Bernard Koowost as Philippe Hersent Christian Casadesus as Un officier Georges Deneubourg Gérard...
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  • Le conseiller de l'Empereur Ernest Ferny as Le commandant du sous-marin Noël Roquevert as Un officier de marine Lennig p.361-62 Crisp p.180 Bessy, Maurice...
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  • Faulques was honoured at the Foreign Legion's Camerone ceremony. Grand officier de la Légion d'honneur (Decree of 16 April 2004. Commandeur, 19 July 1960)...
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    Commandant Gabriel Auguste Ferdinand Ducuing (22 December 1885 – 25 May 1940) was an officer in the French Navy of the First and Second World Wars. He...
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  • Student officer  Royal Moroccan Army Aspirant Eleve Officier Royal Moroccan Gendarmerie Aspirant Eleve Officier Moroccan Royal Guard Aspirant Eleve Officier...
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  • Alain Bouquin (born 1958) was a Général of the French Army and the Commandant of the Foreign Legion. Saint-Cyrien of the promotion of « Général Paul-Frédéric...
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