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The Cameroon Armed Forces (French: Forces armées camerounaises (FAC)) are the military of the Republic of Cameroon. The armed forces number 40,000 [ 3 ] personnel in ground, air, and naval forces. There are approximately 40,000 troops in the army across three military regions.
The Rapid Intervention Battalion (Bataillon d'Intervention Rapide, or BIR) is an elite military force [1] and an army combat unit of the Cameroonian Armed Forces. [2]The unit is supported by the United States, reports directly to the president of Cameroon, and has played a large part in the Cameroonian and regional war against Boko Haram.
The Military ranks of Cameroon are the military insignia used by the Cameroon Armed Forces. Being a former colony of France , Cameroon shares a rank structure similar to that of France . [ 1 ]
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René Claude Meka is a senior Cameroonian officer and Chief of Staff of the Cameroon Armed Forces since September 2001. [1] Meka was born on February 2, 1939, in Enongal near Ebolowa. He graduated from the École spéciale militaire de Saint-Cyr in 1962 and from infantry school of Saint-Maixent in 1963. [2]
The AGovC leader added that "when Cameroon begins to respect the Geneva Convention, we will do the same". [27] On January 21, 2024, it was confirmed that Cameroonian forces had captured top ADF commander "General Efang", who had been wounded in action two weeks prior. This marked the second time that the ADF lost its top ground zero commander. [28]
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Lekeaka Oliver, [b] popularly known as Field Marshall, was a Cameroonian army soldier [2] and later an Ambazonian separatist commander and the leader of the Red Dragon militia. His armed group is part of the loosely-structured Ambazonia Self-Defence Council , and is loyal to the Interim Government of Ambazonia . [ 5 ]