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The Corps de l'armement (French pronunciation: [kɔʁ də laʁməmɑ̃]), or Corps des ingénieurs de l'armement [1] ([kɔʁ dez‿ɛ̃ʒenjœʁ də laʁməmɑ̃]) is a Technical Grand Corps of the French State (grand corps de l'Etat [ɡʁɑ̃ kɔʁ də leta]), [2] aimed at providing the French Armed Forces with all appropriate equipment and supervising the French Aerospace & Defence industry.
Archives de France, 2004, Napoléon et la construction des grands corps de l'État, Napoléon Bonaparte est bien à l’origine du Conseil d’État, de la Cour de cassation et de la Cour des comptes, mais il est aussi, si l’on entend donner une acception large à ce terme, le père du corps préfectoral, de l’inspection des finances, de ...
The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) (Irish: An Roinn Gnóthaí Eachtracha) is a department of the Government of Ireland that is responsible for promoting the interests of Ireland in the European Union and the wider world. The head of the department is the Minister for Foreign Affairs.
The Corps des mines (French pronunciation: [kɔʁ de min]) is the foremost technical Grand Corps of the French State (French: grands corps de l'Etat). It is composed of the state industrial engineers. The Corps is attached to the French Ministry of Economy and Finance. Its purpose is to entice French students in mathematics and physics to serve ...
From 1947 the company was referred to as the Corps de la Garde Grand-Ducale. The Corps performed their final Changing of the Guard at the Palace on 29 January 1966 with the Guard being disbanded on 28 February 1966. Troops of the Army of Luxembourg perform the duty today, with frequently only one guard visible at the palace. [2]
Bigor (artillerie de la marine; see Troupes de marine): A term either from the gunner's order to fire (Bigue de hors) or a term for a species of winkle (bigorneau) because they would stick to their emplacements and couldn't be removed easily. Colo (French Colonial Forces): The former term for the troupes de la marine when they were colonial troops.
At the beginning la compagnie écossaise des gardes du corps du roi included 100 gardes du corps (25 bodyguards and 75 archiers). Each bodyguard had four men-at-arms under his command, (a squire, an archer, a cranequinier and a servant), one of them acquired the name of premier homme d'armes du royaume de France.
The Foreign Legion Command (French: Commandement de la Légion Étrangère, (COMLE)) (official) is the Command of the Foreign Legion in the French Army. [3] [4]The Legion is led by a French general, a Legion officer (French: Officier de Légion) [1] who is usually a general who spent his entire career in Legion units.