page_title: French Navy
section_title: Military music
hierarchical_section_title: French Navy / Customs and traditions / Military music
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Défilé militaire du 14 juillet à Brest sur le cours Dajot.
context_page_description: The French Navy, informally "La Royale", is the maritime arm of the French Armed Forces. Dating back to 1624, the French Navy is one of the world's oldest naval forces. It has participated in conflicts around the globe and played a key part in establishing the French colonial empire.
  The French Navy consists of six main branches and various services: the Force d'Action Navale, the Forces Sous-marines, French Naval Aviation, the Fusiliers Marins, the Marins Pompiers, and the Maritime Gendarmerie.
  As of June 2014, the French Navy employed a total of 36,776 personnel along with 2,800 civilians. Its reserve element consisted of 4,827 personnel of the Operational Reserve. As a blue-water navy, it operates a wide range of fighting vessels, which include the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle, various aeronaval forces, attack submarines and ballistic missile submarines, frigates, patrol boats and support ships.
context_section_description: The Bagad Lann Bihoue, is currently the sole bagpipe band in the French Navy, based on the bagad bands in Bretagne. Founded on 13 July 1827, the Band of the Toulon Fleet (French: La musique des équipages de la flotte de Toulon) is the main military musical unit of the French Navy. In what is now Canada, French navy music has affected the traditions of Canadian navy bands today. French navy bands on the country date back to the era of New France. Musical units were primarily attached to the Compagnies Franches de la Marine and the Troupes de la marine, the former of which maintained two drums (tambour) and a fife (instrument).
caption: The Toulon band in Brest.
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