page_title: Structure of the French Army in 1989
section_title: Djibouti
hierarchical_section_title: Structure of the French Army in 1989 / Overseas Units / Djibouti
caption_attribution_description: Description canon de 155 mm BF 50 du 6e R.A.Ma Djibouti 1979Date 1979Source Self-photographedAuthor fantassin 72Permission(Reusing this file) libre de droits canon de 155 mm BF 50 du 6e R.A.Ma Djibouti 1979
context_page_description: The order of battle of the French Army in 1989 is given below.
  In 1977 the Army had changed its military organisation in accordance with a short war-fighting strategy in Europe, and divisions lost their component brigades. Under army headquarters in 1985 were the First Army, with three corps, the Rapid Action Force, an independent corps-level rapid deployment command, six military regions in the metropole, and forces overseas in Guyana, Senegal, Côte d'Ivoire, Gabon, Djibouti, Seychelles/Mayotte, New Caledonia, and French Polynesia.
  The theoretical strength is 295,989 men out of the 557,904 soldiers for the three weapons, the common services and the national gendarmerie available to the French armed forces in 1989.
context_section_description: Army forces in Djibouti:
  Forces armées stationnées à Djibouti, Djibouti
  10ᵉ Bataillon de Commandement et de Soutien (10ᵉ BCS), Djibouti
  5ᵉ Régiment interarmes d'outre-mer, Djibouti
  13ᵉ Demi-brigade de la Légion Étrangère, Djibouti
caption: Obusier de 155 mm Modèle 50 in Djibouti in 1979.
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