5th Overseas Interarms Regiment
The 5th Overseas Interarm Regiment (in French 5eme Regiment Interarmes d'Outre Mer (or RIOM)) is a troupes de marine regiment stationed in Djibouti. It has been the Djibouti garrison since November 1, 1969.
It is the last combined arms regiment in the French army comprising a mechanised infantry company, a light cavalry squadron, an artillery battery and a command and support company.
Read more about 5th Overseas Interarms Regiment: Recent Commanding Officers, Organisation, Flag of The Regiment, Decorations, Sources and Bibliography
Famous quotes containing the word regiment:
“With two thousand years of Christianity behind him ... a man can’t see a regiment of soldiers march past without going off the deep end. It starts off far too many ideas in his head.”
—Louis-Ferdinand Céline (1894–1961)