Jungle Training Center
French Jungle Warfare School | |
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Active | 1987 – Present |
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Type | Training |
Role | Jungle Warfare Instruction |
Part of | 3rd Foreign Infantry Regiment |
Garrison/HQ |
Régina, ![]() |
Website | Official Website |
The Jungle Training Center (CEFE), or Centre d'entraînement à la forêt équatoriale, is a French Army jungle warfare school located in French Guyana.
Overview
The Jungle Warfare Center was established in French Guyana on September 22, 1987 near Régina in French Guyana.[1] The Jungle Training Center is attached to the Command and Support Company of the 3rd Foreign Infantry Regiment.
Training
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The Jungle Training Center offers four different training courses in jungle warfare for unit-sized groups:
- Initiation Course: This course lasts four days during which time the students are familiarized with jungle survival.[1]
- Jungle Warfare Course: This course lasts for two weeks during which time the unit is prepared for operating in a jungle or tropical environment. The course's elements are modular, allowing the course to be customized according to the student unit's needs and expertise.
- Advanced Jungle Warfare Course: This course last for two weeks and was developed to impart specific skills to infantry and special forces units.
- Survival Course: This course is intended to impart the student unit with specific survival skill or field test equipment in a jungle environment.
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References
- 1 2 "Le Centre d'Entraînement en Forêt Equatoriale (CEFE)" (in French). Legion Etrangere. Retrieved 8 June 2010.
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