Equatorial Forest Training Center

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Equatorial Forest Training Center

Active	1987 – Present
Country	France
Branch	French Army
Type	Training
Role	Jungle Warfare Instruction
Part of	3rd Foreign Infantry Regiment
Garrison/HQ	Régina, French Guiana
Website	Official Website

The Equatorial Forest Training Center (CEFE), or Centre d'entraînement en forêt équatoriale, is a French Army jungle warfare school located in French Guiana.

Overview[edit]

The Equatorial Forest Training Center was established on September 22, 1987 near Régina in French Guiana.^[1] The Jungle Training Center is attached to the Command and Support Company of the 3rd Foreign Infantry Regiment.

Training[edit]

The Equatorial Forest 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 lasts 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[edit]

^ ^a ^b "Le Centre d'Entraînement en Forêt Equatoriale (CEFE)" (in French). Legion Etrangere. Retrieved 8 June 2010.

French Foreign Legion

Current
units

General Staff Headquarters	Foreign Legion Command
Command Administrative	1st Foreign Regiment 4th Foreign Regiment Foreign Legion Recruiting Group
Music band	French Foreign Legion Music Band
Infantry & parachute infantry	1st Foreign Regiment 4th Foreign Regiment 2nd Foreign Infantry Regiment 2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment 3rd Foreign Infantry Regiment 13th Demi-Brigade Foreign Legion Detachment in Mayotte
Cavalry	1st Foreign Cavalry Regiment
Engineers & parachute engineers	1st Foreign Engineer Regiment 2nd Foreign Engineer Regiment
Training	4th Foreign Regiment Jungle Training Center Combat Training Center at Arta Beach

Defunct
units

Administrative and training	Communal Depot of the Foreign Regiments
Parachute	Parachute Company of the 3rd Foreign Infantry Regiment 1st Foreign Parachute Regiment 1st Foreign Parachute Battalion 2nd Foreign Parachute Battalion 3rd Foreign Parachute Battalion Foreign Air Supply Company 3rd Foreign Parachute Regiment 1st Foreign Parachute Heavy Mortar Company
Infantry & marching regiments	Mounted companies Marching Regiment of the Foreign Legion 2nd Marching Regiment of the 1st Foreign Regiment 3rd Marching Regiment of the 1st Foreign Regiment 4th Marching Regiment of the 1st Foreign Regiment/Garibaldi Legion 1st Marching Regiment of the 2nd Foreign Regiment 2nd Marching Regiment of the 2nd Foreign Regiment Marching Regiment of the Foreign Legion Demi-Brigade of the Foreign Legion 5th Foreign Infantry Regiment 6th Foreign Infantry Regiment 11th Foreign Infantry Regiment 12th Foreign Infantry Regiment Marching Regiments of Foreign Volunteers 21st Marching Regiment of Foreign Volunteers 22nd Marching Regiment of Foreign Volunteers 23rd Marching Regiment of Foreign Volunteers
Saharan Legion units	Saharan Companies of the French Foreign Legion
Pioneers & engineers	6th Foreign Engineer Regiment
Cavalry	2nd Foreign Cavalry Regiment 97th Reconnaissance Group of the Infantry Division
Transport (armored trains & heavy weight)	Armored Train of the Foreign Legion Passage Company of the Foreign Legion (CPLE) 5th Heavy Weight Transport Company
Disciplinary companies	Disciplinary Company of the Foreign Regiments in the Far East
Brigades	31st Brigade