Combat Training Center at Arta Beach | |
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Active | 1978–Present |
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Type | Training |
Part of | 13th Demi-Brigade of the Foreign Legion |
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Website | Official Website |
The Combat Training Center at Arta Beach (CECAP), or Centre d'entraînement au combat d'Arta Plage, is a French Army training facility located in Arta, Djibouti.[1] The Combat Training Center is run by the members of the French Foreign Legion and is part of the headquarters company of 13th Demi-Brigade of the Foreign Legion.
Overview[]
The Combat Training Center at Arta Beach was established in 1978 as an amphibious warfare training center.[2] However in 1982 CECAP was became the Commando Center reflecting a slight change from its original purpose; by 2003 CECAP's had increasingly become a combat training capability.[2] The similarity of the center's environment to Afghanistan was useful to the French armed forces and CECAP began offering courses preparing soldiers for that region's environment.[2]
Training[]
Military instruction at CECAP occurs through recurring military exercises held at the Arta Beach Facility.[1] CECAP in addition to training French soldiers accepts American soldiers into its training programs.[1] CECAP has the capacity to accommodate for approximately sixty soldiers in training at any given time.[2]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Les unités de la 13ème DBLE". Légion étrangère. 2010. http://13dble.legion-etrangere.com/modules/info_seul.php?id=327&idA=118&idA_SM=116. Retrieved June 4, 2010.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "CECAP - Centre d'Entraînement au Combat d'ARTA- PLAGE" (in French). Légion étrangère. 27. http://13dble.legion-etrangere.com/modules/info_seul.php?id=327&idA=118&idA_SM=116. Retrieved 24 June 2010.
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Coordinates: 11°34′59″N 42°49′15″E / 11.5830°N 42.8207°E
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