Active 30 June 1998 Type High command Size 467 men Headquarters Lille Branch French Army | Country France Role command Part of EMAT Founded 1998 | |
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Similar French Army, Headquarters Rapid Reaction, Chasseurs Alpins, French Armed Forces, French Air Force | ||
Finale coupe d alg rie militaire 2016 commandement des forces terrestres 1 4e r gion militaire 0
The Commandement des Forces Terrestres (CFT) is the new appellation (since July 1, 2008) of the Commandement de la Force d'action Terrestre (“Command of the land combat forces”, French acronym CFAT). It is the High command of the land forces of the French Army.
The CFT is under the orders of the État-major de l'armée de terre (EMAT). In 2016, it controls 2 "interarmes" (combined) divisions and 7 brigades. It has also direct control over a Corps-size HQ, the Rapid Reaction Corps - France.
The CFT (then CFAT) was founded on the 30th of June 1998 from the disbanding III Corps and is garrisoned in Lille, at Kleber barracks. It employs 467 people:
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