9th Marine Light Armoured Brigade
| 9e Brigade d'Infanterie de Marine | |
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| Active | 1 July 1870 - present |
| Country | France |
| Branch | French Army |
| Type | Armour |
| Role | Amphibious warfare |
| Size | ~ 8,000 |
| Part of | 1st Division |
| Garrison/HQ | Poitiers |
| Motto(s) |
Semper et Ubique (La) Toujours et Partout (Fr) Always and All over (Eng) |
| Engagements |
9th Colonial Infantry Division Indochina War Gulf War |
9th Colonial Infantry Division
World War II
Indochina War
9th Brigade
9th Marine Infantry Division
Lebanese Civil War
Gulf War
Bosnian War
9th Light Armoured Marine Brigade
9th Marine Infantry Brigade
The 9th Marine Infantry Brigade (French: 9e Brigade d'Infanterie de Marine, 9e BIMa) is a light armoured, amphibious unit of the Troupes de marine of the French Army.
In July 1963, the 9e Brigade was created in Brittany. On 1 January 1976, the 9th Brigade became the 9th Marine Infantry Division (9e division d'Infanterie de Marine, 9e DIMa), attached to the land intervention force, then the Rapid Action Force from 1984. On 1 July 1999, the 9th Marine Infantry Division became the 9th Marine Light Armoured Brigade. On 1 January 2013, the unit was renamed and downsized to the 9th Marine Infantry Brigade (French: 9e Brigade d'Infanterie de Marine, 9e BIMa).
The 9e is heir to the Blue Division which illustrated capability during the Franco-Prussian War of 1870, in particular during the Battle of Bazeilles and the 9th Colonial Infantry Division, part of the Free French Forces , which distinguished themselves in the apprehending of Elba in June 1944 and the disembarking in Provence on 15 August of the same year. The Division then made way to Indochina, where it was placed dormant (without being dissolved) in December 1947. The unit was reactivated in July 1963 in Brittany under the designation of 9th Brigade. On 1 January 1976, the division was baptized as 9th Marine Infantry Division 9e DIMa. Accordingly, the division was attached to the terrestrial intervention force, then the Rapid Reaction Force, FAR since 1983. On 1 July 1999, the unit was restructured in a brigade and was designated as 9th Light Armoured Marine Brigade (BLBMa). On 1 January 2013, the brigade was named to the current designation as the 9th Marine Infantry Brigade (9e BIMa).
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