A platoon of the 3rd RIMA (naval infantry regiment), based in Vannes, Britany, and led by Lieutenant Geoffroy (27), patrols with the new "Griffon" armored vehicle (deployed for the first time in a theater of operations) in the villages of Guintou, Bera and Seina, north of Gao, Mali on December 15, 2021. The patrol aims to contact with the population and villages chiefs, in particular, in order to ensure that the population is not threatened and to collect information on terrorists or bandits. France has been gradually retiring its troops from military bases in northern Mali and moving them to
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A platoon of the 3rd RIMA (naval infantry regiment), based in Vannes, Britany, and led by Lieutenant Geoffroy (27), patrols with the new "Griffon" armored vehicle (deployed for the first time in a theater of operations) in the villages of Guintou, Bera and Seina, north of Gao, Mali on December 15, 2021. The patrol aims to contact with the population and villages chiefs, in particular, in order to ensure that the population is not threatened and to collect information on terrorists or bandits. France has been gradually retiring its troops from military bases in northern Mali and moving them to Gao, which will now serve as Operation Barkhane’s northern base. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM