French Special Operations Commandos (Marine Reacts) 

The French COS is basically the same as American JSOC/ SOCOM, it's the organization that host all the SF units with in the French Armed Forces, plan and direct the operations. Those "white flag" jokers = those that probably never served and for sure not served with French troops do not understand what a formidable force the French military is and in particular the French SF. Just about two weeks ago French SF killed Africa's Al Qaeda leader/ Emir Abdelmalek Droukdal and several of his men and they've conducted several raids over the years that was very successful. Good video and I've have had the fortune to both serve in the French armed forces ( Foreign Legion ) and also during my years in the military both worked and train with French troops, they are very professional and well trained as well as equipped. There are imo no other force that are more efficient in the African environment as France with centuries of experience in Africa. I even go as far as to say that I think that the French military are the best overall in Europe today if you don't count Russia ( as I do not see them as Europeans ) France have the biggest army in Europe and 5th largest in the world. With all their experience from the colonial era I'd say they are pretty knowledgeable and good at any part of the world. The Legion was praised during the Gulf War by all other forces however they got no shine in the camera light, they totally opened up the left flank and opened the way for the allies troops who hardly could keep up with the legionnaires, that is a fact. Edit: For the Brits and Americans here that whine about "White Flag" and "Surrender" as soon as there is French military involved I suggest you google these battles: Brits. 1. Battle of Singapore 2. Siege of Yorktown 3. Siege of Kut 4. Dunkirk Americans. 1.Battle of Bataan 2. Harper’s Ferry 3. 106th Division Battle of the Bulge ( 2 divisions surrendered ) Then look at French history and see how many battles/ wars they've fought and lost then give them the proper respect. I'm not French but I know my war history and also been in the military for almost 40 yrs ( next year 2021 ). There are some trash military/ units out there but in general I wouldn't say French military is and for those talking smack about the French military they have obviously not served/ worked with these fine soldiers and frankly I doubt they served at all unless it's the "home guard" or some 4 star Call Of Duty gamer. Give crap when it's deserved and honor when that is deserved and not just because you don't like the French or American or British what ever. Had a discussion with a Norwegian guy the other day on this channel that said Swedes was no fighters because they did not get involved in WW2, the ignorance is so high it's sad. I left Facebook because I couldn't stand all the trolls but sadly RU-vid is becoming more and more of the same were all wannabe elite soldiers gets involved in the battle of their life.

The french finally getting some love after almost 20 years of bashing, almost brings a tear to my eyes.

As a Brit living in France I have come to admire our (French) forces. If I can sum it up, France is a nation of farmers and hunters plus they love maths and science. In other words hard as nails and smart. I am glad they are an ally. Allez les bleues. If you think France is about poetry and art, all you know is Paris. Get out into the country and you will meet big lads who know the land.

The French are smart and tough as nails. Despite being occupied in WW2, they fought through the resistance with incredible bravery and effectiveness. The US owes France a deep debt of gratitude dating all the way back to our revolution. Semper fi. Merci !

As a french i want to say i appreciate the kindness of the people in this comment section, thanks a lot.

Très bonne chaine, pas de commentaires inutiles et analyses très justes. Alors mes compatriote Français ne pas oublier le pouce bleu et un petit abonnement cela ne coute rien :)

Guys, the french bashing is actually a cultural thing. The Anglo Saxon world was for the most part of its history rivals of France. We also make jokes about Brits and americans in France, doesn't mean it's true.

On May 9, 2019, French Navy Commando Hubert, supported by the United States Africa Command, conducted a rescue operation in Northern Burkina Faso that resulted in the deaths of two French petty officers, four of six gunmen died. While the terrorist organization behind the hostage crisis was unidentified, French military believed that the hostages were about to be handed to the Macina Liberation Front, a terrorist organization in Mali. Before the rescue, the abductors had been moving northbound through Burkina Faso, but had set up camp overnight in the Sahel region. The hostage rescue occurred during the night . French special forces approached the abductors' camp, covering 200 meters of open ground before being noticed 10 meters away. The squad managed the recovery of all four hostages of French, American, and South Korean nationality. IN MEMORIAM Maître Cédric de Pierrepont IN MEMORIAM Maître Alain Bertoncello

French are the best disciplined best trained military force in Western Europe by far. I was in the Marine Corps as an Infantryman from 2003 - 2011 and we had some guys from one of our boat companies get their French Commando Badge training with the french in East Africa and they are no joke. Jokes aside about WWII and such their training doctrine, tactics, and discipline are better than any force in Europe and there is a reason we sent men to train with them in coastal raiding tactics.

Have meet a few guys from SF France.... Have a couple of them I can call friends... Damn! Balanced and calm.. These guys do not brag..

A colleague of mine served in Mali for the swedish military. He told me the base he was on got hit by terrorists/rebells and several soldiers where killed in the attack. The next day a couple of french transport planes landed with some grim looking fellas. They went out in the night, all hell broke loose, heavy gunfight and after that the base was left alone....

10 word intro. Love that, no time wasting which really annoys me with most youtubers.

French army is one of the most active army in the world, the french army is deployed on every continent, and are still highly active in the middle east, africa, and east europr

"La garde meurt mais ne se rend pas !"

I have a dear friend who served in one of the finest French parachute regiment. The 13e RDP, a special reconnaissance regiment, part of the French Army Special Forces Command. These men are no jokes. In general the French Spec-ops have a very different mentality than their foreign counterparts, they are extremely low keys and discreet , they don't walk around with a chip on their shoulders, and you generally never heard of what they have done or doing. It is a different state of mind when it comes to Special Operations or blacks-ops. I am glad you are straightening things here, because usually French are being considered cowards and losers, and this cannot be further from the truth.

Nice to see a civil comment section. Not full of whit flag jokes.

I enjoy american people interest by our army, very interesting 🇺🇲🇨🇵

Commandos marine, toujours présent !

I am French and I appreciate your objectivity in your comments

Man I feel bad for snipers, they get celebrated for their shots but no one ever talks about just how much ground these dudes can cover with well over the average combat load just to set up an OP or get on target.

Good channel! Nice comments, no French bashing just respect nice very nice! 11 years in french army, salutation my others country brother in arm.

In my opinion all the debate about which country as the best special forces is a complete non sense. The only things that matters is getting the job done. I'd rather pay tribute all those people all over the world who are ready to sacrifice their lives for our own good. RIP to Alain bertoncello, and Cédric de Pierrepont who are the perfect exemple of that spirit!

the 1st rpima of bayonne are actually SAS they follow the same training since 1942

Some of SF that appears in this video are also know in France as SAS. It is a legacy of WW2 because this units were trained among British SF. French SAS known as 1er RPIMa kept the motto "who dares win" translated in french. It is the only unit that share a motto with a foreign army.

Tellement fière de voir que notre armée est reconnue à l’étranger ^^ 🇫🇷🇫🇷 thanks for this video

I'm used to US soldier mocking french army, I'm pleasantly surprised you didn't and for that, thank you.

As a French-American who wants to join the military, the standards in France are so insanely high, honestly from talking to recruiters, becoming a Ranger or any SOG is easier in the US for a variety of reasons. The French have a HUGE chip on their shoulder and do not like to be fucked with. They are very very quiet about it.

I'm glad to see all these kind words and respect towards the French forces here. Thanks guys!

As a Frenchman, I note that, whatever the country, these brothers-in-arms all have the same reflexes when it comes to the field. All these soldiers are made of the same wood: devotion, courage and sacrifice. Respect for all these men.

Hearing a voice over translation of a video where you are fluent in both languages is trippy af...

Vive la France , they are the soldiers the most trained of the world. Since his creation , French army are very powerful and impressive

You should react to the GIGN. They are a miilitary unit, but they usually carry out extreme police operations.

If you compare the SAS to the french special forces, you won't find many differences as when the french sf were created during ww2, they were trained by the SAS of Major Stirling in North Africa. And the 1er RPIMA, the french paratroopers special forces, is also known as the 1st french SAS, with the famous motto "who dares wins"

I am living in a village where the commando hubert ( one of the most elite special forces) is situated and i'm lucky to have good friends among them, and it's a great honor to have such friends, knowing such skills persons which are dedicated to their job and their country 24/7 . Two of them have been KIA recently and all my thoughts goes to their family and their brother in arm. Thank you for your chanel contents , no one ever think about the french special forces ( commando marine and CPA)which are , at my point of view part of the best special forces in the world.

I was part of the troops dropped in Mali at 6:55. The troops dropped dropped by Transal aircraft on thermal imagery. We gave them hell.

Il n'y a que les ignorants et les idiots qui pensent que l'armée française est une bande de bras cassés. Nous Français, sommes fières de notre histoire et de notre Armée à travers les temps. Nous avons l'armée avec le plus de victoires militaires au Monde. 🇨🇵❤️ Merci pour vos vidéos🙏👍

Vive la France Son peuple unique au monde et son histoire incroyable. Personne ne rivalise et jamais personne ne rivalisera avec la beauté et la grandeur qu'est notre pays.

Very glad to see this and proud of my country, I've always admired US army, probably because the most famous war movies are all about US, but I realized a few months ago that France had a great army too, full of smart, trained and talented warriors. Of course, I respect every single person that's ready to give his life for his country in this world.

I’m an old WAC who served in the 70s. I love your channel and I’m learning things.

One of my colleagues is an ex SF from the CPA10 shown in this documentary. I can tell you that this man is funny, very humble and discret about what he lived in operation (I understood that he lost a good comrade during an operation in Africa against ISIS). Now, he works in a civilian office but his mind is still with his comrades, even he is himself a little physically broken because of the fully equipped low parachute jumps. As he points it, he is too old for that now...

You are the best in the business bro, thanks from a French man, relocated in central Florida.

Thanks for what you did for the french army ( i am french that's why) and everything else you are and absolute legend

I had the chance to meet some French SOF guys when I was serving in the Swiss special forces, and they're pretty damn impressive...

I can see lot of people talking about french bashing, saying that we have to forget the WWII... I don't think we have to. The WWII is a strategical defeat of France AND England ! If they weren't on their island they would have lost too ! Don't forget that french army have saved the british army at Dunkirk, french army have fought at 1 vs 10 and sometimes 1 vs 30 to protect the british evacuation. Don't forget about the defeat of Italy at 170 000 vs 300 000. Don't forget about Stonne with 2 or 3 times more soldiers the german have lost 4 times more soldiers than France. We can be PROUD of our WWII soldiers, as some german officers said "Dunkirk is the proof the french soldier is one of the best in the world"

Thanks for your frequent uploads sir, its been a pleasure to binge watch your videos!

French COS special forces are top notch (RPIMA, Dragons Parachutistes, CPA and Navy Commandos) / The Service Action of the DGSE is also highly trained and effective (members often come from COS special forces)

Thank you Mr Jameson for your great channel. It is informative and I really enjoy the variety of topics and forces that you critique. Go Navy

Night aircraft carrier landings and takeoffs are absolutely insane! Such skill is required on top of the coolness its unbelievable. There are a few videos with them on here -awesome!

If you can find a documentary on the French 13th RDP "Dragoon Regiment" I highly suggest you watch that, it is one of the most secretive and highly specialized intelligence and recon unit, one of the best.

Great reaction video, Jameson. Interesting to see the differences and (more often) the similarities in the elite units around the world.

Really interesting. Thanks for posting.

Merci pour vos commentaires sur l'armée française . Cela nous rend fiers de notre pays, et ça fait du bien !

Pilot from the special forces helicopter regiment are notoriously crazy. They love their low fly shit and their low-altitude strafe (if I remember correctly, first french dead in mali war was a sf chopper pilot , when they stoped pick-up column during a low alt strafe).

I like the french approach displayed here: More of specialized forward intelligence, reconnaissance and even engineering repertoire! Its different to the brute force approach other nations take and seems a bit more modern to me :)

I never had any doubts about the capabilities of the French army. The second war was a mistake, The next opponent will pay the price. Nothing to worry about Anglo Saxon French bashing.

Let's go, Put that in the comments!! Guessing he doesn't want a desk job!

so good to see see such a non-toxic community, subscribing

Hello ,and thanks for your reaction .....impressed by the video . I like the way you begin by being sceptical for what you are about to watch....but this video got your attention in a different way than other reactions you've done.... Proper special unit in my opinion......

Bravo et merci pour cette vidéo , qui démontre une fois de plus le courage et la détermination de ces hommes et femmes qui ont donné leur vie a ceux métier très particulier 🙏 Bravo and thank you for this video, which once again demonstrates the courage and determination of these men and women who gave their lives to this very special job .

There are so many anecdotes. A friend of mine told me a very recent one, a simple one that struck me by how unexpected it was. A couple of all terrain vehicles were parachuted in a very tough rocky desert in the night, to attack a small jihadi camp that held western hostages. Timing was accurate and with little margin. Unfortunately, while en route over land at night, one rock cracked the fuel tank on one of the vehicles. All at night and in some crazy place. You'd think the mission was compromised, but no. An aircraft very quickly flew over and dropped a new fuel tank and a mechanic to change it on the damaged car. Less than one hour after the puncture, the operation could resume, and the mission was successful.

what the origianl video failed to mention is that during WW2 the french commandos were not only trained with British forces, but with the SAS themself and therefore SAS was the blueprint for French SF. And by the way, to honor this lineage the French 1st RPIMA has adopted the same red beret as the SAS (worn differently) and the same motto (who dares to win literally translated into French "qui ose gagne"). They are often refered as "French SAS".

I like your videos for one reason. You stay on point. You dont go on tangents or make bad jokes.(well, not too many anyways). Also I bet you are funny as hell when you are with your true friends!

after 2 weeks of casually watching as a army infantry vet im subscribing today. you're smart and these videos make me miss the military

I love your channel keep it up! Much respect from France 🇺🇸🇫🇷

SAS although maybe slightly biased... 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 love you’re videos only started watching a week or so ago and I’m hooked, keep up the good work friend.

"Qui ose gagne" are their motto, the traduction of "who dare win"

Love your presentations and commentary.

So much training for a few minutes in action! All great individuals

Thanks for your video. My dad was in 3rd RPIMA, I was so proud of him. I made the selection tests in the past because I wanted so much to do the same job, but get refused due to knees injuries I had in kick boxing. Deception of my life, I steel feeling bad about that. I know what it takes to do this job, so much respect for these guys. (Sorry for my bad english)

“ so I’m guessing he doesn’t want a desk job” haha best intro , you made my morning before a packed day

Thanks you for your service

you really are good at showing these videos and your comments are great your the real thing

Viva la France and viva la Resistance 👍💪🙏🇫🇷

Do a video on the Aussie Commando's Had a friend who fought overseas in the australian army, he came across a few of them in his travels said they were the hardest men you'd ever meet

Thank you for that video sir. Honestly that's quite of a reductive documentary, I'd love having more time to translate some more in depth content about selection and training! Their motto is " Qui ose gagne" : "Who dares wins"

I sub because I see a man of great quality, speaking for something, every words are just. Thank you for that. Have a nice day.

Compared to SAS ? well they were created at the same time as the SAS, being the the french company of the SAS during WWII. That is why their motto is "qui ose gagne" litterally translated from "who dares win", sharing a lot of traditions (commando knife as a symbol etc.). They are litterally the french SAS, at least the 1st RPIMA.

Its really hard to focus on 1 language when you can understand both xD

Merci de rappeler ici l'existence du commando Kieffer. N'oublions pas non plus les 100.000 soldats francais morts en mai et juin 40. Un grand merci, à vous qui n'êtes pas francais, de valoriser ce qui doit l'être. Amitiés.

Thats a great way of putting it, 'these guys are like Olympic athletes...'. The Tier 1 special forces guys are just like that. Non-stop honing their craft and continual training and keeping fit on top of it...well said.

Impressive group.

People knocked the French Military, but they have Ancient Military History and everything recorded, excellent Special Forces, their K9 units are awesome.

From your live chat yesterday to this video now has been some good watching. You seem to upload new videos fairly frequent! Keep up the good work :)

you got a great show.THANK YOU

Actually, the U.S. has a similar structure to the COS (Commandement des Operations Speciales, created in 1992), which is SOCOM (Special Operations Command, created in 1980).

When you mentioned the runways and planes being so expensive, I had the thought of "yeah but they're probably insured" (civilian if you couldn't tell) xD

Love your videos man! Keep it up brother 🙏🏻

Très bonne chaîne RU-vid, merci de faire connaître notre belle armée à travers cette vidéo. 💥👌🏽

Good morning sir. Great job. Respect from Northern Ireland 🇬🇧.

6:45 surface of mars lmao I've been there during duty and it's exactly what I thought

Good stuff, salute encore!

Sir, yes Sir! Thanks for this great synthesis.

I was a corporal in 2 REP quite a long time ago and the COS in the REP were actually called C.R.A.P this made us brits laugh but in reality they got a lot of respect albeit in those days the equipment, weapons etc was not as good as it is now. Tough bunch respect

When you speak french so you try to hear the french guy talking to understand it easily

Pretty cool how they can make those landing strips.

Because the French have gathered all SF under one roof (COS) the intro to this video includes airborne HAHO, small boat raiding and long distance reconnaissance. That would be the equivalent of SAS, SBS and RM Commandos together! Not just the SAS alone!

You should do a video on the BBC 3 documentary "our war" about Afghanistan. Respect from the UK!

God bless America 🇺🇸 et vive la France !🇫🇷

Respect from corsica very good video continue man vest allies💪

great video... i loved the content. And i loved the comments. Thanks, it was great.