Gendarmerie Navale
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The Gendarmerie Navale (also known as Gendarmerie Maritime) is a 1,100-man corps of the French Navy. Like its land-based counterpart, the Gendarmerie, it is a military unit carrying out police operations.
Its missions include immigration control, monitoring of fishing operations, police at sea, and search and rescue operations. The uniforms, ranks and insignia of the Gendarmerie Maritime are those of the French Navy.
