French commando frogmen

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For other nations' commando frogmen, and information about frogmen in general, see Frogman.

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France has a large commando frogman tradition. Jacques-Yves Cousteau was a naval officer in World War II and helped much to set up France's commando frogmen. France developed the role of commando frogmen further in the First Indochina War.

They are now called the Commando Hubert. They operate from the ship Le Malin, and are one of the naval commandos of France.

[edit] List of operations

Not all of these operations involved diving.

1982-1984: Lebanon
1985 July 10: Sinking of the Rainbow Warrior in Auckland harbor in New Zealand with limpet mines. A civilian aboard the Rainbow Warrior died.
1985 October 7: Intervention with Delta Force on the liner Achille Lauro which was seized by a Palestinian gang in the Mediterranean.
1987: Actions in the Persian Gulf.
1988 May 5: a hostage rescue in New Caledonia: see Ouvéa cave hostage taking.
1991: Embargo in the Persian Gulf.
1992 December - 1993: Somalia: Operation Restore Hope.
1994: Rwanda: evacuating foreign nationals caught up in a civil war.
1997 March - 2000: Mission Alba in Albania.
1999: Operation Allied Force in ex-Yugoslavia.
2001 July: Security at the G8 meeting in Genoa in Italy.
2001 October: Afghanistan and/or Philippines: Operation Enduring Freedom.