Jean Brette

Jean Brette
Born	June 23, 1929 France
Allegiance	France
Service/branch	French Army French Foreign Legion
Years of service	1949 - 1989
Rank	Général de corps d'armée
Commands held	51st Infantry Regiment 2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment 2e REP 64e DMT 11th Parachute Division 11e DP 44e DMT Deputy Chief EMA Commander-in-chief FFA 2nd Army Corps

Jean Brette was a Général de corps d'armée of the French Army, who served in the French Foreign Legion and was the regimental commander of the 2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment 2^e REP in 1974.^[1]

Military career

Jean volunteered for eight years at the title of ESMIA, he integrated the promotion "Garigliano" and joined the 5^e BCP in Germany on October 1, 1949. In reason of his excellent performance allure, he was nominated as a Caporal-chef on February 1, 1950, the to the rank of Sergent on April 1. Nominated to the rank of sous-lieutenant, he joined the infantry application school on October 1, 1951. Following, he was assigned to the Legion and disembarked in North Africa in quality as section chief at the 1st company of the 1st Battalion of the 1st Foreign Regiment 1^e RE, On October 10, 1952. He was promoted to the rank of lieutenant on October 1, 1953. He participated to the operations of maintaining order with 2^e BM/1st Foreign Infantry Regiment 1^e REI, at Berkane in Morocco from August 19 to August 28, 1953.

Destined to served in the Far East (French: Extrême-Orient), he disembarked in Saigon. Assigned to the 13th Demi-Brigade of the Foreign Legion 13^e DBLE, he served successively in the 2nd Battalion on November 17, in the 2nd company of bennes trucks (CCB) as of December 11, a unit which he received the provisionary commandment on December 25, then passed to the cannon section without recoil of the 6th company, on January 25, 1954, in quality as a section chief. He then served in the general staff headquarters of the regiment as a reconnaissance artillery officer in June before being detached to the transport group 516, in August. Hen then received the commandment of the 2nd Battalion of the CCB, on November 1. During his tour deployment, he distinguished capability on February 7, 1954 at Phu Lao and on March 25, at Xa-Dong Tang and Truc-Dong in North of Vietnam. Repatriated at the end of deployment, he disembarked in Marseille on May 27, 1955. Following his end of tour leave, he joined the 2nd battalion of the 13^e DBLE at Zeralda in Algeria, on August 9 to occupy the functions of ordinary officer, transmission officer and security assistant (French: adjoint) officer, a duty in assignment in which he distinguished himself Touount in the Nemencha, on February 15, 1957. He then followed the courses at the subversive war center of Philippeville.

Furthering his savoire-faire, he passed the candidacy entry at the general staff headquarters, on June 22, 1958, and served in the military institution in quality as a commandant of students company. He was promoted to the rank of captain on April 1, 1959. He integrated the 20th promotion of the general staff headquarters in July.

Following, he was brevetted as a paratrooper, then assigned to the 2nd company of the 51st Infantry Regiment (French: 51^e Régiment d'Infanterie) which he received the commandment on April 13, 1960. In quality as a recon commando chief (French: chef de commando de chasse) or unit commandant, he distinguished himself at mechtas Krelif, Si Halal, in the sector of Mila in December 1960, at mechta Bailloul in 1961, at mechta Sanita, at mechta El Massa in the sector of Mila in 1962.

Following the independence, he was repatriated with his unit to the camp Sissone on September 6, 1962 and followed the courses at the center of Germanic studies from October 1, 1962 until August 3, 1963. He was then assigned to the general staff headquarters of the French Forces in Germany FFA (French: Forces françaises en Allemagne) on September 1963, the integrated the 80th promotion of the superior war school and the general staff headquarters school, on June 1, 1966. He was promoted to chef de bataillon on October 1. In June 1968, he was assigned to the 1st Parachute Chasseur Regiment 1^e RCP at Pau Idron in quality as an instructor director. He then served in the infantry inspection, as an officer of the general staff headquarters, from July 1, 1970. He was promoted to the rank of lieutenant-colonel on December 1, 1972. Designated to command a troop corps, he received the regimental colors of the 2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment 2^e REP, on June 29, 1974. He was promoted to the rank of colonel on October 1, 1975. During this calm operational period, he attached himself to decorate camp Raffali, notably by conducting a campaign of planting trees around the regiment. In February 1976, one of his turning units at TFAI, intervened with success in the children hostage rescue affair of Loyada (French: Prise d'otages de Loyada). Following his commandment tenure, he was assigned to the general staff headquarters of the 3rd Armored Division of the French Forces in Germany, FFA (French: Forces françaises en Allemagne) at Fribourg on July 1, 1976. In 1978, he was auditor (French: auditeur) at the 28th session of the institute of high studies of national defense at the center of high military studies. Designated as land assistant (French: adjoint terre) of the commandant of the 15^e DI and the 43^e DMT, he was assigned as administration at the 15^e RCS, on July 1, 1979. He was admitted to the 1st section of officers generals on March 1, 1980. He received the commandment of the 64^e DMT on August 1, 1981, then the commandment of the 11th Parachute Division 11^e DP and the commandment of the 44^e DMT on May 1, 1983. He was promoted to the rank of Général de division on November 1. He participated to two exterior assistant missions, in Lebanon from December 30, 1983 until January 5, 1984, and in Tchad from August 21 to August 29, 1984. deputy chief (French: sous-chef) of the general staff headquarters of the Army (French: État-Major des Armées, EMA) on June 1, 1985, he was elevated to the rank designation of Général de corps d'armée on March 1, 1987. He was then nominated at the commander-in-chief of the French Forces in Germany, FFA (French: Forces françaises en Allemagne) and the 2nd Army Corps (French: 2^e Corps d'Armée) on May 13.

Attained by the age limit, he was admitted to the 2nd section of officers generals on June 24, 1989.

Recognitions and Honors

• Commandeur of the Légion d'Honneur (October 1, 1986)
• Officier of the Légion d'Honneur (1977)
• Chevalier of the Légion d'Honneur (1966)
• Commandeur of Ordre national du Mérite) (July 13, 1983)
• Croix de guerre des Théatres d'Opérations Exterieures (cited at the orders of the Army Corps)
• Croix de la Valeur Militaire (3 citations, out of which one at the orders of the Army and one at the orders of the Army Corps)
• Chevalier of the Ordre du Mérite Agricole
• Médaille Coloniale (agrafe « Extrême-Orient ») - Médaille d'Outre-Mer (agrafe « Liban » (Lebanon), agrafe « Tchad »)
• Médaille commémorative de la campagne d'Indochine
• Médaille commémorative des opérations de sécurité et de maintien de l'ordre en Afrique du Nord (agrafes « Algérie » )
• Authorized to wear the insignia of the Commandeur de l'ordre national du Merite de la Republique Gabonasie ( Commander degree of the National Order Merit of Gabon - February 6, 1987).

See also

• Pierre Jeanpierre
• Jacques Lefort, 2^e REP (1958)
• Pierre Darmuzai, 2^e REP (1960)
• Saharan Méharistes Companies (méharistes sahariennes)
• Paul Arnaud de Foïard, 2^e REP (1965)
• Jeannou Lacaze, 2^e REP (1967)
• Bernard Goupil, 2^e REP (1972)
• Philippe Erulin, 2^e REP (1976)
• Jean Louis Roué, 2^e REP (1978)
• Jean-Claude Coullon
• Bernard Janvier, 2^e REP (1982)
• Bruno Dary, 2^e REP (1994)
• Benoît Puga, 2^e REP (1996)

References

Foreign Legion Command French Foreign Legion
Honneur et Fidélité History of the French Foreign Legion Foreign Legion Pioneers (Pionniers) List of French paratrooper units Képi Blanc (publication)
Current Foreign Legion Units	Administrative Communal Depot of the Foreign Regiments 1st Foreign Regiment Foreign Legion Command Foreign Legion Recruiting Group Infantry & Parachute Infantry 2nd Foreign Infantry Regiment 2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment 3rd Foreign Infantry Regiment 13th Foreign Legion Demi-Brigade Foreign Legion Detachment in Mayotte Cavalry 1st Foreign Cavalry Regiment Engineer & Parachute Engineer 1st Foreign Engineer Regiment 2nd Foreign Engineer Regiment Training 4th Foreign Regiment Jungle Training Center Combat Training Center at Arta Beach
Defunct Foreign Legion Units	Administrative and Training Communal Depot of the Foreign Regiments Parachute Parachute Company of the 3rd Foreign Infantry Regiment 1st Foreign Parachute Regiment 1st Foreign Parachute Battalion 2nd Foreign Parachute Battalion 3rd Foreign Parachute Battalion Foreign Air Supply Company 3rd Foreign Parachute Regiment 1st Foreign Parachute Heavy Mortar Company Infantry 1st Foreign Infantry Regiment 1st Marching Regiment of the 1st Foreign Regiment 2nd Marching Regiment of the 1st Foreign Regiment 3rd Marching Regiment of the 1st Foreign Regiment 4th Marching Regiment of the 1st Foreign Regiment/Garibaldi Legion 1st Marching Regiment of the 2nd Foreign Regiment 2nd Marching Regiment of the 2nd Foreign Regiment Marching Regiment of the Foreign Legion 5th Foreign Infantry Regiment 6th Foreign Infantry Regiment 11th Foreign Infantry Regiment 12th Foreign Infantry Regiment 21st Marching Regiment of Foreign Volunteers 22nd Marching Regiment of Foreign Volunteers 23rd Marching Regiment of Foreign Volunteers 1st Mounted Saharan Company of the Legion 2nd Mounted Saharan Company of the Legion 3rd Mounted Saharan Company of the Legion 4th Mounted Saharan Company of the Legion 1st Mounted Saharan Squadron of the Foreign Legion Cavalry 2nd Foreign Cavalry Regiment 97th Reconnaissance Group of the Infantry Division Transport Armored Train of the Foreign Legion Disciplinary Disciplinary Company of the Foreign Regiments in the Far East Foreign Legion Brigades 31st Brigade (France)