Maritime Gendarmerie

Maritime Gendarmerie Gendarmerie maritime
Agency overview
Formed	1832 – present[1][2]
Employees	1,157
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdiction	France
General nature	Gendarmerie
Specialist jurisdiction	Coastal patrol, marine border protection, marine search and rescue.
Operational structure
Parent agency	National Gendarmerie

National Gendarmerie

Components
Departmental Gendarmerie Mobile Gendarmerie Republican Guard Maritime Gendarmerie Air Transport Gendarmerie Air Gendarmerie Ordnance Gendarmerie
Security and Intervention Group Intervention Group (GIGN) Parachute Intervention Squadron
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The Maritime Gendarmerie (French: Gendarmerie maritime) is a component of the French National Gendarmerie under operational control of the chief of staff of the French Navy. It employs 1,157 personnel and operates around thirty patrol boats and high-speed motorboats distributed on the littoral waterways of France.^[3] Like their land-based colleagues the Gendarmes Maritime are military personnel carry out policing operations in addition to their primary role as a coast guard service. They also carry out provost duties within the French Navy.

The uniforms and insignia of the Gendarmerie Maritime are very similar to those of the French Navy, but the ranks used are those of the rest of the Gendarmerie (which are the same as the traditional ranks of the French Cavalry).