National Guardsmen awarded French valor medal for rescue of allied special forces

Six New York National Guard soldiers flew an all-night rescue mission in 2023 to reach an ambushed team of French commandos.
Stars and Stripes

New York National Guard soldiers honored with French medals for 2023 rescue in Iraq

Six New York National Guard soldiers received top French honors for a 2023 Iraq mission that rescued pinned‑down French commandos under fire.
The Daily News

Comrades-in-arms: France honors WNY National Guardsmen for Iraq helicopter mission

Maj. Gen. Michel Natali issues the French National Defense Gold Medal with Bronze Star to Chief Warrant Officer 4 Christopher ...
United States Army

Six New York Army National Guard Soldiers receive French Medal for actions in Iraq

Six New York Army National Guard Soldiers who helped rescue 34 French special forces during an August 2023 firefight in Iraq ...
Southeast Missourian

French hostage rescue in Somalia leaves 17 captors, soldier dead

MOGADISHU, Somalia -- A raid to free a French intelligence agent held captive in Somalia for three years went horribly wrong, leaving 17 Islamists and at least one French commando dead in a mud-caked ...
saudigazette

Saudi and French commandos carry out joint exercises

FRANCE — The Saudi land forces commandos and their French counterparts carried out field training within the Shumrukh 1 exercise in the French Alps. The participants carried out reconnaissance, ...
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French military frees hostages in Burkina Faso, two commandos killed

The two French Special Forces soldiers Cedric de Pierrepont and Alain Bertoncello who were killed in a night-time rescue of four foreign hostages in an undated photo. (Reuters) French commandos ...