Groupement des commandos parachutistes

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The Groupement des commandos parachutistes (GCP) are special companies set up in 2001 for command operations of the French paratrooper regiments. Each GCP is administratively subordinate to its paratrooper regiment, which together form the 11th French airborne brigade . If there is a corresponding need from the Commandement des opérations spéciales (COS), the cross-armed forces command for special operations, they are directly subordinate to this.

CRAP

The GCP emerge directly from the Commandos de recherche et d'action en profondeur (CRAP), which existed from 1981 to 2000, of the reconnaissance and support companies of the French paratrooper regiments.

The CRAP of the 2nd Paratrooper Regiment of the Foreign Legion was primarily specialized in classic tele-spying missions, whereas the GCP of the 2 ° REP today makes more reference to the fight against terrorism .