Marc de Joybert

Marc François Marie de Joybert (* July 14, 1912 in Vienne , Département Isère ; † December 29, 1989 in Brest , Département Finistère ) was a French admiral (Amiral) of the Navy , who last between 1972 and 1974 was Chief of the General Staff of Marine (Chef d'état-major de la Marine) was.

Life

Training as a naval officer, World War II and post-war period

De Joybert began after schooling in 1932 his officer training at the Naval School (École Navale) , which he completed from 1934 to 1935 on the training ship Jeanne d'Arc . He then became in October 1935 as a lieutenant at sea (Enseigne de vaisseau de deuxième classe) second officer on the gunboat Avalanche and in December 1936 as first lieutenant at sea (Enseigne de vaisseau de première classe) second officer on the gunboat Commandant Bourdais , before he did was transferred to the Naval Prefecture in the military port of Toulon in October 1937 . In April 1938 he switched to the heavy cruiser Duquesne as a gun officer and then began training at the Marine Infantry School (École des fusiliers marins) in Lorient . After graduation, he was transferred to the Aviso Dumont d'Urville as a marine infantry officer in November 1941 , where he was promoted to lieutenant captain (Lieutenant de Vaisseau) in 1942. Subsequently, in March 1943, he took over his first command of the patrol boat Aspirant Brun, and in March 1944 he became the commander of the submarine 84 . As early as July 1944 he became a marine infantry officer on the light cruiser Georges Leygues and then in September 1944 commander of the Lavandou .

After the end of World War II de Joybert was in October 1945 officers in the 5th crew depot in the military port of Toulon and then in June 1946 officer in the Ministry of the Armed Forces (Ministère des Armées) , before the commander of the 1 March 1947 escort ship Hussard was appointed . In August 1947 he took over the post of commander of the torpedo boat Algérien and then in October 1947 as director of the officer and officer candidate course on the Siroco . He then graduated from November 1948 to June 1949 as an officer's auditor at the Naval War School (École de guerre naval) .

Staff officer and general staff officer

De Joybert was then in June 1949 on board the Mytho Chief of Staff of the Naval Forces on the Mekong in Indochina . In this use he was promoted to Korvettenkapitän (Capitaine de Corvette) in 1951 and in August 1952 he was appointed deputy chief of staff of the training groups for the Mediterranean on the battleship Richelieu . He then became the commander of the escort ship Le Kabyle in June 1954 and an officer in the General Staff of the Armed Forces in July 1955. After his promotion to Commander (Capitaine de Frégate) de Joybert was in May 1956 deputy commander in Algeria Marineinfanterie- used half-brigade DBFM (Demi-Brigade of Fusiliers-Marins) and subsequently in July 1957 Chief of Staff of the 1st Geschwadergeleitflottille.

A few months later he became the commander of the destroyer Chevalier Paul in December 1957 and first officer of the light cruiser De Grasse in January 1959 . In November 1959 he moved as deputy chief of staff of a squadron on board the cruiser Colbert and then in April 1960 as an officer in the 3rd Department of the General Staff of the Armed Forces. After de Joybert had been promoted to sea captain (Capitaine de Vaisseau) , he was finally in May 1961 commander of the DBFM Marine Infantry Half-Brigade. However, in October 1961 he returned as an officer in the 3rd Department of the General Staff of the Armed Forces. In September 1962 he became commander of the destroyer Jauréguiberry and a year later in September 1963 chief of staff of a squadron, before he became chief of staff at the Naval Prefect of the 2nd Naval Region in October 1965.

Promotion to Admiral and Chief of Naval Staff

In October 1966, de Joybert was promoted to flotilla admiral (Contre-amiral) and at the same time appointed commander of the amphibious intervention units stationed in Lorient. Subsequently, in March 1968 he took over the post as head of the Department of Operations in the General Staff of the Navy and was also Vice-President of the Committee for Oceanography and Coastal Studies and also in April 1968 a member of the Supreme Council for the Merchant Navy. In April 1970 he was promoted to Rear Admiral (Vice-amiral) and briefly took over the post of Commander of the Mediterranean Squadron (Escadre de la Méditerranée) and one month later in May 1970 as the successor to Vice Admiral André Storelli as Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Navy (Major général de la Marine) . In this capacity, he was also promoted to Vice-Admiral (Vice-amiral d'escadre) and replaced in 1972 by Vice-Admiral Antoine Sanguinetti .

Most recently, de Joybert was promoted to Admiral (Amiral) on February 1, 1972 and again took over as the successor of Admiral Storelli as Chief of the General Staff of the Navy (Chef d'état-major de la Marine) . He held this post until his retirement on July 14, 1974, after which Admiral Albert-Charles Joire-Noulens took over his successor. For his many years of service, de Joybert was among other things Grand Officer of the Legion of Honor and Commander of the Order of Merit of the Sea . He was also awarded the Croix de guerre 1939–1945 , the Croix de guerre des Théâtres d'operations extérieurs and the Croix de la Valeur militaire .

Web links

• Entry on the homepage of the École Navale
• Entry in Geneanet