Editing French Armed Forces (section)

===National Gendarmerie (''Gendarmerie nationale'')===
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* [[List of French Paratrooper Units|Parachute Units of the National Gendarmerie]]
* [[Departmental Gendarmerie|Gendarmerie Départementale (GD)]] – territorial police force
* [[Mobile Gendarmerie|Gendarmerie Mobile (GM)]] – anti-riot unit and counter-terrorism group ([[GIGN]])
* [[Republican Guard (France)|Garde républicaine]] – republican guard of France
* [[Air Transport Gendarmerie|Gendarmerie des Transports Aériens]] – airport security force
* [[Air Gendarmerie|Gendarmerie de l'Air]] – used for Air and Space Force security
* [[Maritime Gendarmerie|Gendarmerie Maritime]] – coast guard unit
* Provost Gendarmerie – provides military police services to French Armed Forces personnel in deployments outside France
* Overseas Gendamerie – provides military police services in the French overseas dependencies and territories, as well as to embassies of France abroad

The [[National Gendarmerie]] is primarily a military and airborne capable police force which serves as a rural and general purpose police force.