Editing New Caledonia (section)

===Military and gendarmerie===
The Armed Forces of New Caledonia ({{langx|fr|Forces armées de Nouvelle-Calédonie}}, or {{lang|fr|FANC|italic=no}}) include about 2,000 soldiers, mainly deployed in [[Koumac]], [[Nandaï, New Caledonia|Nandaï]], [[La Tontouta International Airport|Tontouta]], [[Plum, New Caledonia|Plum]], and [[Nouméa]].<ref name="fanc">{{cite web |url=http://www.defense.gouv.fr/ema/forces-prepositionnees/nouvelle-caledonie/dossier/les-forces-armees-de-nouvelle-caledonie |title=Les Forces armées de Nouvelle-Calédonie |language=fr |website=Defense.gouv.fr |date=2012-12-20 |access-date=2013-01-30 |archive-date=9 November 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171109131917/http://www.defense.gouv.fr/ema/forces-prepositionnees/nouvelle-caledonie/dossier/les-forces-armees-de-nouvelle-caledonie |url-status=live }}</ref> The land forces consist of a regiment of the {{lang|fr|[[Troupes de marine]]}}, the {{lang|fr|Régiment d'infanterie de marine du Pacifique}}. About 80 percent of the 700-member regiment is composed of soldiers on short-term (four month) deployments from metropolitan France. As of 2018, only about 30 personnel in the regiment were locally recruited.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.opex360.com/2018/09/19/regiment-dinfanterie-de-marine-pacifique-nouvelle-caledonie-se-distingue-lors-dun-exercice-australie/ |title=Le Régiment d'Infanterie de Marine du Pacifique-Nouvelle Calédonie se distingue lors d'un exercice en Australie; Zone Militaire |last=Lagneau |first=Laurent |date=19 September 2018 |access-date=12 February 2023 |archive-date=12 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230212160931/https://www.opex360.com/2018/09/19/regiment-dinfanterie-de-marine-pacifique-nouvelle-caledonie-se-distingue-lors-dun-exercice-australie/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

The naval forces incorporate several vessels of the French Navy including: one {{sclass|Floréal|frigate|1}}, {{ship|French frigate|Vendémiaire||2}}, the patrol and support vessel {{lang|fr|[[D'Entrecasteaux-class patrol ship|D'Entrecasteaux]]}} and {{lang|fr|Auguste Benebig}}, the lead ship of the [[Patrouilleur Outre-mer|{{lang|fr|Félix Éboué|nocat=y}} class]] of patrol vessels. One EDA-S landing craft (''Sabre'') is also deployed to support operations in the territory.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://voixducaillou.nc/2025/01/23/la-marine-accueillera-prochainement-un-nouveau-bateau/ |title=La Marine accueillera prochainement un nouveau bateau |date=23 January 2025 |access-date=6 April 2025 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2021/11/first-two-eda-s-next-gen-amphibious-landing-crafts-delivered-to-french-dga/ |title=First Two EDA-S Next Gen Amphibious Landing Craft Delivered to French DGA |date=25 November 2021 |access-date=10 December 2021 |archive-date=26 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211126153129/https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2021/11/first-two-eda-s-next-gen-amphibious-landing-crafts-delivered-to-french-dga/ |url-status=live }}</ref>The French Navy will further reinforce its offshore patrol capabilities in New Caledonia by deploying a second vessel of the {{lang|fr|Félix Éboué}} class ({{lang|fr|Jean Tranape}}) to the territory by 2026.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.defense.gouv.fr/marine/actualites/prise-darmement-essais-du-patrouilleur-outre-mer-jean-tranape |title=Prise d’armement pour essais du patrouilleur outre-mer Jean Tranape |work=French Navy |date=5 March 2025 |access-date=31 March 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.shephardmedia.com/news/naval-warfare/new-french-overseas-patrol-vessels-set-for-2023-service-entry/ |title=New French overseas patrol vessels set for 2023 service entry |work=Shepherd |last=Tanguy |first=Jean-Marc |date=4 August 2022 |access-date=30 December 2022 |archive-date=21 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221121132746/https://www.shephardmedia.com/news/naval-warfare/new-french-overseas-patrol-vessels-set-for-2023-service-entry/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="brestboulogne">{{cite web |url=https://www.meretmarine.com/fr/defense/pom-le-premier-patrouilleur-reprend-ses-essais-a-brest-le-second-en-achevement-a-boulogne |title=POM : Le premier patrouilleur reprend ses essais à Brest, le second en achèvement à Boulogne |work=Mer et Marine |language=fr |last=Groizeleau |first=Vincent |date=21 September 2022 |access-date=3 November 2022 |url-access=subscription |archive-date=22 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220922152111/https://www.meretmarine.com/fr/defense/pom-le-premier-patrouilleur-reprend-ses-essais-a-brest-le-second-en-achevement-a-boulogne |url-status=live }}</ref> 

As of the latter 2010s, French naval aviation and air force elements in New Caledonia included two Navy [[Dassault Falcon 20|Falcon 200 Gardian maritime surveillance aircraft]] (drawn from Flotilla 25F), which are to be replaced by the more modern [[Dassault Falcon 2000|Falcon 2000 Albatros]] starting in 2025/26,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.meretmarine.com/fr/defense/les-avions-de-surveillance-maritime-gardian-prolonges-a-tahiti-et-noumea |title=Les avions de surveillance maritime Gardian prolongés à Tahiti et Nouméa |last=Groizeleau |first=Vincent |website=Mer et Marine |language=fr |date=13 December 2024 |access-date=13 December 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=French Navy to receive new eyes in the sky from Dassault |url=https://www.aerotime.aero/articles/26468-french-navy-to-receive-new-eyes-in-the-sky-from-dassault |access-date=2022-11-18 |website=www.aerotime.aero |date=19 November 2020 |archive-date=13 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221113213457/https://www.aerotime.aero/articles/26468-french-navy-to-receive-new-eyes-in-the-sky-from-dassault |url-status=live }}</ref> plus two [[CASA/IPTN CN-235|Casa CN235]] transport aircraft and three [[Aérospatiale SA 330 Puma|Puma]] helicopters from the Air Force's 52 "Tontouta" Squadron.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.defense.gouv.fr/operations/monde/asie-pacifique/forces-armees-nouvelle-caledonie |title=Forces armées en Nouvelle-Calédonie; Ministère des Armées |access-date=11 February 2023 |archive-date=5 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230105110702/https://www.defense.gouv.fr/operations/monde/asie-pacifique/forces-armees-nouvelle-caledonie |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.defense.gouv.fr/operations/actualites/fanc-bilan-du-deploiement-du-bsaom-dentrecasteaux-pacifique-sud |title=FANC – Bilan du déploiement du BSAOM D'Entrecasteaux dans le Pacifique Sud; Ministère des Armées |date=10 February 2023 |access-date=11 February 2023 |archive-date=11 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230211120443/https://www.defense.gouv.fr/operations/actualites/fanc-bilan-du-deploiement-du-bsaom-dentrecasteaux-pacifique-sud |url-status=live }}</ref> Prior to 2022, the frigate {{lang|fr|Vendémiaire}} operated the [[Aérospatiale Alouette III|Alouette III helicopter]]. However, with the retirement of the type in 2022, it is being replaced by the [[Eurocopter AS365 Dauphin|Eurocopter Dauphin N3]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=French Navy will receive first three Airbus Dauphin N3 at December 1 |url=https://aircosmosinternational.com/article/french-navy-will-receive-first-three-airbus-dauphin-n3-at-december-1-3005 |access-date=2022-11-18 |website=Air & Cosmos |language=fr |archive-date=13 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221113231455/https://aircosmosinternational.com/article/french-navy-will-receive-first-three-airbus-dauphin-n3-at-december-1-3005 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Marine Nationale Dossier d'Information, p. 23 |url=https://www.colsbleus.fr/sites/default/files/2023-02/DIM%202023_PLANCHE_0.pdf |date=January 2023 |access-date=2023-03-04 |website=Cols Bleus |language=fr |archive-date=4 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230304112422/https://www.colsbleus.fr/sites/default/files/2023-02/DIM%202023_PLANCHE_0.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2022, the [[French Air Force]] demonstrated a capacity to reinforce the territory by deploying three [[Dassault Rafale|Rafale]] fighters, supported by [[Airbus A400M Atlas|A400M]] transport aircraft and [[Airbus A330 MRTT|A330 MRTT Phénix]] tankers, from France to New Caledonia for a three-week exercise.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=2022-08-27 |title=French Air and Space Force Rafales Train Alongside Royal Australian Air Force Growlers |url=https://militaryleak.com/2022/08/27/french-air-and-space-force-rafales-train-alongside-royal-australian-air-force-growlers/ |access-date=2022-11-18 |website=MilitaryLeak |archive-date=14 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221114105036/https://militaryleak.com/2022/08/27/french-air-and-space-force-rafales-train-alongside-royal-australian-air-force-growlers/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=France successfully conducts long-range strategic deployment to Asian-Pacific region |url=https://ac.nato.int/archive/2022/FRA_deploy_PB22-2 |access-date=28 December 2023 |website=ac.nato.int |archive-date=3 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231203040915/https://ac.nato.int/archive/2022/FRA_deploy_PB22-2 |url-status=live }}</ref>

In addition, some 855 personnel from the [[National Gendarmerie]] are stationed on the archipelago, divided into 4 companies, 27 brigades and several specialized, and mobile Gendarmerie units. During periods such the 2021 referendum on independence, these forces have been significantly reinforced with personnel deployed from metropolitan France.<ref>{{Cite news |first=Julien |last=Sartre |date=2021-12-07 |title=Covid, mourning and the spectre of violence: New Caledonia prepares for blighted independence vote |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/dec/08/covid-mourning-and-the-fear-of-violence-new-caledonia-prepares-for-blighted-independence-vote |access-date=2022-11-18 |work=[[The Guardian]] }}</ref> The air component includes two {{lang|fr|[[Eurocopter AS350 Écureuil|Écureuil]]|italic=no}} helicopters<ref>{{Cite web |title=COMGEND – Commandant de la gendarmerie pour la Nouvelle-Calédonie et les îles Wallis et Futuna / Sécurité / Services de l'État / Accueil – Les services de l'État en Nouvelle-Calédonie |url=https://www.nouvelle-caledonie.gouv.fr/Services-de-l-Etat/Securite/COMGEND-Commandant-de-la-gendarmerie-pour-la-Nouvelle-Caledonie-et-les-iles-Wallis-et-Futuna |access-date=2022-11-18 |website=www.nouvelle-caledonie.gouv.fr |archive-date=7 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221107121810/https://www.nouvelle-caledonie.gouv.fr/Services-de-l-Etat/Securite/COMGEND-Commandant-de-la-gendarmerie-pour-la-Nouvelle-Caledonie-et-les-iles-Wallis-et-Futuna |url-status=live }}</ref> while the {{lang|fr|[[Maritime Gendarmerie]]|italic=no}} deploys the patrol boat [[Vedette côtière de surveillance maritime|''Dumbea'']] in the territory.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.homelandsecurity-technology.com/projects/vedette-cotiere-de-surveillance-maritime-boats/ |title=Vedette Côtière de Surveillance Maritime (VCSM) Boats |publisher=Homelandsecurity Technology |date= |accessdate=2022-08-28 |archive-date=7 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211207152543/https://www.homelandsecurity-technology.com/projects/vedette-cotiere-de-surveillance-maritime-boats/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="fanc"/>