{"id":36105,"date":"2023-04-14T18:07:47","date_gmt":"2023-04-14T18:07:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/uncategorized\/2023\/04\/14\/french-forces-prep-for-final-phase-of-major-multi-domain-exercise\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T00:53:36","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T00:53:36","slug":"french-forces-prep-for-final-phase-of-major-multi-domain-exercise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/home\/2023\/04\/14\/french-forces-prep-for-final-phase-of-major-multi-domain-exercise\/","title":{"rendered":"French forces prep for final phase of major multidomain exercise"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

STUTTGART, Germany \u2014 After several years without an exercise on its territory, the French military is preparing for the final phase of Orion 2023, a new drill focused on multidomain operations to prepare troops for a realistic warfighting scenario.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Orion integrates about 20 events that the services typically conduct separately, and involve multiple allies, including the United States. French Defense Chief of Staff Gen. Thierry Burkhard ordered the development of this exercise several years ago, Col. Pierre Gaudilli\u00e8re, spokesman for the French Chief of Defence Staff, said during an April 13 virtual press conference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Based on a NATO-derived scenario, the exercise centers around a fictitious narrative to restore security in the state of \u201cArnland,\u201d and it involves four distinct phases. Phase 1, held over the course of 2021 and 2022, was the planning phase, Gaudilli\u00e8re explained.<\/p>\n\n\n\t