9th Marine Infantry Brigade

9th Marine Infantry Brigade
9th Marine Infantry Brigade
9e Brigade d'Infanterie de Marine
	Badge
Active	1 July 1870 - present
Country	France
Branch	French Army; Troupes de Marine
Type	Marine infantry brigade
Role	Amphibious warfare
Size	~ 8,000
Part of	1st Division
Garrison/HQ	Poitiers
Motto(s)	Semper et Ubique (La); Toujours et Partout (Fr); Always and All over (Eng)
Engagements	9th Colonial Infantry Division; World War II Operation Dragoon; Indochina War; 9th Brigade; 9th Marine Infantry Division; Lebanese Civil War Multinational Force in Lebanon; Gulf War; Bosnian War; 9th Light Armoured Marine Brigade; 9th Marine Infantry Brigade; Global War on Terrorism (2001–present)

The 9^th Marine Infantry Brigade (French: 9^e Brigade d'Infanterie de Marine, 9^e BIMa) is a light armoured, amphibious unit of the Troupes de marine of the French Army.

In July 1963, the 9^e Brigade was created in Brittany. On 1 January 1976, the 9th Brigade became the 9th Marine Infantry Division (9^e division d'Infanterie de Marine, 9^e DIMa), attached to the land intervention force, then the Rapid Action Force from 1984. On 1 July 1999, the 9th Marine Infantry Division became the 9th Marine Light Armoured Brigade. On 1 January 2013, the unit was renamed to the 9th Marine Infantry Brigade (French: 9^e Brigade d'Infanterie de Marine, 9^e BIMa).

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