It is a mixed battalion, including infantry; armored; engineers; artillery; communications ("transmissions"); and other specialities such as jungle combat and airborne insertion.
At the end of October 1975, the 6eme Regiment Interarmes d'Outre-Mer (6 RIAOM) based in N’Djamena in Chad[1] was repatriated to mainland France and was dissolved in Toulon on 10 November 1975.
On the 12th of that month the battalion received the 6 RIAOM flag from the hands of Colonel Ancelin, the last regimental commander.
At the camp des Gardes, north of Libreville, were support and services command company (CCAS), two reinforcement companies - one motorized including a platoon of armored personnel carriers (COMOTO) and the other parachutist (COMPARA) - a helicopter detachment, an autonomous signals detachment, a provost brigade, a military post office.
A prepositioned force welcoming metropolitan combat units on short-term missions, the battalion offers education and training opportunities adapted to the Gabonese climate and environment while being ready to intervene without delay in the area.