[1] In 1986, the armed wing of the Shiite Amal movement clashed gravely with French UNIFIL forces.
Hence, the decision was taken to redeploy about half the French battalion to UNIFIL headquarters at Naqoura to operate as the Force's mobile reserve.
[2] On June 1, 1987, Force Mobile Reserve was established, composed of soldiers from each of the contributing contingents of UNIFIL.
The deployment came with a mission to demonstrate an international willingness to resist attempts by forceful means to prevent UNIFIL from discharging its duties.
In addition the FMR also trained for air mobile operations using Bell 212 helicopters to rapidly insert into trouble areas.