[1] In 1937 he was Chef d'état-major (chief of staff) of the Commandant supérieur of Levantine Troops.

[1] After World War II he was in charge of France's 15 military regions and was appointed Commandant supérieur of Tunisian Troops in 1946.

In 1949 he was appointed commander-in-chief of French Union forces in Indochina, but in 1950 following the disastrous defeat in the Battle of Route Coloniale 4 he was replaced by de Lattre.

[2] Carpentier then returned to Europe to become chief of staff assigned to NATO in 1951, serving there until 1952.

In 1956 he was appointed Inspector General of Infantry, eventually retiring as Commander in Chief of NATO for Central Europe.