[1] Created on the 1st January 1964, as a descendant of the 11e régiment parachutiste de choc, the National Centre for Commando Training is a unique establishment that specialises in commando training in France.
Thus ten centres were created in Metropolitan France and Germany, most often in austere fortifications.
Subsequently, the creation of the Givet CEC was entrusted to 1er commando parachutiste et aux sapeurs parachutistes of the 61e compagnie du génie aéroporté (61e CGAP), which had recently returned from Algeria, resulting in the formation of the 17th Parachute Engineer Regiment (17th BGAP).
[citation needed] After being established in 1964, the CNEC de Mont-Louis and Collioure trained cadres of the French Army and also received special forces and foreign trainees from United Kingdom, Germany, Belgium, Spain, the United States, and Morocco.
The CNEC uses the Colour of the 1er régiment d'infanterie de choc aéroporté [fr] which has the following battle honours sewn in gold letters:[2][3]