School of Applied Artillery

By the Decree of 18 Floréal of the Year III (by the French Republican Calendar), a new artillery school was created in Toulouse, bringing the total number to eight.

At the same time, the Center for Ground Anti-Aircraft Forces was created in Nîmes, before becoming the School of Applied Ground-to-Air Artillery (EAASA).

In 1995, Arnaud Beltrame, who would sacrifice his life to save a hostage in a terrorist attack in 2018, graduated from the School of Applied Artillery.

A fanfare band under the school was established in August 1983 under the impetus of General Servun then Assistant Colonel of the EAA.

Its uniform is based on those worn by the horse artillery troopers of the Imperial Guard of the Second French Empire.