Direct Video - Soldier Killed in Iraq: a National Tribute to Chief Warrant Officer Arnaud Frion Delivered This Morning
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A solemn silence invades the Eugénie-Djendi garden of the André Citroën park, in the 15th arrondissement of Paris. It is barely noon on Tuesday 17 March. In this place charged with memory, military, official and anonymous are gathered in homage to a soldier fallen for France. At the same time, in Varces, within the 7th battalion of Alpine hunters, another ceremony takes place in honor of Chief Warrant Officer Arnaud Frion, promoted major posthum…
Arnaud Frion, 42, served in the international coalition against Daesh when he died under the blows of a pro-Iranian militia. The president praised his memory at a Middle East Defence Council.
The 42-year-old Chief Warrant Officer, engaged in Operation Chambal, was awarded posthumously the Legion of Honour and the Cross of Military Value.
France paid tribute to Major Arnaud Frion, who was killed in Iraqi Kurdistan on Tuesday. A solemn ceremony was held in the presence of the Army Minister, greeting a man who had become "one of the most beautiful figures of the French soldier".
A national tribute ceremony at Arnaud Frion, a French soldier killed on Thursday in Iraqi Kurdistan, is being held this Tuesday morning at 11 a.m. at the 7th Alpine fighter battalion in Varces, Isère, where he served, announced Monday the Army Ministry. To be followed live on LCI. - DIRECT VIDEO - Soldier killed in Iraq: a national tribute to Chief Warrant Officer Arnaud Frion delivered this morning (International).
The Minister of the Army Catherine Vautrin will preside on Tuesday in Varces (Isère) a ceremony in tribute to Chief Warrant Officer Arnaud Frion, who was promoted to the rank of Major posthumously.
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