Following the announcement of the Minister of the Armed Forces, Florence Parly, a detachment of French soldiers from the armed forces in the Antilles went to provide assistance and support to the population of the Bahamas, within the framework of European operational cooperation. The French armed forces are engaged alongside the other State services to bring aid to the populations affected by cyclone Dorian.
A detachment of the 33rd Marine Infantry Regiment, a health team and a team of mechanics joined the Dutch detachment on September 6 in Sint Maarten. Initially, Exercise Caribbean Coast 2019 was to take place, which was regional military cooperation training between the Dutch armed forces in the Antilles and the French armed forces in the Antilles. The Franco-Dutch detachment repackaged to set sail on the Dutch navy ship "Johan De Witt" on September 8, to reach the Bahamas the following days. The regular training sessions put in place by the armed forces in the Antilles with their regional partners allow them to be prepared to react to this type of event.
The French soldiers deployed in the Antilles have the capacity to carry out a disaster relief operation or the evacuation of nationals autonomously, thus becoming an essential asset for France's strategic autonomy. The 33rd RIMa had organized, before the peak of the cyclone season, the exercise "Cyclonex 2019" on a theme of deployment of intervention means before and after the passage of a cyclone._RM
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