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Camouflage Patterns of Gabon

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Gabonese Republic (Gabon)

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 The ''Forces armées gabonaises'' consist of the Army, Navy, Air Force, and the National Gendarmerie. The Army ''(Armée de terre gabonaise)'' includes a Republican Guard Battalion, the Airborne Regiment, Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, Support Command Regiment, and seven Motorized Infantry Regiments. The Navy has included a Marine Rifle Battalion since 1984. Although responsible for internal security, the ''Gendarmerie Nationale'' also shares law enforcement responsibilities with the National Police.
 == Camouflage Patterns of Gabon ==
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		+	* In use since at least 2017, some armed forces personnel also wear a copy of the [[USA\|USMC]] [[MARPAT]] camouflage design, although very slightly different color palette.
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-* As recently as 2015, a desert or semi-arid camouflage pattern was adopted by the Gabon Armed Forces. The design features wide swaths of sand and brown on a light khaki or tan-colored background. It is presently uncertain whether this design is worn by all units of the Armed Forces, or has more limited distribution.
+* As recently as 2015, a desert or semi-arid camouflage pattern was adopted by ground elements of the Gabon Armed Forces. The design features wide swaths of sand and brown on a light khaki or tan-colored background.
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	* The Customs Directorate of Gabon (Direction Générale des Douanes) primarily wear solid khaki or olive drab-colored uniforms, but a specialized enforcement unit is issued a brown-dominant, woodland-type camouflage uniform consisting of large sections of black, brown and dark olive green, on a khaki background.		* The Customs Directorate of Gabon (Direction Générale des Douanes) primarily wear solid khaki or olive drab-colored uniforms, but a specialized enforcement unit is issued a brown-dominant, woodland-type camouflage uniform consisting of large sections of black, brown and dark olive green, on a khaki background.

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-* In service since around 2001, certain elements of the Army have worn a copy of the [[USA|American]] m81 [[woodland]] camouflage pattern, although in a cut of uniform unique to Gabon. Use of woodland has continued into the present era, although it is not universally issued.
+* In service since around 2001, certain elements of the Army (including some ''Fusiliers Marins'') have worn a copy of the [[USA|American]] m81 [[woodland]] camouflage pattern, although in a cut of uniform unique to Gabon. Use of woodland has continued into the present era, although it is not universally issued.
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 == Gabonese Republic (Gabon) ==
-The West African nation of Gabon is officially known as the Gabonese Republic ''(République Gabonaise).'' It is believed the earliest inhabitants were Pygmies, who were later transplanted by the Bantu-speaking tribes that came to dominate the region. Between the 16th and 19th centuries, Gabon was claimed by no particular nation, although French and Portuguese explorers had established settlements there. [[France]] officially claimed the nation as part of the French Empire in 1885, and by 1910 it would become one of four territories in French Equatorial Africa. All four territories were granted independence in 1960, with Gabon electiing its first president, Léon M’ba, in 1961.
+This West African nation is officially known as the Gabonese Republic ''(République Gabonaise).'' It is believed the earliest inhabitants were Pygmies, who were later transplanted by the Bantu-speaking tribes that came to dominate the region. Between the 16th and 19th centuries, Gabon was claimed by no particular nation, although French and Portuguese explorers had established settlements there. [[France]] officially claimed the nation as part of the French Empire in 1885, and by 1910 it would become one of four territories in French Equatorial Africa. All four territories were granted independence in 1960, with Gabon electiing its first president, Léon M’ba, in 1961.
 Gabon's first presidential regime was run as a dictatorship, with suppression of the press, political opposition, and freedom of expression. When a military coup sought to remove M'ba in 1964 and restore parliamentary democracy, the French government intervened militarily, imprisoned the opposition, and restored its favored politician to power. Omar Bongo Ondimba replaced M'ba as president when he died in 1967, and declared Gabon a one-party state as an effort to subvert the regional and tribal rivalries that traditionally divided African national politics. Partisan politics would gradually make their way back into Gabon, but despite political opposition and some violent protests, Bongo was re-elected as president in 1975, 1979, 1986, 1993, 1998, and 2005. He died in 2009 of cardiac arrest, and his son Ali Bongo Ondimba was declared winner of the presidential election in October of that year.

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 * Some time around 2001-2002, elements of the armed forces replaced the [[lizard]] camouflage pattern previously issued with a copy of the [[France|French]] CE woodland design. The design has been worn by personnel from all branches, but is most commonly encountered in the ground forces of the Army.
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 * Although not a military organization, the federal ''Agence Nationale Des Parcs Nationaux'' or National Parks Agency of Gabon do have their own camouflage pattern seen here. In addition to leaf and twig shapes common to camouflage designs around the world, this pattern seems to also incorporate images of local flora and fauna.

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 * At the same time that the Ground Forces and other elements of the Armed Forces adopted variations of the CE woodland pattern, members of the Gendarmerie adopted its own colorway with a predominantly grey color palette.
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 * Likewise, during the same period, the ''Police Nationale'' began wearing a version of CE woodland with a blue colorway.
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 * The Military Health Services ''(Service de Santé Militaire)'' of Gabon wear a variation of the French CE woodland pattern with a reddish colorway, seen here.
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 * The Directorate General of Military Engineering ''(Direction Général Génie Militaire)'' or GM, adopted a variation of the three-color scheme issued to most other military branches, having very dark brown and pinkish earth tones on an emerald green background. This pattern has been in service since at least 2019, but may have been adopted a bit earlier.