Pau, on April 22, 1947. In December, he assumed command of the 218 Parachute Infantry Battalion. Assigned in reinforcement in the Far East, he disembarked at Saigon on April 14, 1951, and joined the Commando Aero Portable Group (GCMA), then the commandment of the Inter-arm Military Schools of Dalat. He was placed in hors cadre position, on June 15, 1951. In this post, he was cited at the orders of the armed forces with Croix de guerre des théâtres d'opérations extérieures on March 24, 1953, for the police operations in the sector of Haut-Donhai, undertaken by the School, under his commandment. Repatriated, he disembarked in Marseille on July 10, 1953, took his end of tour leave and joined the school base of the TAP, on November 3. He was promoted to the rank of lieutenant-colonel on April 2, 1954. He assumed the function of CEM of the commandment of TAP at Paris on December 5, 1955. During this tenure, he participated to the coordination of supply elements by Air "Amilcar" at Cyprus from September 9 to December 1, 1956, in support of the Suez operation. He was cited at the orders of the Division with Croix de guerre des TOE. He participated as well to a mission of maintaining order in Mauritania, from December 1956 to March 22, 1957. He was promoted to Commandeur of the order of the Legion of Honour, on July 12, 1956. He then served at the general staff headquarters of the Minister of Defense () as of November 1957. He was promoted to the rank of colonel, on March 31, 1958. Designated for his time as a superior commanding officer, he was nominated as regimental commander of the 2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment 2e REP, on April 7, 1958. Heading his unit, he was awarded 3 citations at the orders of the armed forces with the Croix de la Valeur Militaire, compensating his personal actions in the Beni Sbihi (Northern Constantinois Zone), in the Djebel Mouadjene, near Souk Aharas (Zone Constantinois East), during activities in the region of Guelma. He was wounded on September 30, 1958, during a night ambush on the route of Heliopolis; in the region of Gambetta, in the region of Randon, in the region of Beni Mezzeline, then during various combats in the Constantinois: « Rubis », « Saphir », « Turquoise ». Casualties inflicted on the adversary were heavy: 400 rebels