of a section chief then commandant of elementary unit. On June 1, 1963, he joined the 2ème REP at Bou Sfer and was promoted to the rank of Captain on January 1, 1964. He conducted a TAP officer candidacy and received the Para Instructor () Brevet. His professional cursus brought him to the 27th promotion of the school of the general staff headquarter on February 1, 1965, then joined the 42 Infantry Regiment () at Radolpzell at the corps of the French Forces in Germany FFA, where he commanded a unit starting August 1. Returned to France, he was assigned as an assistant () to the chief of the 2nd bureau, at the general staff headquarters of the 3rd Military Region at Rennes on September 5, 1967. Assigned on August 5, 1968, he was designated as a reserve instructor section chief of the 14th Divisionary Company of the 44th Military Division at Toulouse, then passed to the Technical and Instruction Arms Directorate on July 1970, as a section chief of technical studies. He was promoted to the rank of Chef de bataillon (Commandant - Major), on October 1, 1971. He entered as a candidate at the 86th promotion of the Superior War School and the school of general staff headquarters on September 1, 1972. He went back to the 2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment 2e REP, on August 1, 1974, and was assigned to the post of Director of operations and instruction bureau. He joined the Inspection of the Infantry, two years later. He was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-colonel on October 1, 1976. Designated to take a commandment post, he received the regimental colors of the 2ème REP on July 24, 1978. He was promoted to the rank of Colonel on October 1, 1979. Designated to assume the head of the Infantry Bureau of the Directorate of Military Personnel of the French Army, he joined the post on July 29, 1980. During the crisis of Lebanon, he commanded in second then became the Chief of the French elements of general staff headquarters of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon UNIFIL on June 25, 1983. He was cited for his action in this post. He was admitted to the 1st section of officer generals on May 1, 1984, date in which he joined the general staff headquarters of the French Army EMAT to assume the functions of the cabinet