 The country was renamed Zaire in 1971 and the army was consequently designated the Forces Armées <unk> ( FAZ ) . In 1971 the army 's force consisted of the 1st Groupement at Kananga , with one guard battalion , two infantry battalions , and a gendarmerie battalion attached , and the 2nd Groupement ( Kinshasa ) , the 3rd Groupement ( Kisangani ) , the 4th Groupement ( Lubumbashi ) , the 5th Groupement ( Bukavu ) , the 6th Groupement ( Mbandaka ) , and the 7th Groupement ( Boma ) . Each was about the size of a brigade , and commanded by ' aging generals who have had no military training , and often not much positive experience , since they were NCOs in the Belgian Force Publique . ' By the late 1970s the number of groupements reached nine , one per administrative region . The parachute division ( Division des Troupes <unk> <unk> de Choc , <unk> ) operated semi @-@ independently from the rest of the army . 
