EPIGN personnel ( and now GIGN personnel ) was trained in : The unit was never deployed in a large scale parachute jump and a large part of the unit 's missions were kept secret but known missions include : '' ' EPGM ( 1971 – 1983 ) ' '' '' ' EPIGN ( 1984 – 2007 ) ' '' In 2007 , the Gendarmerie , in light of mass terrorists events such as the Moscow theater hostage crisis and the Beslan school siege and in order to better integrate its tactical teams under reinforced headquarters , decided to disestablish GSIGN in favor of a " new " GIGN composed of the former GIGN , the former EPIGN and other former components of GSIGN ( the Presidential close protection group and the training group ) . So EPIGN was disestablished and its former members became part of " forces " in the new GIGN ( mainly the Security Protection Force and the Observation and Research Force )
Moscow theater hostage crisis
Moscow theater hostage crisis
Parachute Intervention Squadron of the National Gendarmerie