A gunman attacking a Sentinel troop during a fair, assailants in an industrial site: at the camp of La Valbonne, in the Ain region, gendarmes of the Amberieu-en-Bugey Gendarmerie Surveillance and Intervention Unit (PSIG), train jointly with soldiers of the 68th African artillery regiment. "This is a "plus" for Gendarme Anthony, whose training allows him to improve "cohesion within the group and above all to have the offensive experience of the Army". For General Christian Rodriguez, Director General of the National Gendarmerie, this collaboration is "vital" and he considers it "logical" to draw inspiration from soldiers who have "an edge" thanks to the situations they have experienced in external operations. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES ARRANGED IN SEQUENCES