François Gérard Marie Lecointre is a French army general serving as Chief of Staff of the Armies since 20 July 2017. As a captain, with Lieutenant Bruno Heluin, he was one of the two section chiefs heroes of the Battle of Vrbanja Bridge in 1995, the last Fixed Bayonet Charge combat of the French Armed Forces. Read More
After 13 French soldiers were killed in Mali earlier this week, Army chief General Francois Lecointre on Friday said that France has no intention of pulling its forces out of the West African state. ...
