text: the  – the 1st Naval Fusiliers Regiment (Naval Fusiliers College);
  the  – the Naval Fusiliers Half-Brigade (Cherbourg Naval Fusiliers Company);
  the  – the Naval Gunners (Saint-Mandrier Naval Instruction Centre);
  the  – the Naval College (Poulmic Schools Group);
  the  – the Fleet Military College (Poulmic Schools Group);
  the  – the Cabin Boys College (Brest Naval Instruction Centre);
  the ' – the Fleet Engineering Cadets College (Saint-Mandrier Naval Instruction Centre);
  the  – the Marseille Marine Fire Battalion (The Marseille Marine Fire Battalion).
  French influence
  Nations of the former French Empire
  Many of today's armed forces of independent countries that once were part of the French Empire share customs and traditions closely similar if not identical to those of the French military regarding organisation of military arms, army and navy rank structures and uniform styles. Indeed, in countries where the decolonisation process had been conducted through peaceful political negotiations (chiefly French West Africa and French Equatorial Africa), French colonial units were sometimes directly inherited by the former colonies where they had been raised to form the basis of the new national armies. This legacy not only included colour etiquette (the way colours are respected, taken care of and paraded), but also design, adapted to new national flag designs.