Brest Naval Training Centre
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The Brest Naval Training Centre (the Centre d'instruction naval de Brest, or CIN) is one of the main training centres for the French Navy
. Housed in the Brest
naval base, the CIN is made up of the lycée naval
(a lycée that also prepares students to enter France's officer-training schools), the École de maistrance
(training future naval non-commissioned officer
s) and the seamen's training school.
French Navy
The French Navy, officially the Marine nationale and often called La Royale is the maritime arm of the French military. It includes a full range of fighting vessels, from patrol boats to a nuclear powered aircraft carrier and 10 nuclear-powered submarines, four of which are capable of launching...
. Housed in the Brest
Brest, France
Brest is a city in the Finistère department in Brittany in northwestern France. Located in a sheltered position not far from the western tip of the Breton peninsula, and the western extremity of metropolitan France, Brest is an important harbour and the second French military port after Toulon...
naval base, the CIN is made up of the lycée naval
Lycée naval
The Lycée naval or Collège naval is one of France's six military lycées. It is part of the Brest Naval Training Centre...
(a lycée that also prepares students to enter France's officer-training schools), the École de maistrance
École de maistrance
The École de maistrance is the training school for future non-commissioned officers in the French Navy. It was set up in 1988, it is now part of the Brest Naval Training Centre and within the remit of the Direction du personnel militaire de la marine...
(training future naval non-commissioned officer
Non-commissioned officer
A non-commissioned officer , called a sub-officer in some countries, is a military officer who has not been given a commission...
s) and the seamen's training school.