Gendarmerie / Paramilitary Policing (again)

[ganulv]

A number of European nations have earmarked deployable units, usually the French, Italians and Spanish, for international missions. I exclude SWAT teams. When I looked at this issue a few years ago both Australia (AFP) and Canada (RCMP) had small teams available to deploy.

There is the USMC Security Force Regiment. Neither exactly SWAT nor gendarme, if I understand correctly.

[TheCurmudgeon]

There is the USMC Security Force Regiment. Neither exactly SWAT nor gendarme, if I understand correctly.

I think I like the idea, I just think they are in the wrong branch. The Marines should not be an occupation force (constabulary force), and that is where I see the gendarmerie conceptually being used. The Marines are a short duration force, at least as I understand them. This mission should fall to the Army (under the American force structure).