15,000 French Soldiers to Secure Paris Olympics

Unprecedented security measures include deployment in Paris and as far as Tahiti, with extensive preparations for potential crises.

France's military is planning to contribute 15,000 soldiers to the massive security operation for next year's Paris Olympics, with nearly 10,000 troops deployed in the Paris region.
Military forces will also be employed for the games as far as 15,000 kilometers away in Tahiti, where navy vessels will safeguard the venue there for Olympic surfing.
A temporary military camp for 5,000 troops will be set up in a park in the southeast of Paris, putting the force close to the city’s Olympic sites.
The security operation for the Olympics is unprecedented in scale for France, with tens of thousands of police officers and private security staff also being deployed.
The military's Olympic preparations include training exercises to hone its readiness for potential crises during the games, testing their capabilities for dealing with a terrorist threat, a plane crash, an attack using drones, a severe heat wave and a chemical spill.