9th Marine Infantry Brigade

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9th Marine Infantry Brigade
9e Brigade d'Infanterie de Marine
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Active	1 July 1870 - present
Country	France
Branch	French Army Troupes de Marine
Type	Marine infantry brigade
Role	Amphibious warfare
Size	~ 8,000
Part of	1st Division
Garrison/HQ	Poitiers
Motto(s)	Semper et Ubique (La) Toujours et Partout (Fr) Always and All over (Eng)
Engagements	World War II Operation Dragoon Indochina War Lebanese Civil War Multinational Force in Lebanon Gulf War Bosnian War War on Terror

The 9^th Marine Infantry Brigade (French: 9^e Brigade d'Infanterie de Marine, 9^e BIMa) is a light armoured, amphibious unit of the Troupes de marine of the French Army.

In July 1963, the 9^e Brigade was created in Brittany. On 1 January 1976, the 9th Brigade became the 9th Marine Infantry Division (9^e division d'Infanterie de Marine, 9^e DIMa), attached to the land intervention force, then the Rapid Action Force from 1984. On 1 July 1999, the 9th Marine Infantry Division became the 9th Marine Light Armoured Brigade. On 1 January 2013, the unit was renamed to the 9th Marine Infantry Brigade (French: 9^e Brigade d'Infanterie de Marine, 9^e BIMa).