Editing GIGN (section)

== Awards ==
On 9 December 2011, [[Minister of the Armed Forces (France)|French Defense Minister]]<ref group=note>The title was changed in 2017 to ''Ministre des Armées'' ('Minister of the Armies')</ref> [[Gérard Longuet]], awarded the [[Cross for Military Valour]] to GIGN for its participation in operation Harmattan in Libya.<ref name=":1" /> On 31 July 2013, GIGN was awarded a second [[Cross for Military Valour]] for its participation in the [[War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)|War in Afghanistan]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gendarmerie.interieur.gouv.fr/gign/Actus/Remise-de-la-seconde-Croix-de-la-Valeur-militaire-au-GIGN|title=Remise de la seconde Croix de la Valeur militaire au GIGN|last=nationale|first=Gendarmerie|website=Gendarmerie|language=fr-FR|access-date=2019-07-06}}</ref>

On 15 June 2015, the unit received the [[Medal for internal security]]. As GIGN was awarded the Cross for Military Valour twice, members of the group are officially allowed to wear the [[fourragère]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gendarmerie.interieur.gouv.fr/gign/Actus/Le-drapeau-du-GIGN-recoit-la-fourragere-et-la-medaille-de-la-securite-interieure|title=Le drapeau du GIGN reçoit la fourragère et la médaille de la sécurité intérieure|last=nationale|first=Gendarmerie|website=Gendarmerie|language=fr-FR|access-date=2019-07-06}}</ref>