The 9th Marine Infantry Regiment (9e RIMA) is a regiment of naval troops (army) of the French Army, currently stationed in Guyana, both in Cayenne, the district Loubère near the station Cépérou (Staff and principal portion) and a posting on the river Maroni, Saint-Jean-du-Maroni (Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni), one of the sites of the former penal colony. The 9th RIMa is the heir to the regiment of Tonkin, 9th Regiment of Colonial Infantry and the 9th Marine Infantry Battalion (created in 1976 in Guyana) which is directly derived by change of name in 1992.