Videoclip of the urban area tactic combat exercise of September 2012. The 1st and 3rd companies of the 2nd Foreign Infantry Regiment (2e REI), with a platoon of the 4th squadron of the 1st Foreign Cavalry Regiment (1er REC) of the French Foreign Legion and some members of the regular French Army participated in the […]
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2e REI and 1er REC – an urban warfare exercise
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Unique photos: 13e DBLE, 4e RE and 2e REI about 35 years ago
Three videoclips, created and shared on YouTube by a former legionnaire of French nationality, with a large number of nice photos from the French Foreign Legion, made approximately 35 years ago (late 1970s, early 1980s). 13e DBLE in 1976-77 Photos from the 13th Demi-Brigade of the Foreign Legion (13e DBLE), still based in Djibouti in […]
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Hélie Denoix de Saint Marc, one of the most famous Foreign Legion figures in the modern history, has died
Aged 91, Hélie Denoix de Saint Marc, the main Foreign Legion figure participating in the Generals’ Putsch against French president Charles de Gaulle in Algeria in 1961, has died on August 26, 2013. Born on February 11, 1922, a member of the French Resistence during the WWII, a Buchenwald concentration camp prisoner, a First Indochina […]
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1er REG on pictures of August 2013
Some interesting pictures of the 1st Foreign Engineer Regiment (1er REG) of the French Foreign Legion during its missions outside of France in August 2013. Some decades ago, French legionnaires were building commonly the new infrastructure in French colonies and territories – roads, public or military buildings, power or water transmission grid etc. Besides its […]
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2e REP parachuting videos
Some nice videos of the 2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment (2e REP) parachuting, just to imagine what the jumps are about and, also, in which beautiful place the regiment is based. The 2e REP is the only airborne unit within the Foreign Legion. 2e REP parachuting in Gabon Combat jumps training by the the 2e REP’s […]
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Hélie Denoix de Saint Marc – a pay homage video
As stated earlier, the former Foreign Legion officer and putschist Hélie Denoix de Saint Marc has died. The last homage was paid to him in the Saint-Jean Cathedral in Lyon, thereafter in the Saint-Jean square in front of the cathedral, on August 30, 2013. The last homage was paid to him by legionnaires of the […]
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Some new images from operations in Mali
French troops placed in Mali participate in numerous operations to find out last rebel’s hideouts or to protect already cleaned regions. The French Army has released a few new images from such operations. We can see soldiers from Tactical combined arms task force (Sous-groupement Tactique Interarmes, SGTIA), which is composed mostly of legionnaires from the […]
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Head of the French Army and the French president met legionnaires in Mali
Army general Ract Madoux, the head of the French Army, visited Mali ten days ago. Four days ago, on September 19, the French president François Hollande visited Mali too. During their visit, both of them met legionnaires that have served in this African country since the end of May. Photo credit: Le […]
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A company of 2e REG trained for Mali
The 1st Company of the 2nd Foreign Engineer Regiment (2e REG) of the French Foreign Legion was training at La Courtine camp during the last two weeks of September, to be getting ready for Mali. The company is going to this hot African country in the beginning of January 2014. See photos. […]
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Support this website: French Foreign Legion design T-shirts
The FOREIGNLEGION.INFO website has passed its first year of information about the French Foreign Legion. I hope that you, the Legion fans and other of my dear visitors, have found this site helpful and useful. To keep the website alive and away from boring ads even for the next period, I’ve decided to lunch some […]
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Eyesight: French Foreign Legion vision requirements
French Foreign Legion and eyesight requirements. Being nearsighted/shortsighted, being farsighted/longsighted. Color blindness. Do legionnaires wear glasses or contact lenses or do not? Am I allowed to wear glasses/specs or lenses while enlisting and serving in the Foreign Legion? What are the French Foreign Legion eyesight requirements? As a part of the French Army, the Foreign […]
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2e REI and US Marines trained together
Ten days ago, on November 01, a week-long exercise between the legionnaires and US Marines finished. It took place at Camp des Garrigues, an urban warfare military camp near Nimes, France. During the exercise, legionnaires from 2nd Company of the 2nd Foreign Infantry Regiment (2e REI) and marines from SP-MAGTF (Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task […]
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2e REP and its exercise JURA 2013
On November 11, three companies (3rd, 4th and Command/Logistics) and one team of Commando Parachute Group (GCP) from the 2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment (2e REP) finished its week-long regimental exercise JURA 2013. The exercise took place just a few kilometers from Switzerland, in the Jura mountains of the Franche-Comté region, in eastern France, between 3rd […]
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2e REI and US Marines exercise – official video
As stated before, 2e REI and US Marines trained together at Camp des Garrigues, an urban warfare military camp near Nimes, a town in southern France, where the 2e REI is stationed. An official video was launched by the Foreign Legion.
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French Guiana is not only about the jungle training
French Guiana and the French Foreign Legion? It is not only about the jungle survival activity or the extreme jungle training in South America. Even the young legionnaires of the 2nd Foreign Engineer Regiment (2e REG) have understood that… Once you are a legionnaire, you have to work too! Having been sent to Guiana for […]
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DLEM: Foreign Legion on the Comoro Islands History
See the history of the smallest operational unit of the French Foreign Legion, having been placed on the little island in the Indian Ocean since 1967, to maintain the French interests in this area – Foreign Legion Detachment in Mayotte, DLEM. See well-ordered data of the Foreign Legion Detachment in Mayotte History by clicking the […]
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2e REG authentic presentation
While a part of the 2e REG is in French Guiana now and the other part of the 2e REG is training for Mali, you can watch a short, authentic presentation of the 2nd Foreign Engineer Regiment (2e REG) of the French Foreign Legion, made by a legionnaire from Brasil. As you can see, the […]
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Vaillant 2013: Exercise of the 1re RE
Two hundred legionnaires from the 1st Foreign Regiment (1er RE) of the French Foreign Legion have passed their traditional November’s military exercise called Vaillant (Vailant). The training took place at villages of Correns and Le Val in southeastern France, between 19th and 21st of November 2013. At the end of the exercise, a military ceremony […]
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A legionnaire receives standing ovation in Canada
A legionnaire, Senior-Corporal from the MLE, received standing ovation during the Québec City International Festival of Military Bands (FIMMQ) in Canada, while playing Auld Lang Syne. Really amazing performance… And YES, even this fantastic musician has passed the hard four-months basic training of the Foreign Legion in Castel.
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2e REI: Dissolution of the Serval 2 Brigade
Last week, on November 27, the Combined Arms Brigade Serval 2 (Brigade Interarmes Serval 2), having been serving during the Operation in Mali this year, was officially dissolved in the headquarters of the 2nd Foreign Infantry Regiment (2e REI) in Nimes, southern France. The Tactical Combined Arms Task Force (Sous-groupement Tactique Interarmes, SGTIA), a main […]
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