On May 19, the 2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment (2e REP) of the French Foreign Legion will remind the 35th anniversary of the Battle of Kolwezi. On May 19, 1978, the 2e REP was dropped on Kolwezi, a city in Katanga Province in the south of Zaire (today’s the Democratic Republic of the Congo) to rescuing [...]
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35th anniversary of the Battle of Kolwezi
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2e REI is in Mali now
As the AALE (Fellowship of Foreign Legion veterans) of Nimes has informed, roughly 300 legionnaires of the 2nd Foreign Infantry Regiment (2e REI) of the Foreign Legion left its base and has been engaged in Operation Serval in Mali last week. 2e REI left its base in Nimes for Paris on May 15. Next day, [...]
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Heavy mortar units of the Foreign Legion in the First Indochina War
In October 1952, the Foreign Legion made a decision to create an independent heavy mortar unit. In 1954, there were three mortar units within the French Foreign Legion fighting in the First Indochina War. A parachute mortar company and the two infantry mortar companies formed of mixed elements: the legionnaires and the local soldiers. These [...]
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Saint Georges 2013 of the 1er REC
Yesterday, the French Foreign Legion media center published a video of the 1st Foreign Cavalry Regiment (1er REC) celebrating the anniversary of Saint Georges Day, a regimental holiday. Saint Georges, a patron of cavalry, were celebrated at Orange (a town in the south of France, where the 1er REC is based) on April 23, a [...]
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3e REI and its Operation Morpho in French Guiana
At the end of May, the 3rd Foreign Infantry Regiment (3e REI) of the French Foreign Legion was participating in Operation Morpho in French Guiana, an overseas region of France on the north Atlantic coast of South America. where the 3e REI is based. A week ago, fifty legionnaires of the 3e REI and thirty [...]
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1st Foreign Parachute Regiment – a rebel of the Foreign Legion
There has not been such a controversial regiment neither within the French Foreign Legion nor within the whole of French Army for decades. The 1st Foreign Parachute Regiment (1er REP). Two times completely destroyed during the heavy fights of the First Indochina War, the 1er REP became the well-respected and feared legendary elite unit. But, [...]
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History of the 2nd Foreign Cavalry Regiment
There is the only cavalry regiment within the today’s French Foreign Legion. But it was not always so. During the years of 1939-40 and 1946-62, the Foreign Legion used also the second cavalry regiment, 2e REC. Nicknamed “Dauphin Étranger”, the 2e REC was the last Foreign Legion unit based in Morocco, which it left in [...]
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French Foreign Legion Operations – June 2013
The Foreign Legion has always some of its units deployed outside of France. See a list of operations of the French Foreign Legion in June 2013. MALI 1st Foreign Cavalry Regiment (1er REC) two squadrons (with AMX 10-RC, the wheeled reconnaissance vehicles) 1st Foreign Engineer Regiment (1er REG) group of the Operational Specialized Excavation (Fouille [...]
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French Foreign Legion Weapons and Vehicles 2013
The French Foreign Legion is using various weapons and vehicles depending on what regiment, company or even a section it is. See a list of the large majority of its equipment with tens of pictures, information and well-ordered data. See the list of current equipment of the French Foreign Legion (2013). See pictures and well-ordered [...]
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Sports in the French Foreign Legion
French Foreign Legion sports. You are good at boxing and would like to continue training even in the Legion. Are you able to do so? Besides obligatory running, pushing-up and pull-ups, which sports activities are supporting by the Foreign Legion? Active duty time: It depends on your regiment, company and even a platoon. You can [...]
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French Foreign Legion Tattoo and Tattoo Policy
French Foreign Legion and the tattoo. Are legionnaires tattooed or not? Are you allowed to be tattooed, when you are joining the Foreign Legion? Which is the French Foreign Legion tattoo policy? Within the Foreign Legion, tattoo has a long tradition. Only legionnaires, mariners and prisoners were well-known for being tattooed in France 100 years [...]
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Parade training video
A few images of the legionnaires preparing for the tomorrow’s Bastille Day military parade, the most important and awaited French event of the year. For 2013, beside the pioneers of the 1er RE parading annually, the legionnaires of the 2e REP, 1er REC and 2e REG have got the opportunity to participate on the parade [...]
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Foreign Legion Bastille Day parade 2013
See the images of the French Foreign Legion marching on the 14th July 2013 on the Bastille Day parade, during this French National Day. Marching down the Champs-Élysées avenue in Paris, bearded pioneers of the French Foreign Legion, the only bearded soldiers of the French Army, are annually honoured to open the Bastille Day parade. [...]
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The 2e REP and 1er REC were decorated
On the 11th July 2013, the 2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment (2e REP) and the 1st Foreign Cavalry Regiment (1er REC) of the French Foreign Legion were decorated by Army General Bertrand Ract-Madoux, commander of the French Army, at Les Invalides in Paris. The regiments also participated at the Prises d’Armes military ceremony in the garden [...]
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1er REC official videoclip of 2013
Today, the 1st Foreign Cavalry Regiment (1er REC) has launched its new videoclip. See the fresh presentation of the only cavalry unit of the French Foreign Legion.
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French Foreign Legion on the Belgian National Day
On the 21st of July, the Foreign Legion Music participated on the Belgian National Day in Brussels, the capital of Belgium. The legionnaires showed their well-known excellent abilities to make the local visitors happy. See video. On July 21 at 10 A.M., the Music of the Foreign Legion paraded at Place Poelaert in the center [...]
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2e REI at Kidal camp in Mali
A few images of legionnaires from the 2nd Foreign Infantry Regiment (2e REI) at their camp in Mali. The camp is placed close to Kidal, a small town in the desert region (Kidal region) of northern Mali. At this time, the 2e REI has been for two months in Mali already.
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2e REG – pay homage ceremony to the dead Senior Corporal
On 12th July 2013, Senior Corporal (Caporal-chef) Loureiro, a legionnaire from the 2nd Foreign Engineer Regiment (2e REG), have died in an accident during the four-month mission in French Guiana. On July 25, the ceremony to pay homage to the dead Senior Corporal was organized within the 2e REG. The Irish legionnaire blogging about his [...]
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Netero and Météorite operations in Mali
Some images from Operation Netero and Operation Météorite. The operations took place in Mali last month (July). During two weeks of Operation Netero, three companies of legionnaires (together with Malian and Nigerian troops) were searching for rebels east and southeast of Gao, in the 100km x 100km (62×62 miles) large area. Operation Météorite. A week [...]
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What uniform do the legionnaires wear?
More than 50 pictures of Foreign Legion uniforms with detailed information. The French Foreign Legion is using various uniforms depending on what regiment, company or even a section it is. See large majority of Foreign Legion uniforms with tens of pictures, information and well-ordered data. See the collection of current uniforms of the French Foreign [...]
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