A new T-shirt design promoting the Foreign Legion was launched: Legionnaire: Nothing To Lose – Everything To Gain. Christmas is coming! Give someone a nice present…
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New T-shirt design: LEGIONNAIRE
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2e REG parading in Apt
Yesterday, the 2nd Foreign Engineer Regiment (2e REG) has published the images of its November’s military ceremony in the town of Apt, southeastern France. During the ceremony, two legionnaires received the decrees of naturalisation (gaining French nationality/citizenship) from the mayor of Apt. The regiment was also presenting itself to the public. The 2e REG was […]
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Legionnaires-sappers celebrated Sainte-Barbe 2013
During the first week of December, the legionnaires – sapeurs (military engineers) from the 1st Foreign Engineer Regiment (1er REG) and 2nd Foreign Engineer Regiment (2e REG) of the French Foreign Legion, celebrated the anniversary of its patron, Sainte-Barbe (Saint Barbara). While the 1er REG was celebrating between the 5th and 6th of December, the […]
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2e REI’s training course at Larzac
On December 6, the Elementary Specialization Training course (Formations de spécialité élémentaire, FSE) of the 2nd Foreign Infantry Regiment (2e REI) of the Foreign Legion, taking place at Larzac (a large military camp in southern France), finished. The course took three weeks (it lasted from November 18) and was arranged for the 2e REI’s young […]
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Foreign Legion is in the Central African Republic
On December 11, a platoon from the 1st Foreign Cavalry Regiment (1er REC) of the French Foreign Legion arrived in the Central African Republic (CAR) to reinforce the French forces having already been placed there since December 5. The 1er REC’s legionnaires came in the Central African Republic from Gabon (a state on the west […]
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Major Roso left the Foreign Legion
On December 16, Major Ivan Roso, a 58 years old legionnaire, President of the non-commissioned officers of the Foreign Legion (Président des sous-officiers de la Légion étrangère), left this elite military unit after long 36 years of service. Major Ivan Roso was born in Yugoslavia in 1955. Before his enlistment in the Foreign Legion in […]
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Marry Christmas and Happy New Year 2014
Holidays are coming… Enjoy it! FOREIGN LEGION INFO wish you Marry Christmas and Happy New Year 2014. Thank you for your unflagging interest. I hope you will find this website useful and helpful in the next year too.
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French Foreign Legion Operations – December 2013
The Foreign Legion has always some of its units deployed outside of France. See the list of the French Foreign Legion operations in December 2013. MALI 2nd Foreign Engineer Regiment (2e REG) team of the Intelligence and offensive action platoon (Section de renseignement et d’intervention offensive, SRIO) + supporting group GABON 1st Foreign Cavalry […]
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French Foreign Legion – Keep smiling!
A little bit of fun in the end of the year, from the French Foreign Legion. A Mongolian legionnaire and his lads serving in the Foreign Legion Music in Aubagne and their performance. Even legionnaires can laugh… Happy New Year!
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Nice photo slideshow
Start the new year by watching a nice photo slideshow created by a Brasilian legionnaire, a member of the 5th Company of the Foreign Legion’s 2nd Foreign Infantry Regiment (2e REI).
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French Foreign Legion in Mali 2013 slideshow
An interesting set of unofficial images from the operation in Mali of 2013.
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1er REG’s Combat Engineer Divers trained in Savoie
During the first half of December 2013, legionnaires from the group of Engineer Combat Divers (Plongeurs de combat du génie, PCG), known previously as DINOPS, a part of the 1st Foreign Engineer Regiment (1er REG), have been training on Lake Bourget, in the Savoie region, France. — Information & images source: Légion étrangère official website
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French Guiana Jungle Training 2013
See a 2013 French news report about a group of legionnaires passing their training in the Jungle Training Center (Centre d’entraînement en forêt équatoriale, CEFE) at Regina, French Guiana. CEFE is managed by the 3rd Foreign Infantry Regiment (3e REI), stationed in Kourou.
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French Guiana Jungle Training 2014
“You are here to start the most difficult French military course for ordinary soldiers. It could be said, you are fu.ked.” The newest French documentary, being released a week ago, shows 24 legionnaires ready to start the Jungle Instructor’s Helper Course (Stage Aide-moniteur fôret, AMF) to obtain that very prestigious certificate. The course is managed […]
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Blue legionnaire: 2e REP trained with British Paras in Corsica
Yesterday, on January 26, 2014, the training exercise called Blue legionnaire, in which the Legion and British paratroopers were participating in, was officially finished. It took two weeks, since January 12. Another two-weeks long exercise between the same units, called Eagle Eyes, will be started in Corsica next week, on February 03. During the exercise […]
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Foreign Legion in a 1978 documentary
An interesting Brazilian documentary on the French Foreign Legion, showing, besides other things, the very rare images of advanced training courses of this legendary unit. It was released 36 years ago, in January 1978 by Globo, the second-largest commercial TV network in the world. However the documentary was released in 1978, the images were filmed […]
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The 32nd anniversary of the Mont Garbi accident
This day is marked as the 32nd anniversary of the Mont Garbi accident. The 3rd February 1982, has been the most tragic day for the French Foreign Legion since the Battle of Dien Bien Phu of 1954. The accident happened in Djibouti, Africa; 29 members of the Legion, including a whole platoon of the 2nd […]
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2e REP: History of the last Foreign Legion’s airborne unit
See the history of the 2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment (2e REP), the last airborne unit of the French Foreign Legion, established in Algeria in 1948 and having been placed on the island of Corsica since 1967. It participated in the First Indochina War, Algerian War, Battle of Kolwezi and other military operations. To view almost […]
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2e REP – Christmas Challenge 2013
A short video showing two companies (CCL and 5th) of the 2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment (2e REP) of the French Foreign Legion, during Christmas (Noel) challenge of December 2013.
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Regimental march of the 1er REG
Between 16th and 17th of January 2014, during a heavy rain, legionnaires from all companies of the 1st Foreign Engineer Regiment (1er REG), did the traditional regimental march to train their military and topography skills. After 50 km (31 miles) of marching with a night break, they returned to the regiment before lunch to make […]
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