Legionnaires of the French Foreign Legion have kept the long tradition of their Pioneers-Sappers history. The bearded Legion’s Pioneers are a very known unit, an inseparable part of every Legion’s great parade. In the 1970s, the modern Legion’s Pioneers from the very little-known 61st Engineer-Legion Mixed Battalion (61e BMGL) participated in the construction of the […]
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The legionnaires, who built up the largest military camp in Western Europe
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13e DBLE: How to avoid the danger of IED
Yesterday, on May 28, the Foreign Legion launched a video showing an instruction to avoid the danger of Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) during military operations. The instruction took place in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), a garrison of the 13th Demi-Brigade of the Foreign Legion (13e DBLE), in March 2014. The instruction was provided by […]
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2e REG in Mali in April 2014
As noted, a team of the Intelligence and offensive action platoon (Section de renseignement et d’intervention offensive, SRIO) of the 2nd Foreign Engineer Regiment (2e REG) of the Foreign Legion is participating, together with other regiment’s and Legion’s units, in Operation Serval in Mali right now. See some nice images from an operation, in which […]
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2e REP: 82nd Airborne Division trained with the Foreign Legion
During May 25 – June 02, 2014, about 120 paratroopers from across the United States’ 82nd Airborne Division trained with the legionnaires from the 2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment (2e REP) of the Foreign Legion, on the island of Corsica, the 2e REP’s base. The main mission of this exercise was to build a partnership between […]
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1er REC: A concert to say goodbye to Orange
On June 3, 2014, the 1st Foreign Cavalry Regiment (1er REC) of the Foreign Legion organized a concert in Orange, to say goodbye to that southern France’s old town. The regiment will depart from Orange next month, on July 9. It will be placed in the Carpiagne military camp near Marseille, on July 11. The […]
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2e REI: Tapanar II left the regiment
On May 16, Caporal-chef Tapanar II left the 2nd Foreign Infantry Regiment (2e REI), after more than 28 years of service in the French Foreign Legion. Nevertheless, it must be said that the Caporal-chef Tapanar II is a mule in fact and it was a mascot of 2e REI. A ceremony to say goodbye to […]
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Rare Foreign Legion’s photos from the 1980s & Gulf War
Chad, Djibouti, Mayotte and the Gulf War… See the interesting slideshows created by Ch. R., a former legionnaire and NCO of the French Foreign Legion, who served in the 1st Foreign Cavalry Regiment (1er REC) during the 1980s and 1990s. Hundreds of rare, cool photos from places known by almost all legionnaires and from the […]
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3e REI: Operation Hermes 2014 Documentary
The newest French documentary, being released in May 2014, shows a journalist who joined for four days a group of the legionnaires from the 3rd Foreign Infantry Regiment (3e REI), participating in Operation Hermes, in the Amazon jungle of French Guiana… Operation Hermes is a part of Operation Harpie, which has been launched since 2008 […]
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Legion’s first Saharan motorized unit
Though little known today, four autonomous Saharan companies ranked among the most prestigious Foreign Legion’s units in the 1950s – 1960s. They kept the old traditions of the legionnaires riding camels through the North African desert and oasis, serving in the old cool-looking fortresses. Even the official recruiting posters of the Legion in the 1950s […]
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Second Saharan motorized unit of the Legion
Learn about the 2nd Legion Saharan Motorized Company (2e CSPL), an autonomous motorized infantry unit of the French Foreign Legion serving in the Algerian Sahara between the 1940s and 1960s. Very little known today, equipped with Dodges WC 4×4 and 6×6, and also by AMM8 Greyhound armored cars, it became a Saharan rapid reaction force […]
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Legionnaires preparing for the 14th July parade
Legionnaires from the 1st Foreign Engineer Regiment (1er REG), accompanied by legionnaires-pionners and the Foreign Legion Music Band from the 1st Foreign Regiment (1er RE) were participated in the preparations for the French main national event of July 14 at the Champs-Élysées avenue of Paris. The legionnaires trained at the Champs-Élysées, before heading by buses […]
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1er REC: The last parade before leaving Orange
On July 9, 2014, the 1st Foreign Cavalry Regiment (1er REC) of the Foreign Legion organized the last parade in Orange, its garrison since 1967, just before leaving it. The last parade took place in the streets of Orange to say the last goodbye to the public. The regiment was placed in the Carpiagne military […]
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2e REP and US Paratroopers in Corsica
As noted earlier, the U.S. 82nd Airborne Division trained with the legionnaires from the 2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment (2e REP) of the Foreign Legion, based on the island of Corsica, between May 25 – June 02 this year. The Legion launched its own official video… Related posts: 2e REP: 82nd Airborne Division trained with the […]
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Foreign Legion: Bastille Day Military Parade 2014
On July 14, the Bastille Day Military Parade (Défilé militaire du 14 Juillet) passed down the Champs-Elysées, Paris. As always, the Foreign Legion took part in the parade. See the legionnaires from the Foreign Legion Music Band and the 1st Foreign Engineer Regiment (1er REG), accompanied by the Foreign Legion Pioneers, marching together down the […]
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1er REG: Legionnaire killed in Mali
On July 14, 2014, a French Foreign Legion legionnaire Dejvid Nikolic of Serbian origin, a member of the 1st Foreign Engineer Regiment (1er REG), was killed during Operation Serval in the Al Moustarat region of northern Mali. He became the third legionnaire having been killed in this African country since 2013, after SCH Harold Vormezeele […]
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2e REI: Infernal Run
Last month, in June 2014, the 2nd Foreign Infantry Regiment (2e REI) of the French Foreign Legion organized the first year of a 9 km (6 miles) long run with several obstacles, the Infernal Run. More than 600 legionnaires, mainly from 2e REI, participated in. However, as being said, Infernal Run is open to legionnaires […]
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French firemen applauding the legionnaires in Paris
On July 14, 2014, the French firemen (sapeurs-pompiers) of the Northern Defence and Security Zone (Zone de défense et de sécurité Nord) of northern France, participating for the first time in the Bastille Day Parade 2014, met the legionnaires in a street of Paris and cheered them with a “standing ovation”.
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1er REG: Paying Homage to Major Nikolic
On July 22, 2014, legionnaires from the 1st Foreign Engineer Regiment (1er REG), participated in the ceremony to honor their comrade-in-arms, Adjudant-chef Dejvid Nikolic killed in Mali on July 14, promoted posthumously to the Major rank. The ceremony took place at Quartier General Rollet of Laudun, 1er REG’s garrison… Two videos. Legionnaires from 1er REG […]
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The only Foreign Legion unit ever based in Libya
A hardly known self-governing, autonomous motorized infantry unit of the French Foreign Legion, established in 1949 to guard the Fezzan region of Libya, being under the French administration. The 3rd Legion Saharan Motorized Company (3e CSPL), one of the four legendary Saharan motorized companies of the Legion. In the late 1950s, 3e CSPL left Libya […]
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French Foreign Legion Operations – July 2014
Mali, Central African Republic, French Guiana, New Caledonia near Australia… See the locations of units of the French Foreign Legion participating in operations outside of France, in July 2014. MALI 1st Foreign Engineer Regiment (1er REG) Demining Operational Team (Equipe Opérationnelle de Déminage, EOD) - one 1er REG EOD’s legionnaire was killed in Mali in […]
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