On Tuesday, January 26, 2016, the Foreign Legion’s 2nd Foreign Engineer Regiment (2e REG) held a ceremony to pay tribute to the six legionnaires killed in an avalanche in the French Alps. The ceremony took place at Quartier Maréchal Koenig, 2e REG’s headquarters in Saint-Christol, in southeastern France.
2e REG: Sixth legionnaire dies after avalanche in the Alps
On Monday, January 25, 2016, the sixth legionnaire who had been caught in the avalanche in the French Alps died from his injuries. He was one of the 14 members of the Foreign Legion’s 2nd Foreign Engineer Regiment (2e REG) affected by the avalanche during basic mountain warfare training.
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4e RE: Christmas Challenge 2015
See some nice pictures of legionnaires from the French Foreign Legion’s 4th Foreign Regiment (4e RE), the training unit based in Castelnaudary (nicknamed simply as Castel), during the regimental Christmas Challenge 2015.
2e REG: Five legionnaires killed in the Alps
On Monday, January 18, 2016, 14 legionnaires from the Foreign Legion’s 2nd Foreign Engineer Regiment (2e REG) were caught in an avalanche while crossing the Petit Argentier saddle in the French Alps. They were taking part in basic mountain warfare training. Five legionnaires were killed. Nine were injured, including two seriously.
3e REI: History of the second most decorated French regiment
In November 2015, the 3rd Foreign Infantry Regiment (3e REI) of the French Foreign Legion commemorated the 100th Anniversary of its activation. During campaigns in Europe, Morocco, Indochina and Algeria, this famous regiment received 16 unit citations, mentioned in the name of the Army. Because of that, the 3e REI remains the second most decorated unit within the French Army.
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3e REI: Operation Yawasisi 2015
On 8 December 2015, the 3rd Foreign Infantry Regiment (3e REI), based in French Guiana, returned from Operation Yawasisi, after 10 weeks spent deep in the jungle.
2e REI: Live Fire Exercise
An unofficial video showing legionnaires from the Recce Platoon, 2nd Foreign Infantry Regiment (2e REI) testing their weapons at a shooting range located near Nimes, the garrison of the 2e REI in southern France.
Foreign Legion Info changed its face
After more than three years, our ForeignLegion.Info website changed its layout. The site is now mobile-friendly, with a fully responsive design. A new logo was also added. I hope that you welcome these changes. For those visitors and supporters using Facebook: to keep you informed, a new FB page will be launched within two weeks.