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On Tuesday, January 26, the 2nd Foreign Engineer Regiment (2e REG) of the Foreign Legion conducted a ceremony to pay homage to their comrades, the six legionnaires killed in the French Alps in an avalanche.
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On Monday, January 25, the sixth legionnaire caught by the avalanche in the French Alps died from his injuries. He was among those fourteen members of the Foreign Legion’s 2nd Foreign Engineer Regiment (2e REG) caught by the avalanche during mountain warfare basic training.
Read more2e REG: The sixth legionnaire caught by avalanche died
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.
On Monday, January 18, 14 legionnaires from the Foreign Legion’s 2nd Foreign Engineer Regiment (2e REG) were caught by an avalanche while crossing a saddle of the Petit Argentier in the French Alps, during a mountain warfare basic training. The avalanche killed five of them. Nine legionnaires were injured, two of them seriously.
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.
Read more3e REI: History of the second most decorated French regiment
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.
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.
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