The year of 2018 has almost passed away and Christmas holidays are here. This September, the ForeignLegion.Info unofficial online project started its seventh year of promoting the famous French Foreign Legion in the English-speaking world. I am glad to see you are still enjoying it. So, what has been already done this year on the website? See the results and future plans for the coming new year.
13e DBLE: Chairman EUMC to visit legionnaires in Paris
Last week, on December 13, 2018, General Claudio Graziano, the permanent Chairman of the European Union Military Committee (EUMC) visited legionnaires of the 13th Demi-Brigade of the Foreign Legion (13e DBLE) at their Center of Command of Operation Sentinelle during his official visit to France.
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2e REP: New Sea Rib Aluminium Boats
A few days ago, to improve their amphibious capabilities during military operations, the 3rd Company of the 2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment (2e REP) received two new Sea Rib Aluminium Boats (SRA) from the Zodiac Milpro company.
4e RE: 98th Anniversary in 2018
On November 16, 2018, the 4th Foreign Regiment (4e RE) celebrated the 98th anniversary of the creation of the regiment and also 42 years of its implantation at Castelnaudary, southern France.
1er REG: 2018 Saint Barbara Day
On November 30, 2018 in Laudun (southern France), the military engineers of the French Foreign Legion’s 1st Foreign Engineer Regiment (1er REG) organized an annual ceremony to celebrate their patron, Saint Barbara (Sainte-Barbe in French).
2e REG: Operation Sentinelle in Paris 2018
See a short video of the Paris Military Governor showing legionnaires from the 2nd Foreign Engineer Regiment (2e REG) of the French Foreign Legion while being deployed to Paris to participate in Operation Sentinelle, in November 2018.
2e REP: The new history page of the last airborne unit of the Foreign Legion
This day marks the birthday of the 2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment (2e REP) of the Foreign Legion. 63 years ago, on December 1, 1955, the well-known unit was established in North Africa. The regiment would take part in the Algerian War, until 1962. After having left Africa for Corsica in 1967, its men would deploy to Chad, Zaire, Iraq, ex-Yugoslavia, Ivory Coast, Afghanistan, Mali or Niger.
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