On June 3, 2021, Captain Bastien Ulm died in the line of duty in southeastern France. He served with the Foreign Legion’s 2nd Foreign Engineer Regiment (2e REG), referred to as the “Mountain Regiment”.
Captain Bastien Ulm died during mountaineering training in the Beaufortain Massif, a massif of the French Alps in the Savoie department. He was 34 years old.
Married and father of two, Ulm was born in France in March 1987. He joined the French Army in September 2006 and became a non-commissioned officer in a mountain warfare unit, serving as a radio operator. As sergeant, he deployed to Kosovo (former Yugoslavia) and Afghanistan.
From 2013 to 2016, he attended officer training. After completing his studies in 2016, Lieutenant Ulm chose an assignment with the 2e REG and was appointed a mountain platoon leader. With his unit, he took part in operations in Africa, including in Ivory Coast and Mali. Promoted to captain, he assumed responsibility for the regiment’s mountain safety office in 2020 and served as a supervisor for mountaineering training.
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