Another year is coming to an end, and it went by incredibly fast. This is the thirteenth year in a row since 2012, when this online project started. So it is the right time for a new annual summary.
2e REP: First Serval armored vehicles
In Corsica in late November 2025, the 2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment (2e REP) received its first Serval light armored vehicles. The Legion paratroopers have started technical and tactical training to learn how to integrate this new equipment, which will replace the older VAB (Armored Vanguard Vehicle) that has been in service since the late 1970s.
1er REG, 2e REG: 2025 Saint Barbara Day
In early December 2025, the combat engineers of the 1st Foreign Engineer Regiment (1er REG) and the 2nd Foreign Engineer Regiment (2e REG) of the French Foreign Legion once again commemorated their patron, Saint Barbara (Sainte Barbe in French).
Major Gérald: Fundamentals of Close-Quarter Combat with a weapon
In early December 2025, the French Foreign Legion released a new training video on its official YouTube channel featuring Major Gérald, the popular senior non-commissioned officer of the Legion. In this new video, Major Gérald introduces the fundamentals of close-quarter combat with a weapon: specifically, an assault rifle with a fixed bayonet.
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70 years ago: Foreign Legion airborne regiment was deactivated
70 years ago, in late November 1955, a Foreign Legion airborne regiment was deactivated in Algeria after training and supplying drafts for hard-fighting Legion parachute battalions in Indochina. Although a largely overlooked formation today, almost every Legion paratrooper who fought in the First Indochina War passed through its ranks.
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