In March 2018, legionnaires of the 2nd Foreign Infantry Regiment (2e REI) deployed to Martinique, an overseas region of France in the eastern Caribbean Sea.
2e REI: A legionnaire died in Iraq
Yesterday, March 21, 2018, a legionnaire of the 2nd Foreign Infantry Regiment (2e REI) died in Iraq. Since February 2018, with his platoon, he was involved in Operation Chammal to train Iraqi Special Operations Forces (ISOF). In August 2018, he would have completed his fifth year in the Legion.
2e REI: VBCI Armored Vehicle presentation
See a nice video presentation of the VBCI, a modern armored infantry fighting vehicle of the French Army. Within the Foreign Legion, VBCIs have been used, since 2015, by the 2nd Foreign Infantry Regiment (2e REI). In the video, a sergeant from the 5th Company, 2e REI will demonstrate you (in French) all aspects of this vehicle.
2e REI: Training with US Marines 2018
In February 2018, legionnaires of the 2nd Foreign Infantry Regiment (2e REI) conducted a joint military exercise in southern France, together with men of the United States Marine Corps (USMC).
2e REI + 1er REG: Legionnaires finished their mission in Estonia
After four months spent in Estonia, legionnaires left this Baltic state and returned to France. The detachments from the 2nd Foreign Infantry Regiment (2e REI) and 1st Foreign Engineer Regiment (1er REG) were sent to Estonia to participate in Mission Lynx.
Mission Lynx: 2e REI in Estonia
See a video presenting legionnaires of the 2nd Foreign Infantry Regiment (2e REI) during an exercise in Estonia, during Mission Lynx. The 2e REI legionnaires and their VAB and VBCI infantry combat armored vehicles operate within the British 5th Battalion The Rifles Battlegroup, as its company of infantry.
2017 El Moungar Day: 2e REI to commemorate the 114th anniversary of the battle
Tomorrow, on September 2, the 2nd Foreign Infantry Regiment (2e REI) will commemorate the 114th anniversary of the 1903 Battle of El Moungar, in which 115 men of the regiment fought against more than 2,000 Berbers in the Sahara of western Algeria. The date of the event has become the regimental holiday, El Moungar Day.