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 113 men of the regiment fought against Moroccan Berbers close to the Sahara of western Algeria. The date of the event has become the regimental holiday, El Moungar Day.
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2e REI + 1er REG: Mission Lynx in Estonia
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.
1976 Djibouti helicopter crash: 41st Anniversary
41 years ago, on May 24, 1976, the second deadliest accident for the Legion in its post-1962 modern history occurred. During a military exercise in the then French Territory of the Afars and the Issas (today’s Djibouti), a country located in the Horn of Africa, a French Army helicopter crashed. Eight men on board were killed, including six legionnaires from the GOLE (Foreign Legion Operational Group)…
2e REI: Two legionnaires died in France
On May 19, 2017, two legionnaires from the 2nd Foreign Infantry Regiment (2e REI) died during a team-building exercise on the Marne River near Cumières, a town in northeastern France. They drowned after being caught in a strong current near a river barrage.
2e REI: 2017 Camerone invitation
A great videoclip made by the 2nd Foreign Infantry Regiment (2e REI) to invite you to the regiment to celebrate together with legionnaires Camerone Day (April 30), the most important event of the French Foreign Legion.
2e REI: Infernal Run 2017
On April 21, 2017, the 2nd Foreign Infantry Regiment (2e REI) organized the fifth Infernal Run, an annual event taking place at Camp de Garrigues near Nimes, the regiment’s garrison in southern France.
Lt Colonel Eric Hildebert: 40 years in the Legion
In mid-March 2017, Lieutenant Colonel Eric Hildebert left the Foreign Legion, after his 40 years of service. An officer à titre étranger (a commissioned foreigner), he enlisted in the Legion as a young volunteer in 1977.
2e REI: Foreign Legion Lifestyle
A great unofficial video clip presenting the lifestyle of legionnaires serving with the 2nd Foreign Infantry Regiment (2e REI), the largest and longest-serving regiment of the French Foreign Legion, in recent years.
2e REI: Official Video clip 2016
See a very nice, new official video clip presenting the 2nd Foreign Infantry Regiment (2e REI) of the Foreign Legion, the largest and longest-serving regiment of the Legion, currently stationed at Nimes, southern France.
2e REI: Tui Santiago 2016
Between September 7-9, 2016, a group of legionnaires from the 2nd Foreign Infantry Regiment (2e REI) participated in TUI SANTIAGO, a 120-kilometer-long international military competition organized in Spain. They finished the competition as the best foreign team.