See a few nice images of the Parachute Commando Group (Groupement des Commandos Parachutistes, GCP) from the 2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment (2e REP) during their training in Corsica last month.
Foreign Legion: 2017 Camerone Day
On April 30, 2017, the French Foreign Legion commemorated the 154th anniversary of the Battle of Camerone, the well-known and most important event in its history. This day is also the most important day of the year for all current or former legionnaires of the Foreign Legion. See some Camerone Day videos from several Legion regiments.
2e REP: 5th Company Exercise 2017
In late February and early March 2017, the 5th Company (specialized in desert warfare) of the 2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment (2e REP) conducted an exercise in Corsica to optimize operational readiness of its legionnaires.
2e REP: 50 years at Calvi, Corsica
The year of 2017 marks the 50th anniversary of the installation of the 2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment (2e REP) at Calvi, Corsica. The regiment moved to Corsica from Bou Sfer, Algeria in 1967. On March 18, 2017, the celebrations of the anniversary started. They will continue until September.
2e REP: Water Jumping Course 2017
In January 2017, legionnaires from the 3rd Company (specialized in amphibious warfare), 2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment (2e REP), the only airborne unit of the famous French Foreign Legion, took part in a water jumping & landing basic course. See a nice video made by the 2e REP.
1976 Loyada Rescue Mission: 41st anniversary
41 years ago, on February 4, 1976, a hostage rescue mission occurred in Loyada, a border village of the then French Territory of Afars and Issas (TFAI, formerly French Somaliland, Djibouti now). The base task of the mission was to save 31 French children, kidnapped by Somali rebels from the FLCS, a pan-Somali guerrilla organization. French Foreign Legion units and France’s GIGN took part in the successful mission.
1982 Mont Garbi accident: 35 years already
February 3, 2017. This date marks the 35th anniversary of the Mont Garbi accident. That day in 1982, 29 members of the French Foreign Legion died in an air crash, including a whole platoon of the 2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment (2e REP).