A very nice photo slideshow of a Corporal course conducted by the French Foreign Legion’s 3rd Foreign Infantry Regiment (3e REI) in the jungle of French Guiana, South America. Make a time for this more than 20 minutes long great video.
Foreign Legion for the first time in Peru
Last month, the French Foreign Legion appeared for the first time in Peru (South America). On 29 July 2014, a detachment composed of legionnaires (mostly Senior corporals) from the 3rd Foreign Infantry Regiment (3e REI) of the Foreign Legion, a regiment based in South America as well, participated in a large military ceremony conducted by the Peruvian Army in Lima, the capital of Peru.
3e REI: Operation Hermes 2014 Documentary
The newest French documentary, being released in May 2014, shows a journalist who joined for four days a group of the legionnaires from the 3rd Foreign Infantry Regiment (3e REI), participating in Operation Hermes, in the Amazon jungle of French Guiana…
French Guiana Jungle Training 2014
“You are here to start the most difficult French military course for ordinary soldiers. It could be said, you are fu.ked.” The newest French documentary, being released a week ago, shows 24 legionnaires ready to start the Jungle Instructor’s Helper Course (Stage Aide-moniteur fôret, AMF) to obtain that very prestigious certificate. The course is managed by the 3rd Foreign Infantry Regiment (3e REI) and lasts 8 weeks, including 7 weeks spent in the Amazon jungle of French Guiana…
French Guiana Jungle Training 2013
See a 2013 French news report about a group of legionnaires passing their training in the Jungle Training Center (Centre d’entraînement en forêt équatoriale, CEFE) at Regina, French Guiana. CEFE is managed by the 3rd Foreign Infantry Regiment (3e REI), stationed in Kourou.
History of the first Foreign Legion parachute unit
During the First Indochina War, the Foreign Legion was demanded by French military authorities to create a parachute unit to support French infantry forces operating in Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos since 1946. In 1948, volunteers of the Legion regiments stationed in Indochina formed the first Foreign Legion airborne unit – the Parachute Company, attached to the 3e REI.
3e REI and its Operation Morpho in French Guiana
At the end of May, the 3rd Foreign Infantry Regiment (3e REI) of the French Foreign Legion was participating in Operation Morpho in French Guiana, an overseas region of France on the north Atlantic coast of South America. where the 3e REI is based.
Hungarian French Foreign Legion Documentary
An interesting Hungarian documentary (2011) about the Foreign Legion in French Guiana. This documentary shows the legionnaires of the 3rd Foreign Infantry Regiment and their Brasilian colleagues during the Jungle Training course organized by the Legion. Even if you don’t understand the dialogue, there are a lot of good images to see.
Foreign Legion in French Guiana 2012
French Guiana is an overseas region of France on the North Atlantic coast of South America bordered by Brazil to the east and south and Suriname to the west. There is a French Foreign Legion regiment stationed in French Guiana: the 3rd Foreign Infantry Regiment (3e REI). It moved to its current location in French Guiana from Madagascar, Africa, in September 1973. 3e REI is protecting the Centre Spatial Guyanais (Guiana Space Centre).