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13e DBLE: Joint Exercise with the Spanish Legion in 2025

April 17, 2025 · Posted in 13dble, Spanish legion

In early April 2025, the 4th Company and the HQ Company elements of the 13th Foreign Legion Demi-Brigade (13e DBLE) took part in an intensive joint exercise with the 2nd Company of the 10th Battalion (X Bandera “Millán Astray”), 4th Regiment of the Spanish Legion. The exercise was held at Camp Álvarez de Sotomayor near Almería, Spain, a military training area equipped with state-of-the-art infrastructure for urban warfare simulations.

4e RE: 2025 Remise de Kepi blanc in Spain

March 12, 2025 · Posted in 4re, Spanish legion

On March 6, 2025, a historic ceremony took place in Andalusia, the southernmost region of Spain, strengthening the bond between the French Foreign Legion and the Spanish Legion. For the first time, a platoon of enlisted volunteers of the French Foreign Legion’s 4th Foreign Regiment (4e RE) took the military oath and received the White képi outside mainland France, and alongside the Spanish legionnaires.

Foreign Legion: 2023 Camerone Day

May 2, 2023 · Posted in 13dble, 1re, 1rec, 1reg, 2reg, 2rei, 2rep, 3rei, 4re, camerone, dlem, Spanish legion

The 30th of April 2023 marked the 160th anniversary of the 1863 Battle of Camerone, an epic moment in the history of the French Foreign Legion in which its 65 men faced some 2,000 Mexican adversaries. The famous battle is portrayed as a pure example of bravery and the determination to fight to the finish, and gave the Legion its character and esprit de corps. Therefore, Camerone Day became the most important holiday for all current or former members of this exceptional military unit. See 2023 Camerone Day pictures from several Legion regiments.

1er REG: Training with Spanish Legion 2019

October 12, 2019 · Posted in 1reg, Spanish legion

In September and October 2019, for four weeks, the legionnaires from the 1st Foreign Engineer Regiment (1er REG) of the French Foreign Legion were training in Spain, alongside their comrades-sappers from the Spanish Legion. Both well-known Legions meet together from time to time, to participate in joint exercises, as partners within the NATO alliance.

13e DBLE: Exercise with Spanish Legion 2017

April 3, 2017 · Posted in 13dble, Spanish legion

In March 2017, the 13th Demi-Brigade of the Foreign Legion (13e DBLE) of the French Foreign Legion conducted an exercise with Spanish legionnaires (legionarios) from the X Bandera “Millán Astray”, Tercio 4 (10th Battalion, 4th Regiment), Spanish Legion at Camp Larzac, the home to the 13e DBLE in an inhospitable part of southern France.

Video: Exercise Iberian Star with the Spanish Legion

January 9, 2015 · Posted in 2rei, british paras, Spanish legion

As previously mentioned, Exrcise Iberian Star 2014 took part in Spain in November 2014. Spanish legionnaires from Spanish Legion’s VIII Bandera (8th Battalion) and French legionnaires from the 2nd Foreign Infantry Regiment (2e REI) were involved in this exercise, together with Welsh and Irish soldiers from the British Army. See video.

IBERIAN STAR 2014: French and Spanish legionnaires trained together

December 29, 2014 · Posted in 2rei, british paras, Spanish legion

In the second half of last month, November 2014, Exercise IBERIAN STAR 2014 took place on the Chinchilla Training Area in the province of Albacete, southern Spain. Legionnaires of the French Foreign Legion and the Spanish Legion (former Spanish Foreign Legion), together with British soldiers were involved in the exercise.

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