In December 2019, the legionnaires of the 1st Foreign Cavalry Regiment (1er REC) participated in a three-day Exercise Raider Fury alongside U.S. Marines, at Camp Carpiagne (France), the garrison of the 1er REC. See videos.
2e REI: U.S. Marines at Camp Garrigues 2018
In late May 2018, Marines from 1st Battalion, 6th Marines traveled to France for the 100th Anniversary of the Battle of Belleau Wood (Bois-Belleau), which occurred near the Marne River in northern France between June 6-26, 1918, during World War I. In France, the Marines also visited Camp Garrigues near Nimes to conduct a firing exercise, with the help of legionnaires from the 2nd Foreign Infantry Regiment (2e REI).
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).
13e DBLE: Bold Alligator 2017
See a nice video showing the legionnaires from the 13th Demi-Brigade of the Foreign Legion (13e DBLE) during an urban warfare exercise in North Carolina, United States.
Foreign Legion: Bold Alligator 2017
Legionnaires from three Foreign Legion regiments are participating in Bold Alligator, a joint multinational warfare exercise organized by the United States. About 14 foreign nations’ forces joined the exercise in North Carolina this year. The exercise starts today, October 18.
2e REI: Training for African deployment with US Marines
Legionnaires from the Foreign Legion’s 2nd Foreign Infantry Regiment (2e REI) conducted an interoperability training exercise with U.S. Marine Corps membres from the Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response – Africa (SPMAGTF-CR-AF, based in Spain), at the end of May 2015.
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2e REI: Exercise with US Marines of July 2014
Between 7 and 11 July of 2014, US Marines from a battalion of the 8th Marine Regiment, attached to the Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response (SP-MAGTF Crisis Response), trained with the Foreign Legion’s 2nd Foreign Infantry Regiment (2e REI) at Camp des Garrigues, an urban warfare military camp near Nimes, France. See 4 videos…
2e REI and US Marines exercise – official video
As stated before, 2e REI and US Marines trained together at Camp des Garrigues, an urban warfare military camp near Nimes, a town in southern France, where the 2e REI is stationed. An official video was launched by the Foreign Legion.