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Three years ago, on January 18, 2016, a group of legionnaires were caught by an avalanche during a mountain warfare basic training. The avalanche killed five of them. Nine legionnaires were injured, two of them seriously. One of them died a week later.
Read more3 years already: An avalanche killed six legionnaires in 2016
Between February 9 and March 10, the Foreign Legion Museum in Aubagne (southern France) organizes a temporary exposition called “Legionnaires”. The exposition will show photos of Caroline Thirion, a famous Belgian photographer, dedicated to the legionnaires of the French Foreign Legion.
As a long-existed tradition, all units of the French Foreign Legion organize Christmas challenges before Christmas Eve, the second most important holiday within the Legion. The challenges help to keep unit cohesion, to compare the force of their companies and to provide a little bit of fun for their hard-working men. See images taken during the Christmas challenges in several Legion regiments.
Discover the uniforms worn by legionnaires during common service duties, training, exercises, combat operations or military parades. The uniforms wearing in France, in French territories or during overseas operations. The French Foreign Legion Uniforms article was updated to 2019.
Read moreForeign Legion: What uniform do the legionnaires wear in 2019?
The year of 2018 has almost passed away and Christmas holidays are here. This September, the ForeignLegion.Info unofficial online project started its seventh year of promoting the famous French Foreign Legion in the English-speaking world. I am glad to see you are still enjoying it. So, what has been already done this year on the website? See the results and future plans for the coming new year.
Last week, on December 13, 2018, General Claudio Graziano, the permanent Chairman of the European Union Military Committee (EUMC) visited legionnaires of the 13th Demi-Brigade of the Foreign Legion (13e DBLE) at their Center of Command of Operation Sentinelle during his official visit to France.
Read more13e DBLE: Chairman EUMC to visit legionnaires in Paris
A few days ago, to improve their amphibious capabilities during military operations, the 3rd Company of the 2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment (2e REP) received two new Sea Rib Aluminium Boats (SRA) from the Zodiac Milpro company.
On November 16, 2018, the 4th Foreign Regiment (4e RE) celebrated the 98th anniversary of the creation of the regiment and also 42 years of its implantation at Castelnaudary, southern France.