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In March 2019, legionnaires of the 1st Foreign Cavalry Regiment (1er REC) deployed to French military camps at Canjeurs and Larzac to maintain their operational readiness at the highest possible level.
Read more1er REC: Training at Canjeurs and Larzac in March 2019
32 years ago, on the 18th March of 1987, a bomb attack occurred in Djibouti, the capital of a small country of the same name located in the Horn of Africa. The attack was aimed at L’Historil, a restaurant frequented by Western guests, mainly French Army personnel. At least 11 people were killed, including a French Foreign Legion non-commissioned officer…
Read more32 years ago: A sad bomb attack in Djibouti killed four French soldiers
In late February 2019, legionnaires of the 1st Foreign Regiment (1er RE), the HQ of the Foreign Legion, participated in a regimental exercise taking place close to Aubagne (southern France), their garrison town. See the video.
65 years ago, a decisive battle started in then French Indochina between French troops, including legionnaires, and the Viet Minh. The two-month battle occurred in a remote valley of Dien Bien Phu in northeastern Vietnam. On 13 March 1954, the Viet Minh launched a bloody assault on a defensive position held by a Foreign Legion battalion. After several hours of severe fighting, the position would be overrun…
Read more65 years ago: A decisive battle started in then French Indochina
188 years ago, on 10 March 1831, a royal ordinance of Louis Philippe I, King of the French was issued. The ordinance ordered the establishment of the Foreign Legion, to engage a number of foreign deserters asking to serve France. Until the 2000s, the 10th March of 1831 marked the official birthday of the current French Foreign Legion which derived its origin from that original Legion. Nevertheless, the lineage of the Legion is far more complex and because of that, the official birthday was quietly changed in the last decade to the more neutral 9th March.
Legionnaires of the youngest regiment of the French Foreign Legion, the 2nd Foreign Engineer Regiment (2e REG), are training constantly. To be physically fit and to maintain their operational readiness, the men of the “Mountain Regiment” train at the camp of Saint Christol or in the mountains of the French Alpes.
See a very interesting video showing a Chinese guy telling about his well-appreciated experience with the French Foreign Legion. This video could serve as a good motivation for guys wanting to join this unique military force.
In February 2019, legionnaires of the French Foreign Legion’s 2nd Foreign Infantry Regiment (2e REI) and 1st Foreign Engineer Regiment (1er REG) participated in a joint military exercise to train cooperation within a combined task force.