Watch a nice presentation of a SAED commando-like platoon of the French Foreign Legion. A combat support unit, it is still a relatively little known to the Foreign Legion enthusiasts. You may learn more in the following article.
4e RE: 2024 Foreign Legion Half Marathon
The 46th edition of the Foreign Legion Half Marathon (13 miles / 21 km) was held in Castelnaudary (Southern France) on Saturday, October 5, 2024. As usual, the sporting event was organized by the 4th Foreign Regiment (4e RE), training school of the Legion.
5e RE: 5th Foreign Regiment reactivated
In Mayotte, Indian Ocean, the 5th Foreign Regiment (5e RE) was reactivated by reorganization and transformation of the former Foreign Legion Mayotte Detachment (DLEM), retaining the tasks and missions of the latter. The original 5e RE was inactivated in French Polynesia 24 years ago. To better introduce this newly reactivated regiment, the article mapping its history has been revised and fully rewritten.
1er REC: 2024 Ceremony in Orange
Legionnaires of the 1st Foreign Cavalry Regiment (1er REC) returned to the town of Orange in Southeastern France to commemorate the 10th anniversary of their departure in 2014. They left their former garrison town after 47 years.
2e REP: Exercise Vent d’Automne 2024
In late September 2024, the French Foreign Legion’s only airborne unit, 2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment (2e REP), carried out a military exercise in the northwest of Corsica. See the video.
13e DBLE: Exercise Shakti 2024 in India
Earlier this year, legionnaires from the 13th Foreign Legion Demi-Brigade (13e DBLE) participated in a joint military exercise in India, Shakti 2024. See some images.
3e REI: 2024 Fourragere Day
On September 13, 2024, the French Foreign Legion’s 3rd Foreign Infantry Regiment (3e REI) commemorated the 106th anniversary of the 1918 Battle of Vauxaillon.
2e REP: 1st Company in Guiana in 2024
Watch a short, interesting French Army documentary showing legionnaires from the 2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment (2e REP) during their deployment to French Guiana (France’s overseas department in South America) earlier this year.
DOCUMENTS: 1921-1929 1st Foreign Regiment certificates
A new part of the DOCUMENTS series. Today we present four interesting documents issued by the 1st Foreign Regiment (1er RE) in North Africa in the 1920s.
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2e REI: 2024 El Moungar Day
On Monday, September 2, 2024, the 2nd Foreign Infantry Regiment (2e REI) officially commemorated the 121st anniversary of the 1903 Battle of El Moungar, an important part of the French conquest of the Sahara, and the 36 men of the regiment who had fallen during it.
5e RE: Miss France 2024 in Mayotte
Miss France 2024, Eve Gilles, visited Mayotte in late August, including the military base of the former Foreign Legion Detachment in Mayotte (DLEM), a unit which right now is transforming into a new regiment, the 5th Foreign Regiment (5e RE).