See an interesting videoclip dedicated to the Specialist Training Company, 4th Foreign Regiment (4e RE). According to the company commander, his 80 instructors train more than 2,000 candidates a year in 15 different specialized courses.
3e REI: 2022 Victory in Europe Day
In French Guiana of South America, on May 8, 2022, the French Foreign Legion’s 3rd Foreign Infantry Regiment (3e REI) commemorated Victory in Europe Day. The ceremony took place in Kourou, its garrison town.
2e REI: A detachment to train with U.S. Marines in California
Since April 2022, a detachment from the 2nd Foreign Infantry Regiment (2e REI) has been in California at the invitation of the U.S. Marines from the 2d Marine Division. The legionnaires train alongside their American counterparts.
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Foreign Legion: 2022 Camerone Day
On April 30, 2022, the French Foreign Legion commemorated the 159th anniversary of the Battle of Camerone, a crucial moment in their history. The battle is portrayed as a pure example of bravery and the determination to fight to the finish. Camerone Day is therefore the most important day of the year for all current or former legionnaires. After two years of involuntary banning, the French Foreign Legion was once again allowed to commemorate the event publicly. See 2022 Camerone Day images from several Legion regiments.
140 years ago: A fierce battle with local rebels in North Africa
In North Africa in late April 1882, in a borderland territory which separated Algeria from Morocco, a surveying expedition under the command of Captain de Castries was returning from survey work at the Chott Tigri depression. Escorted by two companies of the Legion, the column was attacked by more than 2,000 local insurgents. The escort, whose strength was no more than 350 men, was fighting one against six. At the end of the seven-hour battle, two officers and 49 legionnaires had been killed.
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2e REI: Infernal Run 2022
In late April 2022, another edition of the Infernal Run took place at Nimes, Southern France. The event has been organized by the 2nd Foreign Infantry Regiment (2e REI) since 2014. The run was 8 miles (12 km) long and consisted of various natural or artificial obstacles.
1er REG: Future TIOR supervisors 2022
In April 2022, a hand-to-hand combat supervisor training course took place withing the military camp of the 1st Foreign Engineer Regiment (1er REG). It’s goal was to provide the regiment with new hand-to-hand combat supervisors.
Lieutenant Colonel Brochet de Vaugrigneuse
The 15th of April marks the day when Lieutenant Colonel Maurice Brochet de Vaugrigneuse, the then temporary commanding officer of the 3rd Foreign Infantry Regiment (3e REI), was killed during the war in Algeria, in 1957. This article was written in memory of this little-known, almost forgotten officer of the Foreign Legion.
Andrew J. Mitchell: Collecting French Foreign Legion Insignia – 2nd Foreign Regiment
In early April 2022, a new English-written book dedicated to the French Foreign Legion was released: Collecting French Foreign Legion Insignia, Volume II, 2nd Foreign Infantry Regiment. Another original work of Andrew J. Mitchell, an Irish amateur historian and a Foreign Legion insignia collector.
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