Legionnaires of the 2nd company and Reconnaissance and Support Company (Compagnie d’éclairage et d’appui, CEA) of the 2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment (2e REP) returned from Mali to their base at Calvi, Corsica on April 20th, 2013. See the official video launched just yesterday by the French Army.
French Foreign Legion in Syria – the 6th Foreign Infantry Regiment
Syria, Homs, Damascus. Names we are hearing regularly in these days of 2012-13. It is very interesting to discover the French Foreign Legion and its legionnaires were serving at these places for decades. In 1939, the Legion units serving in Syria were transformed into the 6th Foreign Infantry Regiment and just based at Homs and Damascus. In 1941, it was the only Foreign Legion regiment which remained loyal to the French Vichy regime (cooperating with Hitler). See the very little known history and some photos of the 6th Foreign Infantry Regiment.
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Camerone 2013 – 150th anniversary of the Battle of Camerone
On April 30, the French Foreign Legion will celebrate a Camerone Day, the most important day for all legionnaires. This year it will be more festive because of the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Camerone. The festival is also open for public.
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2e REG – even a legionnaire can laugh
The 2nd Foreign Engineer Regiment (2e REG) is a French Foreign Legion engineer regiment specialized in mountain warfare. For that reason, new legionnaires arriving in the 2e REG are forced to learn rock climbing. However, it is a long way mission to become a “commando”…
2e REP parachute training
Images of legionnaires of the 2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment (2e REP) of the French Foreign Legion jumping from Transall C-160 in Calvi, Corsica (another aircraft used by the French military airborne units is C-130 Hercules).
French Foreign Legion Operations – March 2013
The Foreign Legion has always some of its units deployed outside of France. See a list of operations of the French Foreign Legion in March 2013.