2e REG – pay homage ceremony to the dead Senior Corporal

On 12th July 2013, Senior Corporal (Caporal-chef) Loureiro, a legionnaire from the 2nd Foreign Engineer Regiment (2e REG), have died in an accident during the four-month mission in French Guiana. On July 25, the ceremony to pay homage to the dead Senior Corporal was organized within the 2e REG. The Irish legionnaire blogging about his life in the Legion was also present. See images.

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2e REP and 1er REC colors were decorated

On July 11, 2013, the regimental colors of the Foreign Legion’s 2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment (2e REP) and 1st Foreign Cavalry Regiment (1er REC) were decorated by Army General Bertrand Ract-Madoux, commander of the French Armed Forces, at Les Invalides in Paris. The regiments also participated at the Prises d’Armes military ceremony in the garden of the French Senate two days later. See a few images and videos.

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