2e REG: Oubangui exercise and “Remise de Képi blanc”

Between February 25 and 27, because of their departure to the Central African Republic (CAR) in mid-March, legionnaires from the 1st Company of the 2nd Foreign Engineer Regiment (2e REG) of the Foreign Legion participated in the Oubangui exercise, which took part in Sault, a small commune in the Vaucluse department of southeastern France.

The 1st Company of 2e REG has already deployed one of its platoons to another African country, Mali, in January this year. The rest of the company is beginning its mission in CAR in these days, as a part of Operation Sangaris.

The “Remise de Képi blanc” (Obtaining the White kepi) ceremony of volunteers from the 1st Volunteers Company (1re CEV) of the 4th Foreign Regiment (4e RE), occurred in the same time as the exercise. This ceremony ends the Legion’s four-weeks-long basic training at the farm; volunteers are becaming the Legionnaires and will rejoin the regiment for another three months of training.

Legionnaires of 2e REG in Sault - Oubangui exercise 2014© Photo credit: LeDauphine.com

Legionnaires of 2e REG in Sault - Oubangui exercise 2014© Photo credit: LeDauphine.com

Legionnaires of 2e REG in Sault - Oubangui exercise 2014© Photo credit: LeDauphine.com


Information and images source:
Le 2éme REG s’entraîne en centre-ville (Fr)

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