On July 22, 2014, legionnaires from the 1st Foreign Engineer Regiment (1er REG) took part in a ceremony honoring their comrade-in-arms, Adjudant-chef Dejvid Nikolic, who was killed in Mali a week earlier, on July 14, and posthumously promoted to the rank of Major. The ceremony took place at Quartier Général Rollet in Laudun, the 1er REG’s garrison.
French firemen applauding the legionnaires in Paris
On July 14, 2014, French firefighters (sapeurs-pompiers) from the Northern Defence and Security Zone, taking part in the Bastille Day Parade for the first time, encountered the legionnaires on a street in Paris and greeted them with a standing ovation.
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Last month, in June 2014, the 2nd Foreign Infantry Regiment (2e REI) of the French Foreign Legion organized the first year of a 9 km (6 miles) long run with several obstacles, the Infernal Run. More than 600 legionnaires, mainly from 2e REI, participated in. However, as being said, Infernal Run is open to legionnaires from all regiments across the Legion. The run continues in the regiment’s traditional Cross Country run, taking place on El Mungar Day (the 2e REI’s legendary battle anniversary) of September 2.
1er REG: Legionnaire killed in Mali
On July 14, 2014, French Foreign Legion legionnaire Dejvid Nikolic, of Serbian origin, was killed during Operation Serval in the Al Moustarat region of northern Mali, West Africa. A member of the 1st Foreign Engineer Regiment (1er REG), he became the third legionnaire to be killed in this African country since 2013, after Staff Sergeant Harold Vormezeele and Sergeant Marcel Kalafut.
Foreign Legion: Bastille Day Military Parade in 2014
On July 14, the Bastille Day Military Parade (Défilé militaire du 14 Juillet) marched down the Champs-Élysées in Paris. As always, the French Foreign Legion took part.
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2e REP and US Paratroopers in Corsica
As stated earlier, the U.S. 82nd Airborne Division trained with the legionnaires from the 2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment (2e REP) of the Foreign Legion, based on the island of Corsica, between May 25 – June 02 this year. The Legion launched its own official video…
1er REC: The last parade before leaving Orange
On July 9, 2014, the 1st Foreign Cavalry Regiment (1er REC) of the Foreign Legion organized the last parade in Orange, its garrison since 1967, just before leaving it. The last parade took place in the streets of Orange to say the last goodbye to the public. The regiment was placed at Camp Carpiagne near Marseille, on July 11. Watch the legionnaires parading in the streets of Orange…
Legionnaires preparing for the 14th July parade
Legionnaires from the 1st Foreign Engineer Regiment (1er REG), accompanied by legionnaires-pionners and the Foreign Legion Music Band from the 1st Foreign Regiment (1er RE) were participated in the preparations for the French main national event of July 14 at the Champs-Élysées avenue of Paris.
Second Saharan motorized unit of the Legion
Learn about the 2nd Legion Saharan Motorized Company (2e CSPL), an autonomous motorized infantry unit of the French Foreign Legion serving in the Algerian Sahara between the 1940s and 1960s. Very little known today, equipped with Dodges WC 4×4 and 6×6, and also by AMM8 Greyhound armored cars, it became a Saharan rapid reaction force during the Algerian War.