As stated before, the French Foreign Legion’s engineering units celebrated Sainte Barbe (Saint Barbara), the patron of military engineers, on 3 and 5 December 2014. While her feast day is on December 4, the 2nd Foreign Engineer Regiment (2e REG) conducted a parade in honor of Sainte Barbe on December 3.
The ceremony of 2e REG took place at Quartier maréchal Koenig, the headquarters of 2e REG based in Saint Christol, southeastern France. The old flags of Foreign Legion engineering units serving in Indochina during the First Indochina War (1946 – 1954) were presented in the ceremony. The Foreign Legion Music took part in the ceremony too.
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Photo credit:
© 2e REG
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See tens of images from 2e REG’s Sainte Barbe 2014:
Le Pertuisien: Ste Barbe et Légion étrangère à St-Christol 2014
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Related posts:
Legionnaires-sappers celebrated Sainte Barbe 2013
1er REG: Sainte Barbe 2014
2e REG: Oubangui exercise and “Remise de Képi blanc”
Foreign Legion: Bastille Day Military Parade 2014
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