Every man knows that the difficult moments he was confronted with during his life and managed them, they will transform later into great memories. The difficulties and the fun are the essences which the man needs to live a good life. The French Foreign Legion, and the army in general, provides men with both a little bit of difficulties and a little bit of fun…
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 2016
While currently finishing redesigning this website to be finally responsive and mobile-friendly, while working on the history of the 3rd Foreign Regiment and while looking for a Facebook page establishing, I still want to wish all the best to all of you, the readers and supporters of our FOREIGNLEGION.INFO website.
2e REP: 5th Combat Company established
On the evening of 15 December 2015, a ceremony took place at Camp Raffalli, the base of the French Foreign Legion’s 2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment (2e REP) placed near Calvi, Corsica. The ceremony marked the establishment of 5th Company.
BLEM: History of the only Foreign Legion unit not participating in the Algerian War
The Foreign Legion Madagascar Battalion (BLEM) is one of those very little known units of the French Foreign Legion, even in France. The BLEM, in historical context, it is a very unique unit. It was the only Foreign Legion combat unit being not involved in the Algerian War (1954-1962). Also, the BLEM is that unit which helped to re-establish the new 3rd Foreign Infantry Regiment in 1962. A company of BLEM was the first Legion unit ever stationed in Djibouti. The battalion also operated an amphibious and jungle training center, the predecessor to today’s famous, well-known CEFE jungle training center based in French Guiana. The last interesting thing is that the very few data we can find about the BLEM are misinterpreted by both, Wikipedia and the Foreign Legion official website.
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3e REI: 100th Anniversary Commemoration
On 23 November 2015, the 3rd Foreign Infantry Regiment (3e REI) commemorated the 100th anniversary. The ceremony took place at Quartier Forget, the main headquarters of the regiment based at Kourou, French Guiana.
4e RE: Some fresh images 2015
Watch some nice images of young volunteers and fresh legionnaires doing their instruction whitin the French Foreign Legion’s 4th Foreign Regiment (4e RE), which is based in Castelnaudary, southwestern France.