Between June 22-23, 2018, the Foreign Legion HQ participated in the French Army’s Journée des Blessés (Wounded Soldier Day) and arranged a meeting + several cohesion activities for its wounded legionnaires.
Foreign Legion’s Engineering Companies in the First Indochina War
Learn about engineering companies of the French Foreign Legion serving in then French Indochina during the First Indochina War (1946-54). Although very little-known units, even in France, these companies were among first Foreign Legion elements joining the military operations in Indochina and provided an important combat support in the following war.
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2e REP: Sniper training at Caylus 2018
See the legionnaires-snipers of the 2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment (2e REP), the only airborne unit of the French Foreign Legion, while training at Camp Caylus for a coming annual sniper challenge.
New documentary: Battle of Camerone
Last week, the French Foreign Legion released its own documentary dedicated to the Battle of Camerone. The battle is a holy symbol of the Foreign Legion and an example of bravery and determination of fighting until the finish.
2e REI: U.S. Marines at Camp des Garrigues in 2018
In late May 2018, Marines from 1st Battalion, 6th Marines traveled to France for the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Belleau Wood (Bois Belleau), which took place northeast of Paris from June 6 to 26, 1918, during World War I. While in France, the Marines also visited Camp des Garrigues near Nîmes to conduct a firing exercise with the help of legionnaires from the 2nd Foreign Infantry Regiment (2e REI).
13e DBLE: Firing exercise at Larzac
In May 2018, legionnaires of the 13th Demi-Brigade of the Foreign Legion (13e DBLE) conducted a firing exercise at Camp Larzac, their garrison in southern France.