Every month, groups of new legionnaires are to join Foreign Legion regiments, after having finished their four-month basic training. In January 2019, such group of 12 fresh legionnaires joining the 1st Foreign Cavalry Regiment (1er REC) were decorated and became new cavalrymen of the only cavalry regiment of the Foreign Legion.
Foreign Legion: 2018 in retrospective
The French Foreign Legion reminds some important events which occurred during the previous year of 2018. See the new video released by the Legion.
3 years already: An avalanche killed six legionnaires in 2016
Three years ago, on January 18, 2016, a group of legionnaires were caught by an avalanche during a mountain warfare basic training. The avalanche killed five of them. Nine legionnaires were injured, two of them seriously. One of them died a week later.
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Legion Museum exposition: Legionnaires
Between February 9 and March 10, the Foreign Legion Museum in Aubagne (southern France) organizes a temporary exposition called “Legionnaires”. The exposition will show photos of Caroline Thirion, a famous Belgian photographer, dedicated to the legionnaires of the French Foreign Legion.
Foreign Legion: Christmas Challenges 2018
As a long-existed tradition, all units of the French Foreign Legion organize Christmas challenges before Christmas Eve, the second most important holiday within the Legion. The challenges help to keep unit cohesion, to compare the force of their companies and to provide a little bit of fun for their hard-working men. See images taken during the Christmas challenges in several Legion regiments.
Foreign Legion: What uniform do the legionnaires wear in 2019?
Discover the uniforms worn by legionnaires during common service duties, training, exercises, combat operations or military parades. The uniforms wearing in France, in French territories or during overseas operations. The French Foreign Legion Uniforms article was updated to 2019.
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