2e REI + 1er REG + 1er REC: Training before deployment

In October-November 2019, a company from the 2nd Foreign Infantry Regiment (2e REI), a company from the 1st Foreign Engineer Regiment (1er REG) and two squadrons of the 1st Foreign Cavalry Regiment (1er REC) moved to military camps to participate in an intensive training before their overseas deployment. See images.

The 5th Company, 2e REI trained at Camp Canjuers, the largest military camp in Western Europe, located in southeastern France. The 2e REI men were supported by an engineering platoon + a medical team from the 1er REG. They were supervised by instructors from DAO (Operational Assistance Detachment) from the 1er RCA (Chasseurs d’Afrique), a French cavalry regiment operating the camp. At the same camp, also the 2nd + 5th Squadrons, 1er REC took part in their training before deployment.

As for the Foreign Legion combat engineers from the 1st Company, 1er REG, they moved to Camp Valdahon in eastern France, the home to the 13th Engineer Regiment (13e RG). The legionnaires trained there alongside their French colleagues of the 6th Light Armored Brigade (6e BLB).

PHOTOS. 5th Company, 2e REI at Camp Canjuers.
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PHOTOS: 2nd + 5th Squadrons, 1er REC at Camp Canjeurs.

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PHOTOS: 1st Company, 1er REG at Camp Valdahon.

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