See nice pictures from an exhibition dedicated to the French Foreign Legion that was open in Poland this March. The exhibition is under the patronage of the Foreign Legion Veteran & Friend Association in Poland (AAALEP).
2e REG: French Guiana 2020-2021
Between September 2020 and January 2021, legionnaires from the French Foreign Legion’s 2nd Foreign Engineer Regiment (2e REG) were being deployed to French Guiana in South America to reinforce French troops there. See a few pictures from their four-month mission.
13e DBLE: First VBMR Griffons arrived
Between March 10 and 12, 2021, the 13th Foreign Legion Half Brigade (13e DBLE) was receiving its first Multi-Role Armored Vehicles (VBMR), nicknamed Griffon. Part of the 2019-2025 modernization of the French Army, these armored personnel carriers are designed to replace the outdated Armored Frontline Vehicles (VAB), in service since 1976.
4e RE: 2021 Visit from President Macron
Today, Friday of 12 March 2021, President of the French Republic Emmanuel Macron came to visit the legionnaires and enlisted volunteers from the 4th Foreign Regiment (4e RE) at one of the unit’s four training farm in southern France. He was accompanied by Florence Parly, the current Minister of the Armed Forces.
1er REG: Operation Sentinelle in Nice
After a series of terrorist attacks in France in late 2020, a platoon of the 1st Foreign Engineer Regiment (1er REG) was put on alert. Not long afterwards, the unit reinforced French troops in Nice (southern France) to guard the city.