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DOCUMENTS: 1856 1er RLE 1st Foreign Legion Military service certificate

January 27, 2023 · Posted in 1re, documents

Today, we present another part of the DOCUMENTS series. It’s a rare military service certificate, issued more than a hundred years earlier than the previous certificate, in mid-1856, shortly after the end of the Crimean War.

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2e REP: Exercise Touraco 2022

January 25, 2023 · Posted in 2rep

In late 2022, a joint military exercise took place in Ivory Coast, a country on the southern coast of West Africa that maintains close ties with France. Legionnaires from the 2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment (2e REP) participated.

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2022 Foreign Legion Veterans Institution

January 20, 2023 · Posted in legion

See a French Army official documentary dedicated to the Foreign Legion Disabled Veterans Institution (IILE) based at Puyloubier, Southern France. The documentary was published on the Army’s official YouTube channel in late 2022.

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PHOTOS: 2nd Foreign Regiment’s Color Guard in the early 1900s

January 14, 2023 · Posted in 2rei, Algeria, photos

Another part of the PHOTOS series. Today, the article is dedicated to the color guard of the 2nd Foreign Infantry Regiment (2e REI) in Algeria, North Africa, in the early 1900s; back then, the unit was still known as the 2nd Foreign Regiment (2e Etranger, 2e RE).

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2022 Legion Christmas nativity scenes

January 9, 2023 · Posted in 1reg, 2reg, 2rei, 3rei, dlem, legion

Christmas Eve marks the second most important holiday within the French Foreign Legion, traditionally a pro-Catholic institution. Thus, for that day, legionnaires in all units of the Legion create original nativity scenes and compete to see which one is the nicest and most original. This Legion tradition is unique within the French Army.

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  • Dec 30 - 13e DBLE's History article was fully reworked
  • Dec 04 - 1952 Battle of Na San was published
  • Nov 04 - CPLE article was published (y compris l'article CPLE en français)
  • Nov 04 - 61e BMGL article was fully reworked (y compris l'article 61ème BMGL en français)
  • Sep 14 - 1932 Turenne Rail Accident article was published & l'article sur la Catastrophe de Turenne de 1932 est publié
  • Sep 03 - GOLE article was published & l'article sur le GOLE en 1971-77 est publié
  • Jul 31 - 3e BMLE article was fully reworked; l'article sur le 3e BMLE en 1962-64 est publié
  • Jun 28 - 1er REC's History 1920-2022 article was fully reworked; l'article sur le 1er REC en 1920-2022 est publié

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