In mid-June 2026, the 13th Foreign Legion Demi-Brigade (13e DBLE), a regiment-sized infantry unit of the French Foreign Legion, held three days of celebrations at Camp Larzac in southern France to mark the 84th anniversary of the 1942 Battle of Bir Hakeim.
PHOTOS: 5e RMP’s Heavy Equipment Company in Tahiti in 1971
The latest part in our series on interesting photographs. This time we head to the South Pacific — Tahiti, French Polynesia — for a set of photographs taken in Polynesia’s capital, Papeete, in 1971. They show the Heavy Equipment Company of the 5th Pacific Mixed Regiment (5e RMP) and some of its vehicles and heavy construction equipment.
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2e REG: Mountain Specialists Sharpen Skills in the Alps
In early June 2026, the Mountain Engagement Support Platoon (SAEM) of the 2nd Foreign Engineer Regiment (2e REG), stationed in Saint-Christol in southeastern France, conducted a week-long mountain exercise in the Banon area, near the regiment’s home base at Quartier Maréchal Koenig.
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2e REI: 2026 Training Alongside NATO Allies at Camp des Garrigues
From May 4 to 20, 2026, the 2nd Foreign Infantry Regiment (2e REI), stationed in Nîmes in southern France, conducted three weeks of intensive field training at Camp des Garrigues, a large military training area located near the regiment’s garrison town.
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5e RE: 2026 DIO Training in Malawi
From May 10 to 22, 2026, an operational training detachment (DIO) of the 5th Foreign Regiment (5e RE), based on the French overseas island of Mayotte in the Indian Ocean, provided military training to members of the Malawi Defence Force.
80 Years Ago: Disciplinary Unit Was Born
80 years ago, in early June 1946, a new Foreign Legion disciplinary unit was established in French Indochina. Stationed on a remote island off the coast of Vietnam, the unit’s mission was to reform ill-disciplined legionnaires who had been deployed to the Far East to fight in the First Indochina War (1946–1954), and whose offenses were too serious to be handled through standard disciplinary measures at the regimental, battalion, or company level.