See history and images of the French Foreign Legion’s first engineering regiment, the 6e REG.
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1er REG: Sainte Barbe 2014
On 3 and 5 December 2014, the French Foreign Legion’s engineering units celebrated Sainte Barbe (Saint Barbara), the patron of military engineers. While her feast day is on December 4, the 1st Foreign Engineer Regiment (1er REG) conducted a parade in honor of Sainte Barbe on December 5.
1er REG: 30-year-old regiment
On July 1, the 1st Foreign Engineer Regiment (1er REG) of the French Foreign Legion celebrated its 30th aniversary. 1er REG is one of the two engineering regiments of the current Legion. Its legionnaires are deployed in the Central African Republic (CAR) right now.
1er REG: Paying Homage to Major Nikolic
On July 22, 2014, legionnaires from the 1st Foreign Engineer Regiment (1er REG) took part in a ceremony honoring their comrade-in-arms, Adjudant-chef Dejvid Nikolic, who was killed in Mali a week earlier, on July 14, and posthumously promoted to the rank of Major. The ceremony took place at Quartier Général Rollet in Laudun, the 1er REG’s garrison.
1er REG: Legionnaire killed in Mali
On July 14, 2014, French Foreign Legion legionnaire Dejvid Nikolic, of Serbian origin, was killed during Operation Serval in the Al Moustarat region of northern Mali, West Africa. A member of the 1st Foreign Engineer Regiment (1er REG), he became the third legionnaire to be killed in this African country since 2013, after Staff Sergeant Harold Vormezeele and Sergeant Marcel Kalafut.
Foreign Legion: Bastille Day Military Parade in 2014
On July 14, the Bastille Day Military Parade (Défilé militaire du 14 Juillet) marched down the Champs-Élysées in Paris. As always, the French Foreign Legion took part.
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Legionnaires preparing for the 14th July parade
Legionnaires from the 1st Foreign Engineer Regiment (1er REG), accompanied by legionnaires-pionners and the Foreign Legion Music Band from the 1st Foreign Regiment (1er RE) were participated in the preparations for the French main national event of July 14 at the Champs-Élysées avenue of Paris.
1er REG: Hannibal exercise
On April 9, the 6th Light Armoured Brigade (6e BLB, composed of three Legion regiments and two “regular” regiments) was participating in the Hannibal exercise. Its title refers to the well-known Punic Carthaginian military commander, who crossed the Pyrenees and the Alps into northern Italy during the Second Punic War. During that march, Hannibal crossed also the Rhône river in todays France. Legionnaires-engineers from the 1st Foreign Engineer Regiment (1er REG), while using their engineering facilities, helped simulate Hannibal’s crossing of the river in modern conditions. More than 200 military vehicles of the 6e BLB participated in this operation.
Regimental march of the 1er REG
Between 16th and 17th of January 2014, during a heavy rain, legionnaires from all companies of the 1st Foreign Engineer Regiment (1er REG), did the traditional regimental march to train their military and topography skills.
1er REG’s Combat Engineer Divers trained in Savoie
During the first half of December 2013, legionnaires from Engineer Combat Divers (Plongeurs de combat du génie, PCG), a unit previously known as DINOPS, were training on Lake Bourget, in the Savoie region, France. The PCG is part of the 1st Foreign Engineer Regiment (1er REG).
Legionnaires-sappers celebrated Sainte Barbe 2013
During the first week of December, the legionnaires – sapeurs (military engineers) from the 1st Foreign Engineer Regiment (1er REG) and 2nd Foreign Engineer Regiment (2e REG) of the French Foreign Legion, celebrated its patron, Sainte Barbe (Saint Barbara).