On April 30, 2019, the French Foreign Legion commemorated the 156th anniversary of the Battle of Camerone, the legendary and most important event in its history. Camerone Day is the most important day of the year for all current or former legionnaires of the Foreign Legion. See 2019 Camerone Day videos and images from several Legion regiments.
2e REG: 3rd Company mountain training
In February 2019, legionnaires from the 3rd Company, 2nd Foreign Engineer Regiment (2e REG) of the French Foreign Legion spent several weeks in the Alpes of the Savoie department to train mountain warfare.
2e REG: Training in February 2019
Legionnaires of the youngest regiment of the French Foreign Legion, the 2nd Foreign Engineer Regiment (2e REG), are training constantly. To be physically fit and to maintain their operational readiness, the men of the “Mountain Regiment” train at the camp of Saint Christol or in the mountains of the French Alpes.
3 years already: An avalanche killed six legionnaires in 2016
Three years ago, on January 18, 2016, a group of legionnaires were caught by an avalanche during a mountain warfare basic training. The avalanche killed five of them. Nine legionnaires were injured, two of them seriously. One of them died a week later.
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Foreign Legion: Christmas Challenges 2018
As a long-existed tradition, all units of the French Foreign Legion organize Christmas challenges before Christmas Eve, the second most important holiday within the Legion. The challenges help to keep unit cohesion, to compare the force of their companies and to provide a little bit of fun for their hard-working men. See images taken during the Christmas challenges in several Legion regiments.
2e REG: Operation Sentinelle in Paris 2018
See a short video of the Paris Military Governor showing legionnaires from the 2nd Foreign Engineer Regiment (2e REG) of the French Foreign Legion while being deployed to Paris to participate in Operation Sentinelle, in November 2018.
2e REG: Mountain Commandos in Greenland
In early September 2018, mountain commandos from the French Foreign Legion’s 2nd Foreign Engineer Regiment (2e REG) took part in an artic military exercise in Greenland, close to the North Pole.
Bastille Day Military Parade 2018
This Saturday, the French commemorated their National Day of the 14th July, called Bastille Day in the English-speaking world. As always since 1880, a large military parade in Paris occurred. Traditionally, the Bastille Day military parade took place on the Champs-Elysées, a well-known avenue in the 8th arrondissement. The Foreign Legion participated.