The 11th of November marks in France the Armistice Day, when the entire nation commemorate the end of hostilities of World War I. As every year, even the French Foreign Legion units commemorated the 101st Armistice Day on November 11, 2019, and remembered the 36,000 legionnaires and foreign volunteers being killed or wounded during the war. See the photos.
2e REG: Return from overseas deployments
In mid-October, around 150 legionnaires of the 2nd Foreign Engineer Regiment (2e REG), the youngest regiment of the French Foreign Legion, returned from their four-month overseas deployments back to their base at Saint Christol in south-eastern France.
2e REG: Combat Engineers in Summer 2019
See several nice images of combat engineers from the 2nd Foreign Engineer Regiment (2e REG), the youngest regiment of the French Foreign Legion, during their training or an overseas military operation in July-August 2019.
Foreign Legion: 2019 Bastille Day
On the 14th July 2019, Foreign Legion regiments participated in ceremonies in their garrison towns to celebrate the French National Day (called Bastille Day in the English-speaking world). See some nice images.
2e REG: 20 years ago, the youngest regiment of the Foreign Legion was born
On the 1st of July 1999, the 2nd Foreign Engineer Regiment (2e REG), the youngest regiment of the French Foreign Legion, was born. Nevertheless, the embryo of the future unit came into existence as far back as in March 1998. Discover the interesting history between September 1997 and July 1999, which preceded the official establishment of the current 2e REG.
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Foreign Legion: 2019 Camerone Day
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.