Last month, in June 2014, the 2nd Foreign Infantry Regiment (2e REI) of the French Foreign Legion organized the first year of a 9 km (6 miles) long run with several obstacles, the Infernal Run. More than 600 legionnaires, mainly from 2e REI, participated in. However, as being said, Infernal Run is open to legionnaires from all regiments across the Legion. The run continues in the regiment’s traditional Cross Country run, taking place on El Mungar Day (the 2e REI’s legendary battle anniversary) of September 2.
2e REI: Tapanar II left the regiment
On May 16, Caporal-chef Tapanar II left the 2nd Foreign Infantry Regiment (2e REI), after more than 28 years of service in the French Foreign Legion. Nevertheless, it must be said that the Caporal-chef Tapanar II is a mule in fact and it was a mascot of 2e REI. A ceremony to say goodbye to Tapanar II took place in 2e REI’s barracks.
13e DBLE: How to avoid the danger of IED
Yesterday, on May 28, the Foreign Legion launched a video showing an instruction to avoid the danger of Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) during military operations. The instruction took place in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), a garrison of the 13th Demi-Brigade of the Foreign Legion (13e DBLE), in March 2014.
Camerone 2014 in Nimes
The 151st anniversary of the Battle of Camerone was also celebrated in Nimes (southern France), headquarters of the 2nd Foreign Infantry Regiment (2e REI). Camerone Day (Camerone) took part in the local elliptical Roman amphitheatre (Arènes), the best-preserved Roman arena in France. See some images.
13e DBLE: Desert exercise
In March 2014, an exercise took part at the Regimental camp of the 13th Demi-Brigade of the Foreign Legion (13e DBLE), based in the desert of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), a country located in the southeast end of the Arabian Peninsula, Southwest Asia, bordering the Persian Gulf.
2e REI: Border Storm exercise in England
At the end of March 2014, legionnaires from the 2nd Foreign Infantry Regiment (2e REI) of the Foreign Legion, were taking part in the Border Storm exercise on the Otterburn Training Area in Northumberland of Northern England.
2e REI: New gas masks testing
Between 10 and 14 of February 2014, the legionnaires from the 1st and 5th Company of the 2nd Foreign Infantry Regiment (2e REI) of the Foreign Legion were testing the new gas masks of the MISTRAL system, which completes the modern French infantry combat system FÉLIN, have been used in 2e REI since 2012.
Nice photo slideshow
Start the new year by watching a nice photo slideshow created by a Brasilian legionnaire, a member of the 5th Company of the Foreign Legion’s 2nd Foreign Infantry Regiment (2e REI).
2e REI’s training course at Larzac
On December 6, the Elementary Specialization Training course (Formations de spécialité élémentaire, FSE) of the 2nd Foreign Infantry Regiment (2e REI) of the Foreign Legion, taking place at Larzac (a large military camp in southern France), finished.
2e REI: Dissolution of the Serval 2 Brigade
Last week, on November 27, the Combined Arms Brigade Serval 2 (Brigade Interarmes Serval 2), having been serving during the Operation in Mali this year, was officially dissolved in the headquarters of the 2nd Foreign Infantry Regiment (2e REI) in Nimes, southern France.
2e REI and US Marines exercise – official video
As stated before, 2e REI and US Marines trained together at Camp des Garrigues, an urban warfare military camp near Nimes, a town in southern France, where the 2e REI is stationed. An official video was launched by the Foreign Legion.