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On May 13, 2014, the ceremony to pay homage to the Sergent-chef Marcel Kalafut was organized within the 2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment (2e REP). The legionnaire Kalafut was killed in Mali on May 8, during Operation Serval. The ceremony was headed by the French Defence minister Jean-Yves Le Drian.
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During Camerone Day 2014 at Camp Raffalli, the base of the 2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment (2e REP) located near Calvi, Corsica, the legionnaires-paratroopers from the regimental Krav Maga club demonstrated its mastery of this self-defense system in front of a live audience.
On May 8, 2014, Slovak legionnaire Marcel Kalafut became the second member of the Parachute Commando Group (Groupement des Commandos Parachutistes, GCP), 2e REP to be killed in Mali, after SCH Harold Vormezeele killed in Mali in 2013.
On April 30, 2014, the French Foreign Legion celebrated the 151st anniversary of the Battle of Camerone. This day is known as “Camerone Day” (Camerone); it commemorates the Legion’s bravery and a determination of fighting to the death. It is the most important day for the legionnaires.
As stated in our article Blue legionnaire: 2e REP trained with British Paras in Corsica, legionnaires from the 2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment (2e REP), having finished the Blue legionnaire exercise, were waiting for another military exercise with the British paras – Eagle Eyes. See videos.
Watch a short video which shows legionnaires from two companies (HQ Company and 5th) of the French Foreign Legion’s 2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment (2e REP) while competing during Christmas Challenge that took place in December 2013.
See history of the 2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment (2e REP), the last airborne unit of the French Foreign Legion, including more than 70 pictures. Established in Algeria in 1948 as a battalion, it participated in the First Indochina War. Reorganized to a regiment, the 2e REP took part in the Algerian War, Battle of Kolwezi and other military operations. The unit has been based on the island of Corsica since 1967.
Read more2e REP: History of the Foreign Legion’s last airborne unit
This day marks the 32nd anniversary of the Mont Garbi accident. The 3rd February 1982 has been the most tragic day for the French Foreign Legion since the Battle of Dien Bien Phu of 1954. The accident happened in Djibouti, Africa; 29 members of the Legion, including a whole platoon of the 2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment (2e REP), were killed.
Yesterday, on January 26, 2014, the training exercise called Blue legionnaire, in which the Legion and British paratroopers were participating in, was officially finished. It took two weeks, since January 12. Another two-weeks long exercise between the same units, called Eagle Eyes, will be started in Corsica next week, on February 03.
Read moreBlue legionnaire: 2e REP trained with British Paras in Corsica
On November 11, three companies (3rd, 4th and Command/Logistics) and one team of Commando Parachute Group (GCP) from the 2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment (2e REP) finished its week-long regimental exercise JURA 2013. The exercise took place just a few kilometers from Switzerland, in the Jura mountains of the Franche-Comté region, in eastern France, between 3rd and 10th of November 2013. See pics and video.
On September 29, the 2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment (2e REP) of the French Foreign Legion celebrated Saint-Michel Day (La Fête de Saint-Michel). Saint-Michel is appreciated as the patron of paratroopers. See video.