In French Guiana (South America) in mid-September 2020, the French Foreign Legion’s 3rd Foreign Infantry Regiment (3e REI) celebrated the regimental holiday, called Fourragere Day. See the nice images of this important event.
3e REI: Another rotation to arrive in 2020
To replace legionnaires leaving the 3rd Foreign Infantry Regiment (3e REI), the French Foreign Legion’s unit based in French Guiana of South America, another rotation of this year arrived in August.
3e REI: Activities in May 2020
Because of the health restrictions, the military life all over the world have seen some specific difficulties. However, training, missions and operations have to continue. Even in French Guiana in South America, where is stationed the 3rd Foreign Infantry Regiment (3e REI) of the French Foreign Legion.
3e REI: Operation Harpie north of Saül
A few weeks ago in French Guiana (South America), legionnaires of the 3rd Foreign Infantry Regiment (3e REI) participated in a joint operation aimed at illegal gold miners who destroy the local Amazonian rainforest.
3e REI: 3rd Company in Suriname 2019
In late November 2019, the legionnaires from the 3rd Company, 3rd Foreign Infantry Regiment (3e REI) carried out shooting exercises in Suriname, a country on the northeastern Atlantic coast of South America.
Foreign Legion: 2019 Armistice Day
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.
3e REI: 2019 Fourragere Day
In mid-September 2019, the Foreign Legion’s 3rd Foreign Infantry Regiment (3e REI) celebrated their regimental holiday, called Fourragere Day. See the nice images of the event organized in French Guiana (South America), where the famous 3e REI has been stationed since the 1970s.
3e REI: Third flight of Ariane 5 in 2019
On August 6, 2019, another commercial flight into orbit was launched from the space center based at Kourou, French Guiana (South America). As always, the important launch was protected by legionnaires from the Foreign Legion’s 3rd Foreign Infantry Regiment (3e REI).
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.