Between November 8-11, 2018, the 3rd Foreign Infantry Regiment (3e REI) commemorated the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I. In French Guiana, the 3e REI legionnaires remembered their ancestors of the RMLE (Foreign Legion Regimental Combat Team, now 3e REI) who were fighting between 1915-18 on the Western Front in France. The RMLE helped to end the war and became the most decorated unit of the then French Army.
3e REI: 2018 Fourragere Day
On September 20, 2018, the 3rd Foreign Infantry Regiment (3e REI) commemorated the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Vauxaillon, fought on the Western Front to break Germany’s Hindenburg Line. This battle helped to end the First World War. The famous regiment fully participated in that action, gained a rare double fourragère and became the most decorated unit of the French Army.
3e REI: Paying homage to Senior Corporal Camara
On August 10, 2018, a truck with legionnaires from the 3rd Foreign Infantry Regiment (3e REI) had an accident, in which Senior Corporal Ibrahima Camara died and five legionnaires were seriously injured. Four days later, the regiment was paying homage to their comrade. See an official video.
3e REI: A legionnaire died, another 5 legionnaires seriously injured
Last Friday, August 10, 2018, a road accident occurred in French Guiana, South America. When returning from a military exercise, a truck of the 3rd Foreign Infantry Regiment (3e REI) left the road and fell into a small ravine. A long-serving legionnaire died, another 13 legionnaires were injured.
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3e REI: An official videoclip 2018
In July 2018, the 3rd Foreign Infantry Regiment (3e REI) released its fresh videoclip. The famous unit, stationed nearby the large jungle of French Guiana in South America, wants to present itself a little bit.
3e REI: Christmas Challenges 2017
As a tradition, all regiments of the Foreign Legion organize Christmas challenges to compare the force of their companies and to provide a little bit of fun to their hard-working men. See a cool video from French Guiana in South America, where legionnaires of the 3rd Foreign Infantry Regiment (3e REI) demonstrate you how these challanges look like.
3e REI: 2017 Fourragere Day in Guiana
In mid-September 2017, the 3rd Foreign Infantry Regiment (3e REI) commemorated the 99th anniversary of the battle on the Hindenburg Line. See the video showing the regimental holiday at Quartier Forget, the main headquarters of the regiment based at Kourou, French Guiana.
3e REI: Hurricane Irma 2017
Since September 11, 2017, legionnaires from the 3rd Foreign Infantry Regiment (3e REI), the Foreign Legion’s regiment based in French Guiana, have participated in rescue operations on the island of Saint Martin, in the Caribbean Sea, damaged by Hurricane Irma.