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Even in early 2019, the men of the 3rd Foreign Infantry Regiment (3e REI) continue their military training to be ready for carrying out their military tasks. Besides, the famous CEFE jungle center continue in training soldiers coming from all over the world during an international jungle training course called Jaguar.
Read more3e REI: Military training for 2nd Company + Jaguar Course
As a long-existed tradition, all units of the French Foreign Legion organize Christmas challenges before Christmas Eve, the second most important holiday within the Legion. The challenges help to keep unit cohesion, to compare the force of their companies and to provide a little bit of fun for their hard-working men. See images taken during the Christmas challenges in several Legion regiments.
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 Marching Regiment, 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.
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.
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.
On Friday, August 10, 2018, a traffic accident occurred in French Guiana, South America. While returning from a military exercise, a truck from 3rd Foreign Infantry Regiment (3e REI) left the road and plunged into a small ravine. A long-serving legionnaire was killed, and 13 other legionnaires were injured.
Read more3e REI: A legionnaire died, another 5 legionnaires seriously injured
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.
All the regiments of the Foreign Legion traditionally hold their own Christmas challenges each year to compare the strength of their companies and to give their hard-working men a bit of fun. Watch this great video taken in French Guiana, South America, where legionnaires of the 3rd Foreign Infantry Regiment (3e REI) demonstrate what such competitions look like.
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.
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.
Between October 20 and November 04, 2016, the 2nd Company, 3rd Foreign Infantry Regiment (3e REI), the Foreign Legion’s regiment based in French Guiana, participated in an military exercise in Surinam, South America.