See a nice French documentary presenting legionnaires-paratroopers from the Foreign Legion’s 2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment (2e REP) when being deployed in Mali (a country in West Africa) to participate there in the ongoing anti-terrorist Operation Barkhane.
Mali: Voices from the Foreign Legion 2018
In April-May 2018, the English branch of France’s state-owned 24-hour international news television network FRANCE 24 published several interesting English language videos showing legionnaires of the 13th Demi-Brigade of the Foreign Legion (13e DBLE) during their deployment in Mali (West Africa) in the first half of 2018.
2e REI: Four wounded legionnaires in Mali
Four legionnaires of the 2nd Foreign Infantry Regiment (2e REI) were badly wounded during a terrorist attack in Mali, West Africa. Their armored vehicle was hit by a suicide car loaded with explosives, driven by a member of the local JNIM group.
1er REC: Legion’s Cavalry in Mali 2015
A few images of cavalry legionnaires during an operation in Mali, June 2015. The legionnaires of the 1st Foreign Cavalry Regiment (1er REC) are currently a part of GTD (Desert Tactic Group) MISTRAL in this African country, while serving in Operation Berkhane.
1er REG: Legionnaire killed in Mali
On July 14, 2014, French Foreign Legion legionnaire Dejvid Nikolic, of Serbian origin, was killed during Operation Serval in the Al Moustarat region of northern Mali, West Africa. A member of the 1st Foreign Engineer Regiment (1er REG), he became the third legionnaire to be killed in this African country since 2013, after Staff Sergeant Harold Vormezeele and Sergeant Marcel Kalafut.
2e REG in Mali in April 2014
As noted, a team of the Surveillance & Direct Action Platoon (Section de renseignement et d’intervention offensive, SRIO) of the 2nd Foreign Engineer Regiment (2e REG) of the Foreign Legion is participating, together with other regiment’s and Legion’s units, in Operation Serval in Mali right now. See some nice images from an operation, in which the legionnaires-sappers of SRIO secured a road clearing for a military convoy of the French regular army forces.
2e REP: Pay Homage Ceremony to Sergent-chef Kalafut
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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2e REP: 2nd member of GCP killed in Mali
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.
French Foreign Legion in Mali 2013 slideshow
An interesting set of the Foreign Legion unofficial images from the operation in Mali of 2013.
1er REC left Mali
A company of legionnaires from the 1st Foreign Cavalry Regiment (1er REC) of the French Foreign Legion left Mali a week ago. It served there, in the region of Tessalit, for 4 months.
Head of the French Army and the French president met legionnaires in Mali
Army general Ract Madoux, the head of the French Army, visited Mali ten days ago. Four days ago, on September 19, the French president François Hollande visited Mali too. During their visit, both of them met legionnaires that have served in this African country since the end of May.
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