See a short clip showing legionnaires from the 3rd Company, 2nd Foreign Infantry Regiment (2e REI) at Camp La Courtine, Central France, during their military training.
Foum Zabel Tunnel – Tunnel of Legionnaire
Built by forty legionnaires over a few months in the late 1920s, the Foum Zabel Tunnel in Morocco remains the most spectacular demonstration of the know-how of Foreign Legion builders and the pure determination of a legionnaire to accomplish any given task.
1er REC, 13e DBLE: Exercise Orion 2023
Since late February 2023, legionnaires from the 1st Foreign Cavalry Regiment (1er REC) and the 13th Foreign Legion Demi-Brigade (13e DBLE) have been participating in the second phase of joint Exercise Orion 2023, in Southern France. According to the French Armed Forces, it is the largest military exercise conducted in the past three decades.
90 years ago: A violent battle took place in the mountains of Morocco
In late February 1933, a violent battle took place in what was then the French protectorate in Morocco, during one of the last stages of France’s pacification of the country. Men from four mounted companies of the Foreign Legion actively participated in the battle.
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Lieutenant Colonel Gabriel Brunet de Sairigné (1913 – 1948)
On March 1, 1948, on the road from Saigon to Dalat in French Indochina, a French military convoy was ambushed by the Viet Minh. As soon as the first shots were fired, Lieutenant Colonel Gabriel Brunet de Sairigné, a popular French Foreign Legion officer, was fatally wounded. In him, the French Army lost one of the youngest commanding officers in its history; he had just turned 35. The following article was written in his memory.
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PHOTOS: Legionnaires in Syria around 1930
Another part of the PHOTOS series. Enjoy beautiful photographs of legionnaires in Syria. Most of these rare pictures were taken in 1930. At the time, the men were serving there with the 8th Battalion, 1st Foreign Infantry Regiment (1er REI, now 1er RE).
2e REI: 2023 Exercise in Creuse
Between late January and mid-February 2023, men of the 2nd Foreign Infantry Regiment (2e REI) were going through a tough training in the Creuse department in Central France, culminating in an open field exercise. See images.
10 years ago: Staff Sergeant Harold Vormezeele was killed in Mali
Ten years ago, during a battle with local rebels in Mali, West Africa, Staff Sergeant Harold Vormezeele was killed. He was a member of the commando group with the 2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment (2e REP).
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2e REP: 2023 Exercise Caillaud
In January 2023, a class of the Saint-Cyr Special Military School (ESM), France’s most prestigious military academy, partook in an exercise in Corsica. There, the future officers trained alongside legionnaires of the 2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment (2e REP), also a prestigious unit within the French Army.
13e DBLE: 2023 Exercise Tallinn Dawn
Before their deployment to Estonia, one of the Baltic states in Northeastern Europe, a company of the 13th Foreign Legion Demi-Brigade (13e DBLE) went through an intensive training in Germany, alongside their colleagues from the Queen’s Royal Hussars of the British Army, in January 2023. See the video.
French Foreign Legion: A Soldiers Story
Watch an awesome interview released by POVCAST in late January 2023, with Senior Corporal Johnny Leggett telling his experiences serving in the Foreign Legion, including his training and deployments. Born in Scotland, United Kingdom, Johnny joined the Legion in 1979, when he was 21, and left it after 15 years of service, in 1994.