40 years ago, in early February 1982, a common French military exercise was planned in Djibouti, a country in the Horn of Africa. A French Foreign Legion airborne platoon was to participate. The Legion paratroopers were ordered to carry out a routine training jump over a drop zone located nord-west of the capital. They boarded their aircraft and took off…
4e RE: 2022 Remise de Kepi blanc at Camp Carpiagne
In late January 2022, a platoon of enlisted volunteers from the French Foreign Legion’s 4th Foreign Regiment (4e RE) finished their initial four-week instruction and were allowed to make a military oath. The ceremony took place at Camp Carpiagne, home to another Legion unit, the 1st Foreign Cavalry Regiment (1er REC). As a matter of interest, the French national rugby team – Les Bleus – was present during the ceremony.
1956 Tainaste Attack in Morocco
In the mid-1950s, violence against French military, administrative, and civilian targets spread across French North Africa, which included Tunisia, Algeria, and Morocco. At the beginning of 1956, several Foreign Legion units were stationed in Morocco. One of those units was the 2nd Foreign Infantry Regiment (2e REI), commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Jacquot. The regiment was based in northern Morocco, in the Taza region. The area was already well known to the Legion.
3e REI: New Tracked Articulated Vehicle
In January 2022, the French Foreign Legion’s 3rd Foreign Infantry Regiment (3e REI), stationed in French Guiana of South America, tested a new tracked articulated, all-terrain carrier HT270.
1er REG: 2nd Company returned from French Guiana
On January 11, 2022, the 2nd Company of the 1st Foreign Engineer Regiment (1er REG) finished their four-month deployment in French Guiana, South America and returned to France.
2e REI: SCAR-H Precision rifle
In early January 2022, 33 new high-precision rifles SCAR-H PR (20″ version) were delivered to the 2nd Foreign Infantry Regiment (2e REI) in Nimes. They are intended to replace the outdated FR-F2 sniper rifle. The delivery is part of the planned 2019-2025 modernization of the French Army.
2e REI: 2021 Christmas nativity scenes
As every year, all legionnaires in all units of the French Foreign Legion prepared nativity scenes for Christmas Eve, the second most important holiday within the Legion. That included also the men with the 2nd Foreign Infantry Regiment (2e REI). See the nice results in the videos published by the regiment.
Happy New Year 2022
Another year is gone, and a new year is upon us. In fact, the upcoming year marks the already tenth season of Foreign Legion Info, a personal online project promoting the famous French Foreign Legion in the English-speaking world. This project started in late 2012 and I am glad to see that you, the readers, are still enjoying it. Thank you.
Merry Christmas – Joyeux Noël 2021
ForeignLegion.Info website wishes you a very merry Christmas (Joyeux Noël in France/Legion) and a peaceful, relaxing holiday season to you and your families.
1er REG: Exercise Scorpion XI
In early December 2021, legionnaires from the 1st Foreign Engineer Regiment (1er REG), one of the two engineer regiments of the French Foreign Legion, participated in Exercise Scorpion XI. During this exercise, the 1er REG men were carrying out a river crossing in support of motorized infantry elements.
1er REC: Commando Training Center now open to other military units
The Commando Training Center of the 1st Foreign Cavalry Regiment (1er REC) was inaugurated this May. Since early December 2021, the center has helped to strengthen operational readiness of troops from other operational units of the Legion.
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