In his new video published by the official French Foreign Legion channel on YouTube, Major Gérald visited the famous 13th Foreign Legion Half Brigade (13e DBLE) at their Camp Larzac. His task was to help increase the physical fitness and agility of the legionnaires, for developing their operational readiness.
Andrew J. Mitchell: Collecting French Foreign Legion Insignia – 1st Foreign Regiment
In late 2021, a new English-written book dedicated to the French Foreign Legion was released: Collecting French Foreign Legion Insignia, Volume 1, 1st Foreign Regiment. Another original work of Andrew J. Mitchell, an Irish amateur historian and a Foreign Legion insignia collector.
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Exercise Baccarat 2021
Between October 15 and 21, a full-scale multinational Exercise Baccarat 2021 occurred in Southern France. Besides the Foreign Legion units, U.S. Marines and Spanish soldiers also participated.
Second World War: A little-known story about the very first para-legionnaires
Officially, the very first Foreign Legion airborne unit appeared during the First Indochina War in 1948. However, the history of the legionnaires paratroopers started much earlier: in North Africa during the Second World War.
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Honor and Fidelity motto: 100th Anniversary
On this Saturday, October 16, in memory of Hubert Germain, a former officer of the 13e DBLE and the last “companion of the Liberation” (people awarded the Ordre de la Libération of the Free French during WWII) who has just passed away, the Foreign Legion celebrated the centenary of its motto Honneur et Fidélité.
13e DBLE: 2021 Training at CENTAC
In October 2021, legionnaires of the 13th Foreign Legion Demi-Brigade (13e DBLE) are deployed to the Aube department in north-central France, to train at the Combat Training Center (Centre d’Entraînement au Combat, CENTAC) at Mailly Camp, one of the most important French military training camps. see the images.
2e REI: 2021 El Moungar
After four years, the 2nd Foreign Infantry Regiment (2e REI) commemorated once again their regimental holiday, El Moungar, in public. See the images.
1er REC: 2021 C4 Close-quarters Combat
See a very nice video published by the French Foreign Legion on their official Youtube channel showing legionnaires from the 1st Foreign Cavalry Regiment (1er REC) during their C4 close-quarters combat (CQC) course at the regiment’s new training center.
Major Franck M. : The Legion was my chance
This interesting interview appeared in La Dépêche du Midi – a French regional daily newspaper – seven months ago, on 17 February 2021. In June 2021, Major Franck M. [1] from the 4th Foreign Regiment (4e RE) in Castelnaudary left the Foreign Legion after having spent incredible 40 years and 6 months in the institution [2]. Read his famous life story in English.
DLEM: Activities in August 2021
The Foreign Legion Detachment in Mayotte (DLEM) is a lesser-known Foreign Legion unit that is stationed in Mayotte, an island in the Indian Ocean, and an overseas department and region of France. See the unit’s activities in August 2021.
2e REG: 2021 Mine detection in Mali
In August 2021, a route clearance group of legionnaires from the French Foreign Legion’s 2nd Foreign Engineer Regiment (2e REG) was involved in a mine detection mission in Mali, West Africa, in support of a French military logistics convoy. One of them, a 21-year-old legionnaire named Oleksandr, from Eastern Europe, detected an explosive device set there by local terrorists.