Two small updates for those considering to join the French Foreign Legion in the following days or weeks.
1er REC: Video to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the regiment
The only cavalry unit currently serving within the French Foreign Legion, 1st Foreign Cavalry Regiment (1er REC), released a video to commemorate the upcoming 100th anniversary of the regiment.
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Five years ago: Six legionnaires killed in an avalanche in the French Alps
On January 18, 2016, around 50 members of the Foreign Legion’s 3rd Company, 2nd Foreign Engineer Regiment (2e REG) were taking part in basic mountain warfare training near the Valfréjus ski resort in France’s Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region when an avalanche struck. Five legionnaires died at the scene. A sixth legionnaire died one week later.
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Foreign Legion: Hand-to-hand combat training with Major Gérald
See another interesting video published by the official French Foreign Legion YouTube channel, featuring Major Gérald, head of the Sports Office of the 1st Foreign Regiment (1er RE).
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4e RE: 2020 Christmas at the school of the French Foreign Legion in Castelnaudary
See 2020 Christmas nativity scenes made by enlisted volunteers and legionnaires during their basic training or advanced instruction within the 4th Foreign Regiment (4e RE), the Legion’s training school based in Castelnaudary, southern France. As every year, for all enlisted volunteers and fresh legionnaires from the three basic training companies, it was their very first Christmas in the Foreign Legion.
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Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 2021
The year 2020 has almost passed away and Christmas Eve is coming. So, this is a suitable time for another annual recapitulation. See what has been already done this year on this website, and my future plans for next year.
100 years ago: A Foreign Legion regiment was constituted in Morocco
In the then French protectorate of Morocco in late 1920, four autonomous battalions of the French Foreign Legion that had spent the whole First World War there were grouped to form a new unit, nicknamed as the Regiment of Morocco. The new regiment had to go on with the pacification of the country while, at the same time, his men were the first legionnaires ever to operate in the Middle East…
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Documentary: Achieving the Black képi
For the very first time in history, a documentary covering the French Foreign Legion course for future sergeants was released in early December 2020, by the RMC Story, a French independent TV television channel. Directed by Pierre-Stéphane Fort, the documentary called La Légion étrangère : Objectif képi noir (Foreign Legion: Achieving the Black képi) shows the four-month course that changes the ordinary legionnaires into future non-commissioned officers. The course takes place within the 4th Foreign Regiment (4e RE) of Castelnaudary, southern France.
2e REG: Exercise Cerces 2020
In late November 2020, legionnaires from the 2nd Foreign Engineer Regiment (2e REG) of the Foreign Legion participated in Cerces 2020, an annual mountain warfare exercise taking place in the French Alps in Savoie, a department in Southeastern France.
2e REP: 2020 Wessex Storm in England
Between November 2 and December 12, 2020, yearly joint military manoeuvres called Wessex Storm take place on Salisbury Plain in Wessex, southern England. The six-week manoeuvres have to confirm the skills and readiness of the 2 PARA Battlegroup, the British Army’s leading response force, assigned to the 16 Air Assault Brigade. During the 2020 Wessex Storm exercise, a company of the French Foreign Legion’s 2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment (2e REP) and a US Army platoon have been included into the British battlegroup.
13e DBLE: 2020 Documentary
See a new, well-rendered documentary covering young legionnaires of the 13th Foreign Legion Half Brigade (13e DBLE) at Camp Larzac, their military base nearby La Cavalerie, a small commune in southern France. The documentary was released in late November 2020. English subtitles included.