Yesterday, February 7, 2018, the Foreign Legion Music Band (MLE) performed an excellent concert in Paris, dedicated to the soldiers wounded during military operations and the families of those soldiers killed in action. The annual charitable concert is organized by the Military Governor of Paris. For its high prestige, the Foreign Legion Music Band was asked to be the main participant in this important event.
36th anniversary: 1982 Mont Garbi Accident
36 years ago, in early February 1982, an air accident occurred in Djibouti, Horn of Africa. A French military aircraft crashed into Mont Garbi. An entire Foreign Legion platoon of the 2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment (2e REP) perished. This accident has remained the most tragic event for the Legion since the end of the First Indochina War (1954).
French Foreign Legion Recruiting 2018
The French Foreign Legion published a new informative documentary dedicated to its own recruiting process. The new documentary, accompanied with English subtitles, provides potential candidates with a lot of useful information about joining the Foreign Legion and becoming a legionnaire in 2018.
2e REI + 1er REG: Legionnaires finished their mission in Estonia
After four months spent in Estonia, legionnaires left this Baltic state and returned to France. The detachments from the 2nd Foreign Infantry Regiment (2e REI) and 1st Foreign Engineer Regiment (1er REG) were sent to Estonia to participate in Mission Lynx.
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13e DBLE: 400 legionnaires ready to deploy to Africa
Around 400 legionnaires of the 13th Demi-Brigade of the Foreign Legion (13e DBLE) are ready to deploy to Africa to join Operation Barkhane taking place in Mali, Mauritania, Burkina Faso, Chad and Niger.
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French Foreign Legion structure in 2018
The French Foreign Legion and its structure fully updated for 2018. The data reflect changes which occurred in the current Foreign Legion units in the previous year.
2e REP: Sporting activities at the regiment
At the end of the year of 2017, the 2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment (2e REP), the only airborne unit of the French Foreign Legion, launched a vidoclip to present its sporting activities taking place at Camp Raffalli, the home base of the regiment in Corsica.
New French combat uniform from 2018
In 2018, the French Army would begin to dress up its soldiers, including legionnaires, with new combat uniforms. This transition corresponds with its “Warrior 2020” project, the first stage of a series of developments aimed at a complete modernization of French troops.
3e REI: Christmas Challenges 2017
All the regiments of the Foreign Legion traditionally hold their own Christmas challenges each year to compare the strength of their companies and to give their hard-working men a bit of fun. Watch this great video taken in French Guiana, South America, where legionnaires of the 3rd Foreign Infantry Regiment (3e REI) demonstrate what such competitions look like.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 2018
Another year has passed away, holidays are coming. For our website, the first five-year contract has been proudly finished this September. And a new contract to serve the Legion during the next period was already signed. See the results and future plans.
1er REC: Two legionnaires killed in Djibouti
In November 2017, two legionnaires of the 1st Foreign Cavalry Regiment (1er REC) died during their deployment in Djibouti, Horn of Africa.