See a video presenting legionnaires of the 2nd Foreign Infantry Regiment (2e REI) during an exercise in Estonia, during Mission Lynx. The 2e REI legionnaires and their VAB and VBCI infantry combat armored vehicles operate within the British 5th Battalion The Rifles Battlegroup, as its company of infantry.
2017 El Moungar Day: 2e REI to commemorate the 114th anniversary of the battle
Tomorrow, on September 2, the 2nd Foreign Infantry Regiment (2e REI) will commemorate the 114th anniversary of the 1903 Battle of El Moungar, in which 113 men of the regiment fought against Moroccan Berbers close to the Sahara of western Algeria. The date of the event has become the regimental holiday, El Moungar Day.
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Foreign Legion events: August 11 – 20
On this day. Discover the Legion’s interesting historical events which occurred between August 11 and August 20. Learn about famous operations, campaigns, battles, activations or dissolutions of units and other important Foreign Legion historical events which happened from 1831 to these days. Every day is supplemented with a picture.
Knut Flovik Thoresen: Norwegians in the Foreign Legion from 1831 until 2017
Knut Flovik Thoresen, a Norwegian military officer and historian, has released his new work this month. An author interested in less-known history of the Norwegian military, he decided to map the stories of Norwegian men serving in the French Foreign Legion from 1831, the year of its first establishment, until nowadays.
Read moreKnut Flovik Thoresen: Norwegians in the Foreign Legion from 1831 until 2017
Foreign Legion events: August 01 – 10
On this day. Explore the Legion’s interesting historical events which occurred between August 01 and August 10. Learn about famous operations, campaigns, battles, activations or dissolutions of units and other important Foreign Legion historical events which happened from 1831 to these days. Every day is supplemented with an image.
4e RE: 5 killed legionnaires in August 2000
17 years ago, on August 16, 2000, a ceremony took place inside the barracks of the 4th Foreign Regiment (4e RE), the training unit of the French Foreign Legion, to render homage and to say the last goodbye to legionnaires killed in an accident during their basic training.
2e REI + 1er REG: Mission Lynx in Estonia
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.
Foreign Legion events: July 21 – 31
On this day. Discover the Legion’s interesting historical events which occurred between July 21 and July 31. Learn about famous operations, campaigns, battles, activations or dissolutions of units and other important Foreign Legion historical events which happened from 1831 to these days. Every day is supplemented with a picture.
1er REG: Training for fresh legionnaires
In July 2017, the 1st Foreign Engineer Regiment (1er REG) conducted a basic regimental instruction for its thirty of fresh legionnaires. They joined the regiment after their 4-month basic training at Castelnaudary. See the nice photos…
Foreign Legion events: July 11 – 20
On this day. Explore the Legion’s most interesting historical events which occurred between July 11 and July 20. Learn about famous operations, campaigns, battles, activations or dissolutions of units and other important Foreign Legion historical events which happened from 1831 to these days. Every day is supplemented with an image.
New Documentary: Legionnaire, my brother
The French Foreign Legion is an exceptional multicultural society, having no parallel on this planet. Consisting of around 8,500 men of more than 140 nationalities (of all races and religions), the Legion runs like clockwork for decades, even in heavy combat conditions. Its strict policy of “close your mouth, forget about your past and adapt you to your new family as quickly as possible”, which forms the newcomers into a solid block of men being ready to fight and even lay down their life for the new Fatherland, always fascinates the rest of the world. This Monday, the French Ministry of the Armed Forces (since May 2017, formerly Ministry of Defence) released a new documentary about the Legion to show slightly how this policy looks in practice.