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In November 2015, the 3rd Foreign Infantry Regiment (3e REI) of the French Foreign Legion commemorated the 100th Anniversary of its activation. During campaigns in Europe, Morocco, Indochina and Algeria, this famous regiment received 16 unit citations, mentioned in the name of the Army. Because of that, the 3e REI remains the second most decorated unit within the French Army.
Read more3e REI: History of the second most decorated French regiment
On 8 December 2015, the 3rd Foreign Infantry Regiment (3e REI), based in French Guiana, returned from Operation Yawasisi, after 10 weeks spent deep in the jungle.
An unofficial video showing legionnaires from the Recce Platoon, 2nd Foreign Infantry Regiment (2e REI) testing their weapons at a shooting range located near Nimes, the garrison of the 2e REI in southern France.
After more than three years, our ForeignLegion.Info website changed its layout. The site is now mobile-friendly, with a fully responsive design. A new logo was also added. I hope that you welcome these changes. For those visitors and supporters using Facebook: to keep you informed, a new FB page will be launched within two weeks.
Every man knows that the difficult moments he was confronted with during his life and managed them, they will transform later into great memories. The difficulties and the fun are the essences which the man needs to live a good life. The French Foreign Legion, and the army in general, provides men with both a little bit of difficulties and a little bit of fun…
While currently finishing redesigning this website to be finally responsive and mobile-friendly, while working on the history of the 3rd Foreign Regiment and while looking for a Facebook page establishing, I still want to wish all the best to all of you, the readers and supporters of our FOREIGNLEGION.INFO website.
On the evening of 15 December 2015, a ceremony took place at Camp Raffalli, the base of the French Foreign Legion’s 2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment (2e REP) placed near Calvi, Corsica. The ceremony marked the establishment of 5th Company.
On 23 November 2015, the 3rd Foreign Infantry Regiment (3e REI) commemorated the 100th anniversary. The ceremony took place at Quartier Forget, the main headquarters of the regiment based at Kourou, French Guiana.
Watch some nice images of young volunteers and fresh legionnaires doing their instruction whitin the French Foreign Legion’s 4th Foreign Regiment (4e RE), which is based in Castelnaudary, southwestern France.
While the year of 2014 was marked by reorganization of the French Army with reducing its personnel and several unit dissolutions, including combat units within the Foreign Legion (e.g. 5th Squadron of 1er REC, 5th Company of 2e REI), the current year of 2015 is significant by reverse policy actions – increasing personnel serving in the French Army and (re-)creating the new combat units.
On November 2, the French Foreign Legion’s headquarters, the 1st Foreign Regiment (1er RE), carried out its November’s traditional short-term military exercise called Vaillant. It took place in Pourcieux (a small village in the Provence region in southeastern France) and lasted two days.