February 3. This day marks the 34th anniversary of the Mont Garbi accident, in which 29 members of the French Foreign Legion were killed, including a whole platoon of the 2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment (2e REP). The accident occurred in Djibouti, Africa. For the Legion, the 3rd February 1982 remains the most tragic day since the end of the Battle of Dien Bien Phu (1954).
2e REG: Tribute to the six killed legionnaires
On Tuesday, January 26, 2016, the Foreign Legion’s 2nd Foreign Engineer Regiment (2e REG) held a ceremony to pay tribute to the six legionnaires killed in an avalanche in the French Alps. The ceremony took place at Quartier Maréchal Koenig, 2e REG’s headquarters in Saint-Christol, in southeastern France.
2e REG: Sixth legionnaire dies after avalanche in the Alps
On Monday, January 25, 2016, the sixth legionnaire who had been caught in the avalanche in the French Alps died from his injuries. He was one of the 14 members of the Foreign Legion’s 2nd Foreign Engineer Regiment (2e REG) affected by the avalanche during basic mountain warfare training.
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4e RE: Christmas Challenge 2015
See some nice pictures of legionnaires from the French Foreign Legion’s 4th Foreign Regiment (4e RE), the training unit based in Castelnaudary (nicknamed simply as Castel), during the regimental Christmas Challenge 2015.
2e REG: Five legionnaires killed in the Alps
On Monday, January 18, 2016, 14 legionnaires from the Foreign Legion’s 2nd Foreign Engineer Regiment (2e REG) were caught in an avalanche while crossing the Petit Argentier saddle in the French Alps. They were taking part in basic mountain warfare training. Five legionnaires were killed. Nine were injured, including two seriously.
3e REI: History of the second most decorated French regiment
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.
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3e REI: Operation Yawasisi 2015
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.
2e REI: Live Fire Exercise
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.
Foreign Legion Info changed its face
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.
Keep smiling during the hard times
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…
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 2016
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.