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During the summer of 2025, several regiments within the French Foreign Legion underwent significant leadership changes, reflecting the regular rotation of senior officers across this elite force. These appointments are part of the French Army’s standard two-year command rotation cycle and affect both mainland and overseas units.
Read moreForeign Legion: 2025 Change of Command took place in six regiments
The latest part in our series on interesting photographs presents an exceptionally rare collection depicting members of the first officially established Saharan unit of the French Foreign Legion, spanning from mid-1939 to the weeks following the Allied landings in North Africa in late 1942. These images include the only publicly known photographs of a Foreign Legion Saharan unit taken before the Second World War.
Read morePHOTOS: Foreign Legion Saharan Battery from 1939 to 1942
At the end of July 2025, the village of Les Cammazes in the Tarn department of southern France hosted a Remise de Képi blanc ceremony, during which a platoon of enlisted volunteers from the 4th Foreign Regiment (4e RE) took their oath, received the iconic white képi, and officially became legionnaires.
25 years ago, on August 7, 2000, a tragic accident occurred near Castelnaudary, France, when a truck carrying recruits from the 4th Foreign Regiment (4e RE), the school of the French Foreign Legion, left the road and crashed into a tree.
Read more25 years ago: Tragic accident involving Foreign Legion recruits in August 2000
In late July 2025, the 4th Squadron of the 1st Foreign Cavalry Regiment (1er REC) became the new 1st Company of the 5th Foreign Regiment (5e RE) in Mayotte, Indian Ocean.
On July 25, 2025, the 3rd Foreign Infantry Regiment (3e REI) of the French Foreign Legion ensured perimeter security and area protection during the successful launch of the European Vega-C rocket from the Guiana Space Center.
On July 14, 2025, units of the French Foreign Legion took part in regional ceremonies across France to mark the country’s national holiday, Bastille Day. Each regiment participated in local commemorative events held in the vicinity of their respective garrisons, in coordination with civil and military authorities. In some cases, Legion elements were also present at celebrations held outside their usual locations.
On July 14, 2025, the traditional military parade marking France’s national Bastille Day holiday was held along the iconic Champs-Élysées in Paris, an event that has been regularly organized in the French capital since 1880. Four detachments of the Foreign Legion participated.
A new training program has recently started at the 4th Foreign Regiment (4e RE) in Castelnaudary, southern France. Known as the Stage Drone, this course is designed to train drone operators.
A new part of the PHOTOS series. Today, we explore the now-discontinued products from the workshops of the Foreign Legion Institution for Disabled Veterans (IILE), which were prominently showcased in vibrant, regular color advertisements in Képi Blanc, the French Foreign Legion’s magazine, from the mid-1970s to the early 1990s.
Read morePHOTOS: Golden Age of Foreign Legion Veterans’ Handcrafted Products (1975–1992)
In southern France, between June 18 and July 1, 2025, the 13th Foreign Legion Demi-Brigade (13e DBLE) hosted the eighth edition of the Indo-French joint military exercise, Shakti 2025, to enhance bilateral military cooperation.