French Foreign Legion T-shirts

Welcome to the FOREIGN LEGION INFO, an online project that started in 2012. The website has become the largest online database to provide well-ordered information about the famous French Foreign Legion in the English-speaking world. Here you can find information related to the current joining requirements, current units, missions, traditions etc. But primarily, the website has been making an effort to collect the most accurate data and facts that help to map in detail the amazing history of the Foreign Legion.

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Trail of 1er RE 2013

Trail of the 1st Foreign Regiment (1er RE). The first year of a 19 km (11,8 miles) long run with 1100 meters (3600 feets) of elevation difference took place in the country around Aubagne, the homebase and selection center of the French Foreign Legion, on October 16. See some pics and video.

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History of the first Foreign Legion parachute unit

During the First Indochina War, the Foreign Legion was demanded by French military authorities to create a parachute unit to support French infantry forces operating in Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos since 1946. In 1948, volunteers of the Legion regiments stationed in Indochina formed the first Foreign Legion airborne unit – the Parachute Company, attached to the 3e REI.

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