Young legionnaires who just joined the 2nd Foreign Engineer Regiment (2e REG) of the French Foreign Legion after finishing their 4-month-long basic training, are obliged to pass the Basic Specialty Training (Formation de Spécialité Initiale, FSI) conducted by their new regiment, to get initial combat engineering skills.
French Foreign Legion Operations – October 2014
French Foreign Legion units participating in operations outside of France. See the list of their location in the world in October 2014.
4e RE: Remise de Képi blanc in Paris
On October 19, 2014, in front of the Arc de Triomphe (Arch of Triumph) at the western end of the Champs-Élysées in Paris, 58 young volunteers from the 1st Platoon, 2nd Company of Enlisted Volunteers (2e CEV) of the 4th Foreign Regiment (4e RE) received their Képi blanc and became legionnaires during the White Kepi Ceremony (Remise de Képi blanc). The ceremony took place in front of the Arc de Triomphe for the first time in the Legion’s history.
Central African Republic: 2e REP, 2e REI
Videos launched by the French Foreign Legion, captured in the Central African Republic (CAR) in September 2014. They show legionnaires from the 2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment (2e REP) and 2nd Foreign Infantry Regiment (2e REI) doing their job during Operation Sangaris, taking place in this African country.
1er RE: Trail 2014
The 1st Foreign Regiment (1er RE) of the French Foreign Legion organized the second year of the cross-country run open for legionnaires and officers from all of the Legion’s regiments, TRAIL 2014. See the official video…
4e RE: On a farm
Some informal images from the farm (ferme) of the 1st Engaged Volunteer Company (1re CEV) of the 4th Foreign Regiment (4e RE), one of the three farms where volunteers spend their first 4 weeks of the French Foreign Legion’s four-month basic training.
2e REG: Life in the mountains 2014
The 2nd Foreign Engineer Regiment (2e REG) of the French Foreign Legion offers a lot of snow to its legionnaires and a little bit of fun that civilians must to pay for. See really nice images from the only mountain regiment within the Legion, made by a Russian legionnaire during the Military Skier Certificate (Brevet de Skieur Militaire, BSM) course in 2014…
2e REI: Operation Sangaris in CAR
Legionnaires from the 3rd Company of the Foreign Legion’s 2nd Foreign Infantry Regiment (2e REI) on their mission in the Central African Republic (CAR). They are participating in Operation Sangaris there.
2e REP: Slideshow 2014
Great pictures from the Foreign Legion’s 2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment (2e REP), the Legion’s only airborne unit, based near Calvi, Corsica. We can see, among others, the new parachutes used in the regiment now.
13e DBLE: Djibouti 2008-09
Nice and interesting private images showing military courses within the 13th Demi-Brigade of the Foreign Legion (13e DBLE), while still being stationed in Djibouti, a country located in the peninsula in Northeast Africa.
4e RE visited by the Foreign Legion’s commander
On 8 September 2014, the Foreign Legion’s new commander, Major General Jean Maurin visited the 4th Foreign Regiment (4e RE). The 4e RE serves as a training unit of the Legion, based in Castelnaudary, southern France. Major General Jean Maurin spent 2 days in the 4e RE. Among other things, he visited the farms, where young volunteers start their basic training.