Today, the French Army launched a video showing the legionnaires of the 2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment (2e REP) of the French Foreign Legion preparing for an airdrop in Mali to join the French troops already operating in this country.
French Foreign Legion in Mali – 2e REP jumped on Timbuktu
On January 28, about two hundred legionnaires of the 2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment (2e REP) jumped north of Timbuktu, the ancient trading city in Mali and an important point controlled by Islamists.
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2e REP: Official video clip 2013
A new official videoclip of the 2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment (2e REP), the only airborne unit of the French Foreign Legion.
History of the French Foreign Legion in pictures
A video of ForeignLegion.Info production about the history of the French Foreign Legion. In more than 150 well-ordered images, you can see all important data of this elite part of the French Army: the Foreign Legion’s battles, campaigns, operations or units activation, deactivation, moving.
French Foreign Legion in Mali
French forces are preparing for a possible ground assault in Mali against al-Qaida-linked rebels who have continued to push south despite of French aerial bombardments. France has put more than 700 soldiers including the legionnaires on the ground in Mali since it began its rapid deployment January 11, 2013 at the request of the Malian government.
Memorial hall inauguration in the 2e REG
In December 2012, an inauguration of the new Memorial hall took place in the 2nd Foreign Engineer Regiment of the French Foreign Legion in its base at Saint Christol, southern France.
Hungarian French Foreign Legion Documentary
An interesting Hungarian documentary (2011) about the Foreign Legion in French Guiana. This documentary shows the legionnaires of the 3rd Foreign Infantry Regiment and their Brasilian colleagues during the Jungle Training course organized by the Legion. Even if you don’t understand the dialogue, there are a lot of good images to see.
Songs and marches of the French Foreign Legion
Singing the songs. An inseparable part of traditions of the Foreign Legion. The first thing you will be learning in the basic training. If you are interested in the songs and marches of the French Foreign Legion, you can visit a new blog page. The page includes a well-ordered list of almost 50 songs and marches of the Foreign Legion. Every song of the list has its own page including a little information, a videoclip and lyrics.
Foreign Legion in French Guiana 2012
French Guiana is an overseas region of France on the North Atlantic coast of South America bordered by Brazil to the east and south and Suriname to the west. There is a French Foreign Legion regiment stationed in French Guiana: the 3rd Foreign Infantry Regiment (3e REI). It moved to its current location in French Guiana from Madagascar, Africa, in September 1973. 3e REI is protecting the Centre Spatial Guyanais (Guiana Space Centre).
Vaillant 2012: Exercise of the 1re RE
The 1st Foreign Regiment (1er RE) of the French Foreign Legion has passed its Vaillant (Vailant) 2012 military exercise. The 1re RE military training took place at Pourrières in southeastern France, at the end of November.