During the first week of December, the legionnaires – sapeurs (military engineers) from the 1st Foreign Engineer Regiment (1er REG) and 2nd Foreign Engineer Regiment (2e REG) of the French Foreign Legion, celebrated its patron, Sainte Barbe (Saint Barbara).
2e REG parading in Apt
Yesterday, the 2nd Foreign Engineer Regiment (2e REG) has published the images of its November’s military ceremony in the town of Apt, southeastern France. During the ceremony, two legionnaires received the decrees of naturalisation (gaining French nationality/citizenship) from the mayor of Apt. The regiment was also presenting itself to the public.
New T-shirt design: LEGIONNAIRE
A new T-shirt design promoting the Foreign Legion was launched: Legionnaire: Nothing To Lose – Everything To Gain. Consider supporting our website by purchasing a T-shirt. Thank you!
2e REI: Dissolution of the Serval 2 Brigade
Last week, on November 27, the Combined Arms Brigade Serval 2 (Brigade Interarmes Serval 2), having been serving during the Operation in Mali this year, was officially dissolved in the headquarters of the 2nd Foreign Infantry Regiment (2e REI) in Nimes, southern France.
A legionnaire receives standing ovation in Canada
A legionnaire, Senior-Corporal from the MLE, received standing ovation during the Québec City International Festival of Military Bands (FIMMQ) in Canada, while playing Auld Lang Syne. Really amazing performance… And YES, even this fantastic musician has passed the hard four-months basic training of the Foreign Legion in Castel.
Vaillant 2013: Exercise of the 1er RE
Two hundred legionnaires from the 1st Foreign Regiment (1er RE) of the French Foreign Legion have passed their traditional November’s military exercise called Vaillant (Vailant). The training took place at villages of Correns and Le Val in southeastern France, between 19th and 21st of November 2013.
2e REG authentic presentation
While a part of the 2e REG is in French Guiana now and the other part of the 2e REG is training for Mali, you can watch a short, authentic presentation of the 2nd Foreign Engineer Regiment (2e REG) of the French Foreign Legion, made by a legionnaire from Brasil. As you can see, the legionnaires are really a bunch of good guys.
DLEM: Foreign Legion on the Comoro Islands History
See the history of the smallest operational unit of the French Foreign Legion, having been placed on the little island in the Indian Ocean since 1967, to maintain the French interests in this area – Foreign Legion Detachment in Mayotte, DLEM.
French Guiana is not only about the jungle training
French Guiana and the French Foreign Legion? It is not only about the jungle survival activity or the extreme jungle training in South America. Even the young legionnaires of the 2nd Foreign Engineer Regiment (2e REG) have understood that… Once you are a legionnaire, you have to work too!
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2e REI and US Marines exercise – official video
As stated before, 2e REI and US Marines trained together at Camp des Garrigues, an urban warfare military camp near Nimes, a town in southern France, where the 2e REI is stationed. An official video was launched by the Foreign Legion.
2e REP and its exercise JURA 2013
On November 11, three companies (3rd, 4th and Command/Logistics) and one team of Commando Parachute Group (GCP) from the 2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment (2e REP) finished its week-long regimental exercise JURA 2013. The exercise took place just a few kilometers from Switzerland, in the Jura mountains of the Franche-Comté region, in eastern France, between 3rd and 10th of November 2013. See pics and video.