Uniforms of the French Foreign Legion, 1831-1981

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Uniforms of the French Foreign Legion, 1831-1981

Uniforms of the French Foreign Legion, 1831-1981

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Camerone Day, an annual official festivity open to public, has been held by the Legion since 1931, to commemorate this pivotal event. That day in the Motherhouse of the Foreign Legion, the wooden hand of Captain Danjou (who lost his left hand in Algeria in the 1850s) is paraded. It is carried by a specially selected individual, either a well-respected veteran of the Legion or a very important person connected to the Legion. For Legion veterans – officers, NCOs, or simple legionnaires – carrying the wooden hand of Captain Danjou on Camerone Day is perceived as the highest honor. The Narration of Camerone ( Recit de Camerone), the telling of the story, is inseparable from the ceremony. Legio Patria Nostra (in French La Légion est notre Patrie, in English The Legion is our Fatherland) is the Latin motto of the Foreign Legion. [76] The adoption of the Foreign Legion as a new "Fatherland" does not imply the repudiation by the legionnaire of his original nationality. The Foreign Legion is required to obtain the agreement of any legionnaire before he is placed in any situation where he might have to serve against his country of birth. Les trois chevrons verts de la Légion étrangère. Three green chevrons represent the Foreign Legion. Three chevrons were once used by units of the French Army of Africa ( Armée d’Afrique), of which the Legion was a part. In contrast, the metropolitan French Army used two chevrons only. The green color of the chevrons has been reserved for the Legion. Proud of your status as a legionnaire, you show it in your always elegant dress, your always dignified but modest behavior, your always neat housing. By the mid-1960s the Legion had lost its traditional and spiritual home in French Algeria and elite units had been dissolved. [43] President de Gaulle considered disbanding it altogether but, being reminded of the Marching Regiments, and that the 13th Demi-Brigade was one of the first units to declare for him in 1940 and taking also into consideration the effective service of various Saharan units and performances of other Legions units, he chose instead to downsize the Legion from 40,000 to 8,000 men and relocate it to metropolitan France. [51] Legion units continued to be assigned to overseas service, although not in North Africa (see below).

Guyane (French Guiana) Mission de presence sur l'Oyapok – Protection – 3 ème REI Protection CSG; 2 ème REP / CEA; 2 ème REI / 4 ème compagnie [56] PVP ( Petit Véhicule Protégé– Small protected vehicle) is a light, armored 4×4 vehicle used by the Foreign Legion and other French Army forces. It has been producing by Panhard since 2008. The Foreign Legion has been using the PVP since 2012. Officially, the Legio Patria Nostra motto has an unknown origin, however. The private thesis of the author of this text is that we should search for the origins of the motto in the large reorganization of the Legion in 1920-1921. At the time, Lieutenant Colonel Paul-Frédéric Rollet, the then commander of the 3e REI and the future Father of the Legion, made an effort to return discipline and esprit de corps into the institution (which had been considerably affected by WWI), to unite all legionnaires into a strong family with its own identity and character. Such a motto perfectly meets those ideas. This thesis is supported by the fact that the first known use of the motto is the 3e REI’s badge from the 1920s. The very first badge of the 3e REI. Designed in Morocco in 1928, it bears the Legio Patria Nostra motto. The current badge of the 3e REI, still with the same motto. VBL of 1er REC, with an AA NF1 mounted on, during an exercise in Corsica ( 2012) VBL of 1er REC during the Bastille Day paradePromotion possible after one year of service and completion of the Fonctionnaire Caporal (or Caporal "Fut Fut") course. Recruits selected for this course need to show good leadership skills during basic training. Peacekeeping operations in Lebanon at the corps of the United Nations Multinational Force during the Lebanese Civil War along with the 31 ème Brigade which included the 1st Foreign Regiment 1 er RE. Operation Épaulard I was spearheaded by Lieutenant-colonel Bernard Janvier. The Multinational Force also included the British Armed Forces 1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards, U.S. American contingents of United States Marine Corps and the United States Navy, the French Navy and 28 exclusive French Armed Forces regiments including French paratroopers regiments, companies, units of the 11th Parachute Brigade along with the 2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment 2 e REP. The multinational force also included the Irish Armed Forces and units of the French National Gendarmerie, Italian paratroopers from the Folgore Brigade, and infantry units from the Bersaglieri regiments and Marines of the San Marco Battalion. One of the first ACMAT VT4 vehicles ( 2018) The Legion’s 2e REG received its first ACMAT VT4 ( December 2018)

The mission is sacred, you carry it out to the end, and in operations, if necessary, even at the risk of your life. Axe ( French: Hache): serves to destroy obstacles of wood dressed by the enemy. At origin there were 6 kinds of axes to destroy and 7 kinds of axes to hammer. [3] In the middle of January 1810 the 3rd Battalion was posted to Spain. In June 1810 an Army of Portugal was formed under Masséna which was composed of three Army Corps. The two battalions of the Irish Legion became part of General Junot’s 8th Corps. Before joining with the Massena's main army, Junot was detailed to secure the flank of the Army of Portugal's intended advance by capturing the city of Astorga in the Province of León. They led the assault that took the city. [2] During the battle, Captain John Allen's company's drummer boy continued to beat the charge after having lost both legs, for which he was given the French Legion of Honor. [1] The Irish Battalions remained on active service with the Army of Portugal through the sieges of Ciudad Rodrigo and Almeida, the Battle of Bussaco and the full course of the advance to the Lines of Torres Vedras. VAB of 2e REI VAB HOT from the Anti-tank Company (CAC) of 2e REI, with the anti-tank HOT missile launcher called MÉPHISTOThe 1st Foreign Parachute Regiment 1 er REP was disbanded on 30 April 1961. [45] However, the 2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment 2 ème REP prevailed in existence, while most of the personnel of the Saharan Companies were integrated into the 1st Foreign Infantry Regiment, 2nd Foreign Infantry Regiment and 4th Foreign Infantry Regiment respectively. VBL ( Véhicule Blindé Léger– Light armored vehicle) is a wheeled 4×4 all-terrain amphibious vehicle used by the Foreign Legion and other French Army forces. It has been produced by Panhard since the end of 1980s. Within the Foreign Legion, the VBL has been using by the reconnaissance units of the 1er REC and 2e REI since the early 1990s. In the past, every regiment (and often even each battalion) possessed their own music band. The Legion’s last regimental bands eventually disappeared in the 1990s. Le Képi blanc. The official thesis says that legionnaires in North Africa prior to WWI wore a kepi with a khaki-colored cover during operations. After some time, due to the frequent washing and strong sun, the covers turned white. However, we know that in Algeria and Morocco before WWI, several French regular units used a white-covered kepi as well, and even used it in France. Following the end of WWI, legionnaires wore a white-covered kepi mainly in Morocco, which was considered a foreign theater of operations. In Algeria, they wore the prescribed red and blue kepi. The 4e REI in Morocco was partly an exception, and used both versions. In the late 1930s, the rules were standardized. Thus, officially, French citizens in metropolitan France saw legionnaires in white-covered kepi for the first time on 14 July 1939, at the well-known annual military parade in Paris. In the ensuing Napoleonic retreat the regiment took part in the Siege of Antwerp 1814 and retired to Lille, where it remained until Napoleon's abdication in April 1814. [8]



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