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The 2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment (French: 2e Régiment étranger de parachutistes, 2e REP) is the only airborne regiment of the Foreign Legion in the French Army. [5] It is one of the four infantry regiments of the 11th Parachute Brigade and part of the spearhead of the French rapid reaction force.
The 2nd Foreign Parachute Battalion (French: 2 e Bataillon Étranger de Parachutistes, 2 e B.E.P) was a parachute battalion of the Foreign Legion in the French Army initially composed of volunteers of the 4th Demi-Brigade of the Foreign Legion (4 e D.B.L.E).
French Foreign Legion (1st formation) – 9 March 1831; 2nd Foreign Legion (2LE) (2nd formation) – 3 February 1836; 1st Foreign Regiment – 1 April 1841; 2nd Foreign Infantry Regiment – 1 April 1841; Foreign Brigade (unit designation in 1854 for two merged foreign regiments during the Crimean War)
The 2nd Marching Regiment of the 2nd Foreign Regiment, (French: 2 e Régiment de Marche du 2 e étranger, 2 e R.M. 2 e R.E) was a wartime regiment of the French Foreign Legion. It formed the Marching Regiment of the Foreign Legion (R.M.L.E.) and existed briefly from end of 1914 to 1915.
The French Foreign Legion (French: Légion étrangère, also known simply as la Légion, "the Legion") is a corps of the French Army created to allow foreign nationals into French service. [8] The Legion was founded in 1831 and today consists of several specialties, namely infantry , cavalry , engineers , and airborne troops . [ 9 ]
The Marching Regiment of the Foreign Legion (RMLE) (French: Régiment de marche de la Légion étrangère) was a French military unit that fought in World War I and World War II. Initially composed of marching regiments from the 1st Foreign Regiment (1 er RE) of Sidi Bel Abbes and the 2nd Foreign Infantry Regiment (2 e RE) of Saida, Algeria ...
The Marching Regiment of the Foreign Legion (RMLE) was created on 11 November 1915 by fusion of the 2nd Marching Regiment of the 1st Foreign Regiment (2 e RM 1 er RE) and the 2nd Marching Regiment of the 2nd Foreign Regiment (2 e RM 2 e RE).
The 2nd Marching Regiment of the 1st Foreign Regiment, (French: 2 e régiment de marche du 1 er étranger, 2 e R.M. 1 er R.E) was a French military unit of the Legion which formed the Marching Regiment of the Foreign Legion (R.M.L.E) and existed ephemerally from end of 1914 to 1915.