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  2. Foreign Legion Pioneers (Pionniers) - Wikipedia

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    The Pioneers of the Foreign Legion (French: Les Pionniers de la Légion étrangère) are a "unit of tradition". They march at the head of Foreign Legion detachments during ceremonial parades. The Legion's Pioneers are bearded, wear buffalo leather aprons (tablier de buffle), and carry polished axes on their shoulders.

  3. French Foreign Legion - Wikipedia

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    The French Foreign Legion (French: Légion étrangère) is an elite corps of the French Army that consists of several specialties: infantry, cavalry, engineers, and airborne troops. [8] It was created in 1831 to allow foreign nationals into the French Army. [ 9 ]

  4. Honneur et Fidélité - Wikipedia

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    Honneur et Fidélité ("Honour and Fidelity") is the motto of the Foreign Legion in the French Armed Forces. It has been inscribed on Legion flags instead of the Honneur et Patrie (Honour and Fatherland) inscribed on flags of the regular French Army of the French Republic. Nevertheless, both mottos share a similar past.

  5. 1st Foreign Regiment (France) - Wikipedia

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    The 1st Foreign Regiment (French: 1 er Régiment étranger, 1 er RE) is a depot regiment of the Foreign Legion in the French Army.It is located at Aubagne.. The regiment is also responsible for running special institutions of the Legion.

  6. List of Foreign Legionnaires - Wikipedia

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    Raoul Lufbery, French-American fighter pilot and flying ace in World War I; Rodion Malinovsky, Soviet Marshal and Defence Minister. Simon Murray, British businessman, adventurer, author and the oldest man to reach the South Pole unsupported

  7. History of the French Foreign Legion - Wikipedia

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    The Foreign Legion's grenade emblem Modern-day members of the Foreign Legion in parade formation. The Foreign Legion has had a long and unique history amongst the units of the French Army. It was historically formed of expatriate enlisted personnel led by French officers.

  8. Foreign Legion Command - Wikipedia

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    The Foreign Legion Command (French: Commandement de la Légion Étrangère, (COMLE)) (official) is the Command of the Foreign Legion in the French Army. [3] [4]The Legion is led by a French general, a Legion officer (French: Officier de Légion) [1] who is usually a general who spent his entire career in Legion units.

  9. Roger Faulques - Wikipedia

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    Roger Louis Faulques (14 December 1924 – 6 November 2011) [2], also known as René Faulques, was a French military officer and mercenary.A graduate of the École spéciale militaire de Saint-Cyr, he served as a paratrooper officer in the French Foreign Legion, and later as a mercenary in conflicts in Africa and the Middle East.