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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.
1st Foreign Parachute Regiment – later names and designations: 1st Foreign Parachute Battalion (1 er BEP) – 1948 and (1 er REP) – 1955 – 1 July 1948 2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment – successive appellations and designations, 2 e BEP (1948) and 2 e REP (1955) – 9 October 1948.
1 er Régiment Etranger (1st Foreign Regiment), Aubagne, France, (Recruiting Regiment, COM.LE - Commandment of the Foreign Legion, Transfer Regiment for incoming and outgoing soldiers from/to other Regiments, Secret Service of the FFL, Administration of the FFL).
Certain regiments of the French Foreign Legion (1 e R.E., 2 e R.E.G, 3 e R.E.I, 4 e R.E., D.L.E.M) house even, punctually or permanently, groups of pionniers (in general, one Sous-Officiers and 9 Legionnaires); however, the section of tradition is part of the 1st Foreign Regiment of Aubagne and is composed of 3 Sous-Officiers and 36 Legionnaires.
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 1st Foreign Cavalry Regiment (French: 1 er Régiment Étranger de Cavalerie, 1 er REC) is the only cavalry regiment of the Foreign Legion in the French Army. [2] It is one of two armoured cavalry regiments of the 6th Light Armoured Brigade. [3] [4] Barracks in Camp de Carpiagne.
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.
This led the French government to decide to disband the 1st Regiment of the Foreign Legion after the conclusion of the Crimean War, folding its battalions into the 2nd Foreign Regiment (2eme Régiment etrangère); the Swiss volunteers were then organized into a new 1st Foreign Regiment.