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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.
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 ]
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.
The 1st Foreign Cavalry Regiment (1 er REC) was created on March 8, 1921 at Sousse from elements of the 2nd Foreign Infantry Regiment. The title of the 1 er REC would not become official until January 20, 1922, under Decree n°6330-1/11 of January 20, 1922. [6] The cadres of the new unit were drawn from existing French cavalry regiments.
The 1st Foreign Parachute Regiment (French: 1 er Régiment Etranger de Parachutistes, 1er REP) was an airborne regiment of the Foreign Legion in the French Army which dated its origins to 1948.
The 1st Foreign Engineer Regiment (French: 1 er Régiment étranger de génie, 1 er REG) is one of two combat engineer regiments of the Foreign Legion in the French Army. [3] The regiment provides the combat engineering component of the 6th Light Armoured Brigade.
The back of the Museum, giving on the arms place (French: Place d'armes) of the 1st Foreign Regiment 1 er RE, opens on the Monument morts de la Legion, grand sculpture Pourquet (French: Pourquet), representing a world map guarded by four legionnaires and inaugurated in 1931 during the centennial commemoration of the Legion at Sidi bel-Abbès ...
An entire additional foreign regiment for the French Army was provided by the All-Italian, the very leading first, 4th Marching Regiment of the 1st Foreign Regiment (French: 4 e régiment de marche du 1 er étranger, 4 e R.M.1 er R.E) under regimental commander Lieutenant-Colonel Peppino Garibaldi.