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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.
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 ]
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.
Légion étrangère (French Foreign Legion): Legio patria nostra (Latin for "the legion is our fatherland") 1 er Régiment étranger de cavalerie (1st Foreign Cavalry Regiment): Nec pluribus impar (Latin for "not unequal to many") 1 er Régiment étranger de génie (1st Foreign Engineer Regiment): Ad unum (Latin for "to the end")
The 6th Foreign Engineer Regiment (French: 6 e régiment étranger de génie) was a unit of the Foreign Legion in the French Army, part of the rapid reaction force and component of the 6th Light Armoured Division, (6 e DLB). The 6th Foreign Engineer Regiment became the 1st Foreign Engineer Regiment (1 e REG) in 1999.
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 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 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.