Editing French Foreign Legion (section)

=== 1962–present ===

In the early 1960s, and besides ongoing global rapid deployments, the Legion also stationed forces on various continents while operating different function units.

The main Disciplinary Company of the Foreign Legion (CDLE), based on [[Honneur et Fidélité|rules and regulations]] set by [[général]] [[Paul-Frédéric Rollet|Rollet]] in 1931, received serious offenders sent from Legion regiments garrisoned or operating in Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, the Levant and Tonkin (special section of the [[5th Foreign Infantry Regiment]] and later in 1963, part of a Saharan disciplinary section unit of the 5e REI and [[2nd Foreign Infantry Regiment (France)|2nd Foreign Infantry Regiment]]). It was dissolved on July 1, 1964.

From 1965 to 1967, the Legion operated several companies, including the [[5th Heavy Weight Transport Company (CTGP)]], mainly in charge of evacuating the Sahara. The area of responsibility of some of these units extended from the confines of the in-between of the [[Sahara]] to the Mediterranean. Ongoing interventions and rapid deployments two years later and the following years included in part:

* 1969–1971 : interventions in [[Chad]]
* 1978–present : [[Peacekeeping]] operations around the [[Mediterranean Sea|Mediterranean]], including the [[United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon]] during the Global [[War on Terror]]
* 1978–1978 : [[Battle of Kolwezi]] ([[Zaire|Zaïre]])
* 1981–1984 : [[Peacekeeping]] operations in [[Lebanon]] at the corps of the [[Multinational Force in Lebanon|United Nations Multinational Force]] during the [[Lebanese Civil War]] along with the [[31st Brigade (France)|31<sup>ème</sup> Brigade]] which included the [[1st Foreign Regiment (France)|1st Foreign Regiment]] 1<sup>er</sup> RE. [[Operation Épaulard I]] was spearheaded by [[Ranks in the French Army|Lieutenant-colonel]] [[Bernard Janvier]]. The Multinational Force also included the [[British Armed Forces]] [[1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards]], U.S. American contingents of [[United States Marine Corps]] and the [[United States Navy]], the [[French Navy]] and 28 exclusive [[French Armed Forces]] regiments including [[List of French paratrooper units|French paratroopers regiments]], [[List of French paratrooper units|companies]], [[List of French paratrooper units|units]] of the [[11th Parachute Brigade (France)|11th Parachute Brigade]] along with the [[2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment]] 2<sup>e</sup> REP. The multinational force also included the [[Irish Armed Forces]] and units of the French [[National Gendarmerie]], [[Italian Armed Forces|Italian]] paratroopers from the [[Folgore Brigade]], and [[infantry]] units from the [[Bersaglieri]] regiments and [[United States Marine Corps|Marines]] of the [[San Marco Regiment|San Marco Battalion]].

====Gulf War 1990–1991====

[[File:DesertStormMap v2.svg|thumb|left| The [[6th Light Armoured Division (France)|6th Light Armoured Division]] operating the left flank of the [[Coalition of the Gulf War|34 nations]] [[coalition]] during the [[Gulf War]]]]

In September 1990, the [[1st Foreign Regiment (France)|1st Foreign Regiment]], the [[1st Foreign Cavalry Regiment]], the [[2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment]], the [[2nd Foreign Infantry Regiment (France)|2nd Foreign Infantry Regiment]], and the [[6th Foreign Engineer Regiment]] were sent to the [[Persian Gulf]] as a part of [[Opération Daguet]] along with the [[1st Spahi Regiment]], the [[11th Marine Artillery Regiment]], the [[3rd Marine Infantry Regiment]], the [[21st Marine Infantry Regiment]], the [[French Army Light Aviation]], the [[Régiment d'infanterie-chars de marine]], and components of the [[35th Parachute Artillery Regiment]], the [[1st Parachute Hussar Regiment|1st Parachute Hussard Regiment]], and the [[17th Parachute Engineer Regiment]]. [[Division Daguet]] was commanded by [[Général de brigade]] [[Bernard Janvier]].
[[File:Foreign Legion Bastille Day 2013 Paris t092629.jpg|thumb|250x250px|Legionnaires at the Bastille Day military parade on the [[Champs-Élysées]] in Paris]]
The Legion force, made up of 27 different nationalities, was attached to the French [[6th Light Armoured Division (France)|6th Light Armoured Division]] whose mission was to protect the [[Coalition of the Gulf War|Coalition's]] left flank.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Kent|first1=Arthur|last2=Brokaw|first2=Tom|title=French Foreign Legion Prepares for Persian Gulf War|url=http://archives.nbclearn.com/portal/site/k-12/flatview?cuecard=58510|access-date=7 December 2014|work=NBC Nightly News|publisher=NBCUniversal Media, LLC.|date=13 November 1990|format=Video News Report|quote=Glen Slick is an American bearing arms for President Mitterrand, not President Bush. He's one of 27 nationalities here with the French Foreign Legion.}}</ref>

After the four-week [[Gulf War#Air campaign|air campaign]], coalition forces launched the ground offensive. They quickly penetrated deep into [[Iraq]], with the Legion taking the As-Salman Airport, meeting little resistance. The war ended after a hundred hours of fighting on the ground, which resulted in very light casualties for the Legion. During war, French Foreign Legion engineers operated in support of the [[U.S. Army]]'s [[82nd Airborne Division]], and provided the EOD services to the division. After the ceasefire, they conducted a joint mine clearing operation with a [[Royal Australian Navy]] [[Clearance Diving Team (RAN)|clearance divers]].

==== 1991-2000 ====

* 1991: Evacuation of French citizens and foreigners in [[Rwanda]], Gabon and [[Zaire]].
* 1992: [[Cambodia]] and [[Somalia]]
* 1993: [[Sarajevo]], Bosnia and Herzegovina
* 1995: [[Rwanda]]
* 1996: [[Central African Republic]]
* 1997: [[Republic of the Congo|Congo-Brazzaville]]
* Since 1999: [[Kosovo Force|KFOR]] in [[Kosovo]] and [[North Macedonia]]