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==Traditions== {{Main|Honneur et FidĂ©litĂ©}} As the Foreign Legion is composed of soldiers of different nationalities and backgrounds, it is necessary to develop an intense ''[[wikt:esprit de corps|esprit de corps]]'',<ref name="ReferenceA"/> which is achieved through the development of [[wikt:camaraderie|camaraderie]],<ref name="ReferenceA"/> specific traditions, the loyalty of its legionnaires, the quality of their training, and the pride of being a soldier in an elite unit.<ref name="ReferenceA"/> ===Code of honour=== The "Legionnaire's Code of Honour"<ref name="auto3">{{citation |url=http://www.legion-etrangere.com/mdl/info_seul.php?id=92&idA=134&block=6&idA_SM=112&titre=le-code-d-honneur |work=Official Website of General Command of Foreign Legion (COMLE) |title= Code d'honneur du LĂ©gionnaire}}</ref><ref name="4re.legion-etrangere.com">{{citation |url=http://4re.legion-etrangere.com/mdl/info_seul.php?id=44&idA=20&block=17&idA_SM=0&titre=code-d-honneur |title=4th Foreign Regiment, Code d'honneur du LĂ©gionnaire |access-date=5 August 2015 |archive-date=28 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150928161838/http://4re.legion-etrangere.com/mdl/info_seul.php?id=44&idA=20&block=17&idA_SM=0&titre=code-d-honneur |url-status=dead }}</ref> is the Legion's [[wikt:creed|creed]], recited in French only.<ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211205/CIGquKXtxgw Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20190129015127/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIGquKXtxgw&gl=US&hl=en Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIGquKXtxgw| title = Remise KĂ©pi Blanc | website=[[YouTube]]| date = 5 December 2010 }}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211205/e8z3pCTw1ag Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20190129013825/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8z3pCTw1ag&gl=US&hl=en Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8z3pCTw1ag| title = Code d'honneur du lĂ©gionnaire | website=[[YouTube]]| date = 13 March 2013 }}{{cbignore}}</ref> The Code of Honour was adopted in the 1980s.<ref name="auto3"/> {| class="wikitable" style="margin: 1em auto;" |- ! !! ''Code d'honneur du lĂ©gionnaire'' !! Legionnaire's Code of Honour |- |Art. 1|| ''LĂ©gionnaire, tu es un volontaire, servant la France avec honneur et fidĂ©litĂ©.'' || Legionnaire, you are a volunteer serving France with honour and loyalty. |- |Art. 2 || ''Chaque lĂ©gionnaire est ton frĂšre d'armes, quelle que soit sa nationalitĂ©, sa race ou sa religion. Tu lui manifestes toujours la solidaritĂ© Ă©troite qui doit unir les membres d'une mĂȘme famille.'' || Each legionnaire is your brother in arms whatever his nationality, his race or his religion might be. You show him the same close solidarity that links the members of the same family. |- |Art. 3 || ''Respectueux des traditions, attachĂ© Ă tes chefs, la discipline et la camaraderie sont ta force, le courage et la loyautĂ© tes vertus.'' || Respect for traditions, devotion to your leaders, discipline and comradeship are your strengths, courage and loyalty your virtues. |- |Art. 4 || ''Fier de ton Ă©tat de lĂ©gionnaire, tu le montres dans ta tenue toujours Ă©lĂ©gante, ton comportement toujours digne mais modeste, ton casernement toujours net.'' || Proud of your status as legionnaire, you display this in your always impeccable uniform, your always dignified but modest behaviour, and your clean living quarters. |- |Art. 5 || ''Soldat d'Ă©lite, tu t'entraĂźnes avec rigueur, tu entretiens ton arme comme ton bien le plus prĂ©cieux, tu as le souci constant de ta forme physique.''|| An elite soldier, you train rigorously, you maintain your weapon as your most precious possession, and you take constant care of your physical form. |- |Art. 6 || ''La mission est sacrĂ©e, tu l'exĂ©cutes jusqu'au bout et, s'il le faut, en opĂ©rations, au pĂ©ril de ta vie.'' || The mission is sacred, you carry it out until the end and, if necessary in the field, at the risk of your life. |- |Art. 7 || ''Au combat, tu agis sans passion et sans haine, tu respectes les ennemis vaincus, tu n'abandonnes jamais ni tes morts, ni tes blessĂ©s, ni tes armes.''|| In combat, you act without passion and without hate, you respect defeated enemies, and you never abandon your dead, your wounded, or your arms. |} [[File:ORANGE Camerone2010.jpg|thumb|Commemoration of the [[Battle of CamarĂłn]] by the [[1st Foreign Cavalry Regiment]] at the [[Roman Empire|Roman]] Theatre of [[Orange, Vaucluse|Orange]]]] [[File:Drapeaux 1RE et 2REI Paris 2003.jpg|thumb|right|Regimental flags of the [[1st Foreign Regiment]] and [[2nd Foreign Infantry Regiment|2nd Regiments]] in Paris, 2003<ref name="youtube.com"/>]] === Mottos === ====''Honneur et FidĂ©litĂ©''==== In contrast to all other French Army units, the motto embroidered on the Foreign Legion's regimental flags is not ''Honneur et Patrie'' (Honour and Fatherland) but ''[[Honneur et FidĂ©litĂ©]]'' (Honour and Fidelity).<ref name="auto4">{{citation |url=http://www.legion-etrangere.com/mdl/info_seul.php?id=413&block=17&titre=legio-patria-nostra |work=Official Website of the General Command of the Foreign Legion (COMLE) |title= Legio patria nostra}}</ref> ====''Legio Patria Nostra''==== ''[[Honneur et FidĂ©litĂ©|Legio Patria Nostra]]'' (in French ''La LĂ©gion est notre Patrie'', in English ''The Legion is our Fatherland'') is the Latin motto of the Foreign Legion.<ref name="auto4"/> The adoption of the Foreign Legion as a new "Fatherland" does not imply the repudiation by the legionnaire of his original nationality. The Foreign Legion is required to obtain the agreement of any legionnaire before he is placed in any situation where he might have to serve against his country of birth. ====Regimental mottos==== *[[1st Foreign Regiment (France)|1<sup>er</sup> R.E]]: ''Honneur et FidĂ©litĂ©'' * [[Foreign Legion Recruiting Group|G.R.L.E]]: ''Honneur et FidĂ©litĂ©'' *[[1st Foreign Cavalry Regiment|1<sup>er</sup> REC]]: ''Honneur et FidĂ©litĂ©'' and ''[[Nec pluribus impar|Nec Pluribus Impar]]'' (''No other equal'') *[[2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment|2<sup>e</sup> REP]]: ''Honneur et FidĂ©litĂ©'' and ''More Majorum''<ref name="ReferenceC">{{cite web|url=https://www.legion-etrangere.com/mdl/page.php?id=361&titre=More-Majorum |title=More Majorum|publisher=[[GĂ©nĂ©ral de division]] [[Jean Maurin]] [[Foreign Legion Command|Commandant la LĂ©gion Ă©trangĂšre]] ([[KĂ©pi Blanc (publication)|KĂ©pi-blanc Magazine]])|website=French Foreign Legion}}</ref> (''in the manner, ways and traditions of our [[French Foreign Legion Veteran Societies Federation (LĂ©gion Ă©trangĂšre)|veterans]]<ref>The French word "Anciens" means literary in English, that which is old (as in more senior) or ancient. In the context word in reference, the use of "Anciens" (plural form, singular form being "Ancien") is referring to that which is old and senior. For the Legion, the context word in reference is referencing the [[French Foreign Legion Veteran Societies Federation (LĂ©gion Ă©trangĂšre)|veterans]] ({{langx|fr|Anciens legionnaires}}) and veteran foreign regiments ({{langx|fr|Anciens rĂ©giment Ă©tranger}}) of the Legion, in case of the [[List of French paratrooper units|CEP]]s, [[List of French paratrooper units|BEP]]s and [[List of French paratrooper units|REP]]s, the context reference is referring to the paratrooper veterans ({{langx|fr|Anciens legionnaires parachusites}}) and veteran foreign paratrooper companies (CEP)s, battalions (BEP)s ({{langx|fr|Anciens bataillons Ă©trangers de parachutistes}}) and regiments (REP)s ({{langx|fr|Anciens rĂ©giments Ă©trangers de parachutistes}}) of the Legion, in this case the 2<sup>e</sup> [[List of French paratrooper units|REP]] ({{langx|fr|2<sup>e</sup> RĂ©giment Ă©trangers de parachutistes}}) of the Legion.</ref> foreign regiments) '' *[[2nd Foreign Infantry Regiment (France)|2<sup>e</sup> REI]]: ''Honneur et FidĂ©litĂ©'' and ''Ătre prĂȘt'' (''Be ready'') *[[2nd Foreign Engineer Regiment|2<sup>e</sup> REG]]: ''Honneur et FidĂ©litĂ©'' and ''Rien n'empĂȘche'' (''Nothing prevents'') *[[3rd Foreign Infantry Regiment|3<sup>e</sup> REI]]: ''Honneur et FidĂ©litĂ©'' and ''Legio Patria Nostra'' *[[4th Foreign Regiment (France)|4<sup>e</sup> R.E]]: ''Honneur et FidĂ©litĂ©'' and ''Creuset de la LĂ©gion et RĂ©giment des fortes tĂȘtes'' (''The crucible of the Legion and the strong right minded regiment'') *[[1st Foreign Engineer Regiment|1e REG]]: ''Honneur et FidĂ©litĂ©'' and ''Ad Unum'' (''All to one end'' â for the regiment ''until the last one'') *[[13th Demi-Brigade of the Foreign Legion|13<sup>e</sup> DBLE]]: ''Honneur et FidĂ©litĂ©'' and ''More Majorum''<ref name="ReferenceC"/> ("in the manner, ways and traditions of our [[French Foreign Legion Veteran Societies Federation (LĂ©gion Ă©trangĂšre)|veterans]] foreign regiments") *[[Foreign Legion Detachment in Mayotte|DLEM]]: ''Honneur et FidĂ©litĂ©'' and ''Pericula Ludus'' (''Dangers game'' â for the regiment ''To Danger is my pleasure'' of the [[2nd Foreign Cavalry Regiment]]) ===Insignia=== The Legion's emblem consists of a flaming [[heraldic grenade]] in the shape of a French ''[[fleur-de-lis]]''. {| class="wikitable" !Regiment||Colors||Insignia||Beret Insignia||Tenure||Notable Commandants |- |''[[Foreign Legion Command|Le Commandement<br />de la LĂ©gion Ă©trangĂšre]]'' (C.O.M.L.E)||[[File:Flag of legion.svg|90px]]||||[[File:COMLE-bĂ©ret.jpg|60x60px]]||1931âpresent||[[gĂ©nĂ©ral]] [[Paul-FrĂ©dĂ©ric Rollet]]<br />[[gĂ©nĂ©ral]] [[Raoul Magrin-Vernerey]]<br />[[gĂ©nĂ©ral]] [[Jean-Claude Coullon]] |- |[[1st Foreign Regiment]] (1<sup>er</sup> R.E.)||<br />[[File:Drapeau-1RE-verso.jpg|90px]] ||[[File:Insigne 1er rĂ©giment Ă©tranger-transparent.png|84x84px]]<br />||[[File:Insign de bĂ©ret 1er RE Type 3.jpg|60px]]|| 1841â[[1st Foreign Regiment|present]]||[[François Achille Bazaine]]<br />Colonel [[RaphaĂ«l Vienot]]<br />[[Pierre Joseph Jeanningros]]<br />Captain [[Jean Danjou]]<br />[[Peter I of Serbia]]<br />[[Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener]]{{Citation needed|date=December 2023}}<br />[[Paul-FrĂ©dĂ©ric Rollet]] <br />Commandant [[Pierre SegrĂ©tain]]<br />Lieutenant Colonel [[Pierre Jeanpierre|Pierre Paul Jeanpierre]] |- ||[[4th Foreign Regiment]] (4<sup>Ăšme</sup> R.E.)||[[File:Flag of legion.svg|90px]]<br />*||[[File:Insigne rĂ©gimentaire du 4e rĂ©giment Ă©tranger.jpg|82x82px]]||[[File:4REI-bĂ©ret.jpg|60x60px]]||1920â1940<br />1941â1943<br />1948â1963<br />1976 â[[4th Foreign Regiment|present]]<br />|| |- ||[[Foreign Legion Recruiting Group]] (G.R.L.E)||[[File:Flag of legion.svg|90px]]<br />*||[[File:Insigne-GRLE.jpg|60px]]||[[File:GRLE-bĂ©ret.jpg|60x60px]]||2007â[[Foreign Legion Recruiting Group|present]]|| |- |Legion [[Foreign Legion Pioneers (Pionniers)|Pionniers]]<br />(Pionniers de La LĂ©gion EtrangĂšre)<br /> [[1st Foreign Regiment]]<br /> [[1st Foreign Regiment|Pionniers Sections of Tradition]]<br />[[1st Foreign Engineer Regiment]]<br />[[Foreign Legion Pioneers (Pionniers)|Pionniers Groups]] <br />[[2nd Foreign Engineer Regiment]]<br /> Pionniers Groups<br />[[3rd Foreign Infantry Regiment]]<br />Pionniers Groups<br />[[4th Foreign Regiment]]<br />Pionniers Groups<br />[[Foreign Legion Detachment in Mayotte]]<br /> Pionniers Groups||[[File:Flag of legion.svg|90px]]||[[File:Pionniers.png|90px]]||[[Foreign Legion Pioneers (Pionniers)|1e RE]]<br />[[Foreign Legion Pioneers (Pionniers)|1e REG]]<br />[[Foreign Legion Pioneers (Pionniers)|2e REG]]<br />[[Foreign Legion Pioneers (Pionniers)|3e RE]]<br />[[Foreign Legion Pioneers (Pionniers)|4e RE]]<br />[[Foreign Legion Pioneers (Pionniers)|D.L.E.M]]||1831â[[1st Foreign Regiment|present]]|| |- | [[Communal Depot of the Foreign Regiments]] (D.C.R.E)||[[File:Drapeau-1RE-verso.jpg|90px]]||[[File:DCRE.png|60px]]||*||1933â1955<br />1955â[[1st Foreign Regiment|present]]|| Colonel [[Louis-Antoine Gaultier]] |- |[[1st Foreign Regiment|1st Foreign Infantry Regiment]] (1<sup>er</sup> R.E.I)||[[File:Drapeau-1RE-verso.jpg|90px]]||[[File:Insigne du 1° REI.JPG|60px]]||||1950â1955|| |- |[[1st Foreign Cavalry Regiment]] (1<sup>er</sup> R.E.C)||[[File:1er rĂ©giment Ă©tranger de cavalerie-drapeau.svg|90px]]||[[File:1rec SVG.svg|69x69px]]<br />'' [[Nec pluribus impar|Nec Pluribus Impar]]''||[[File:1REC-bĂ©ret.jpg|74x74px]]|| 1921â[[1st Foreign Cavalry Regiment|present]] || |- |[[Foreign Air Supply Company]] (C.E.R.A)||*||[[File:CERA.JPG|90px]]|||| 1951|| |- |[[Parachute Company of the 3rd Foreign Infantry Regiment]] (Para Co. du 3<sup>Ăšme</sup> R.E.I)||*||[[File:Cie para 3REI.JPG|60px]]||||1948â1949<br />[[1st Foreign Parachute Battalion]] 1er BEP (1948â1955)|| [[Ranks in the French Army|Lieutenant]] [[Jacques Morin]] ([[Company (military unit)|Company]] Commander)<ref name="ReferenceA"/><br />Lieutenant [[Paul Arnaud de FoĂŻard]] (Section-[[Platoon]], Commander) |- |[[1st Foreign Parachute Battalion]] (1<sup>er</sup> B.E.P)||*||[[File:Insigne1erBEP.jpg|60px]]|||| 1948â1955|| Commandant [[Pierre SegrĂ©tain]]<ref name="ReferenceB"/><br />(1<sup>er</sup> BEP, I formation)<br />Lieutenant Colonel [[Pierre Jeanpierre]]<ref name="2rep.legion-etrangere.com"/><br />(1<sup>er</sup> BEP, I, II and III formations)<br /> Captain {{ill|Pierre Sergent|fr|Pierre Sergent (militaire)|vertical-align=sup}}<br /> |- |[[1st Foreign Parachute Regiment]] (1<sup>er</sup> R.E.P)||*||[[File:Insigne du 1° REP.jpg|60px]]<br />''Marche ou Creve''||||1955â1961|| Lieutenant Colonel [[Pierre Jeanpierre]]<ref name="2rep.legion-etrangere.com"/> <br /> Commandant [[HĂ©lie de Saint Marc]]<br /> Captain {{ill|Pierre Sergent|fr|Pierre Sergent (militaire)|vertical-align=sup}}<br /> Guy Rubin de Cervens<br /> |- |[[1st Foreign Parachute Heavy Mortar Company]] (1<sup>Ăšre</sup> C.E.P.M.L)||*||[[File:Insigne 1°CEPML.jpg|60px]]||||1953â1954|| Lieutenant Jacques Molinier<br /> Lieutenant Paul Turcy <br />Lieutenant [[Erwan Bergot]]<br /> Lieutenant Jean Singland |- |[[1st Foreign Engineer Regiment]] (1<sup>er</sup> R.E.G)||[[File:1er rĂ©giment Ă©tranger de gĂ©nie-drapeau.svg|90px]]|||<br />''Ad Unum''||[[File:Insigne de bĂ©ret du 1er REG.jpg|60px]] || 1999â[[1st Foreign Engineer Regiment|present]] || |- |[[2nd Foreign Engineer Regiment]] (2<sup>Ăšme</sup> R.E.G)||[[File:1er rĂ©giment Ă©tranger de gĂ©nie-drapeau.svg|90px]]||<br />''Rien n'empĂȘche ''||[[File:Insigne de bĂ©ret du 2e REG.jpg|60x60px]]||1999â[[2nd Foreign Engineer Regiment|present]]|| |- |[[2nd Foreign Cavalry Regiment]] (2<sup>Ăšme</sup> R.E.C)||*||[[File:2e REC.jpg|60px]]|| ||1939â1940<br />1945â1962|| |- |[[2nd Foreign Infantry Regiment]] (2<sup>Ăšme</sup> R.E.I)||[[File:2REI.jpg|90px]]||<br />''Ătre PrĂȘt''||[[File:2REI-bĂ©ret.jpg|68x68px]]|| 3 April 1841 â 1 April 1943<br />1 August 1945 â 1 January 1968<br />1 September 1972 â [[2nd Foreign Infantry Regiment|present]]||[[Patrice de MacMahon, Duke of Magenta]]<br />[[François Certain Canrobert]]<br />[[Jean-Luc Carbuccia]]<br />Colonel [[Marie Louis Henry de Granet-Lacroix de ChabriĂšres|de ChabriĂšres]]<br />[[Pierre Joseph Jeanningros]]<br />Captain [[Jean Danjou]]<br /> Commandant [[Pierre SegrĂ©tain]]<br /> Lieutenant Colonel [[Pierre Jeanpierre|Pierre Paul Jeanpierre]] |- ||[[2nd Foreign Parachute Battalion]] (2<sup>Ăšme</sup> B.E.P)||*||[[File:2rep.jpg|60px]]||||1948â1955|| Commandant [[RĂ©my Raffalli|BarthĂ©lĂ©my RĂ©my Raffali]]<ref>{{citation |url=http://2rep.legion-etrangere.com/mdl/info_seul.php?id=103&idA=46&block=16&idA_SM=43&titre=2e-bep-1948-1955 |work=Official Website of the 2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment |title=History of the 2e REP, 2nd Foreign Parachute Battalion,''2e Bataillon Etranger de Parachutistes'' |access-date=10 August 2015 |archive-date=1 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150701121930/http://2rep.legion-etrangere.com/mdl/info_seul.php?id=103&idA=46&block=16&idA_SM=43&titre=2e-bep-1948-1955 |url-status=dead }}</ref><br /> Captain [[Georges Hamacek]] |- |[[2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment]] (2<sup>Ăšme</sup> R.E.P)||[[File:2e rĂ©giment Ă©tranger de parachutistes-drapeau.svg|90px]]||<br />''More Majorum''||||1955â[[2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment|present]]|| Lieutenant Colonel [[Paul Arnaud de FoĂŻard]] |- |[[2nd Marching Regiment of the 1st Foreign Regiment]]- 2<sup>Ăšme</sup>RM.1<sup>er</sup> RE (1914â1915)<br />[[3rd Marching Regiment of the 1st Foreign Regiment]]- 3<sup>Ăšme</sup>RM.1<sup>er</sup>RE (1914â1915)<br />[[4th Marching Regiment of the 1st Foreign Regiment]]- 4<sup>Ăšme</sup>RM.1<sup>er</sup>RE (1914â1915)<br />[[2nd Marching Regiment of the 2nd Foreign Regiment]]- 2<sup>Ăšme</sup>RM.2<sup>Ăšme</sup>RE (1914â1915)<br />[[Marching Regiment of the Foreign Legion]] ([[Marching Regiment of the Foreign Legion|R.M.L.E]])||*|| [[File:RMLE.jpg|60px]]<br />[[File:3rei.jpg|60px]]|| ||1915â1920<br />1942â1945<br />[[3rd Foreign Infantry Regiment]]-present|| Colonel [[Paul-FrĂ©dĂ©ric Rollet]]<br />Lieutenant-Colonel [[Peppino Garibaldi]]<br />Colonel Alphonse Van Hecke <br />[[Eugene Bullard]]<br /> American poet [[Alan Seeger]]<br /> Swiss poet, French naturalized [[Blaise Cendrars]]<br /> Lieutenant Colonel Prince [[Count Aage of Rosenborg]]<br /> Italian writer, [[Curzio Malaparte]]<br />[[Lazare Ponticelli]] |- |[[3rd Foreign Infantry Regiment]] (3<sup>Ăšme</sup> R.E.I)||*||[[File:RMLE.jpg|60px]]<br />''Legio Patria Nostra''<br /><br />||||11 November 1915 â [[3rd Foreign Infantry Regiment|present]]|| |- |[[Marching Regiments of Foreign Volunteers]] (RMVE)<br />[[21st Marching Regiment of Foreign Volunteers]]- 21<sup>e</sup> R.M.V.E (1939â1940)<br />[[22nd Marching Regiment of Foreign Volunteers]]- 22<sup>e</sup> R.M.V.E (1939â1940)<br />[[23rd Marching Regiment of Foreign Volunteers]]- 23<sup>e</sup> R.M.V.E (1940)||*||[[File:1° - 21° RMVE.JPG|60px]]<br />[[File:2° - 22° RMVE.JPG|60px]]||||1939â1940|| |- ||[[3rd Foreign Parachute Battalion]] (3<sup>Ăšme</sup> B.E.P) ||*||[[File:Insigne3REP.jpg|60px]]||||1948â1955|| Captain Darmuzai<ref name="auto5">{{cite web| url = http://2rep.legion-etrangere.com/mdl/info_seul.php?id=104&idA=47&block=16&idA_SM=43&titre=3e-bep| title = Official Website of the 2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment, History of the 2e REP, the 3rd Foreign Parachute Battalion "3e Bataillon Etranger de Parachutistes"| access-date = 10 August 2015| archive-date = 1 July 2015| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150701162913/http://2rep.legion-etrangere.com/mdl/info_seul.php?id=104&idA=47&block=16&idA_SM=43&titre=3e-bep| url-status = dead}}</ref> |- ||[[3rd Foreign Parachute Regiment]] (3<sup>Ăšme</sup> R.E.P)||*||[[File:Insigne3REP.jpg|60px]]||||1955â1955|| Captain Darmuzai<ref name="auto5"/> |- |[[5th Foreign Infantry Regiment]] (5<sup>Ăšme</sup> R.E.I)||[[File:5e rĂ©giment Ă©tranger d'infanterie-drapeau.svg|90px]]||[[File:5° REI Type 1.jpg|60px]]||[[File:5° REI bĂ©ret Type 2.jpg|60px]] ||1930â2000|| |- |[[6th Foreign Infantry Regiment]] (6<sup>Ăšme</sup> R.E.I)||[[File:6e rĂ©giment Ă©tranger d'infanterie-drapeau.svg|90px]]||[[File:6° rĂ©giment Ă©tranger d'infanterie.jpg|60px]]<br />''Ad Unum''|| ||1939â1940; 1949â1955|| Commandant [[Pierre SegrĂ©tain]]<br /> Lieutenant Colonel [[Pierre Jeanpierre]] |- |[[6th Foreign Engineer Regiment]] (6<sup>Ăšme</sup> R.E.G)||[[File:6e rĂ©giment Ă©tranger d'infanterie-drapeau.svg|90px]]||[[File:6° REG Type 1.jpg|60px]]<br />''Ad Unum''||||1984â1999<br />1999â[[1st Foreign Engineer Regiment|1e REG]]<br />|| |- |[[11th Foreign Infantry Regiment]] (11<sup>Ăšme</sup> R.E.I)||*||[[File:11° RĂ©giment Ă©tranger d'Infantrie.JPG|60px]]||||1939â1940|| |- |[[12th Foreign Infantry Regiment]] (12<sup>Ăšme</sup> R.E.I)||*||[[File:12° RĂ©giment Ă©tranger d'Infantrie.JPG|60px]]||||1939â1940|| |- ||[[13th Demi-Brigade of the Foreign Legion]] (13<sup>Ăšme</sup> D.B.L.E)||[[File:13e demi-brigade de lĂ©gion Ă©trangĂšre-drapeau.svg|90px]]||[[File:Insigne rĂ©gimentaire de la 13e Demi-brigade de LĂ©gion Ă©trangĂšre SVG.svg|76x76px]]<br />'' More Majorum''||[[File:13DBLE-bĂ©ret.jpg|68x68px]]|| 1940â[[13th Demi-Brigade of the Foreign Legion|present]]|| |- |[[Foreign Legion Detachment in Mayotte]] (D.L.E.M)||*||[[File:Dlem.jpg|60px]]<br />''Pericula Ludus''<br />[[File:2e REC.jpg|60px]]||[[File:Insigne de bĂ©ret du DLEM.JPG|60px]]||1973â[[Foreign Legion Detachment in Mayotte|present]]|| |}
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