The 2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment (French: 2e Régiment étranger de parachutistes, 2e REP) is the only airborne regiment of the Foreign Legion in the...
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The 2nd Foreign Parachute Battalion (French: 2e Bataillon Étranger de Parachutistes, 2e B.E.P) was a parachute battalion of the Foreign Legion in the...
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the 1st Foreign Parachute Regiment (1er REP) and 2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment (2ème REP), were the only known foreign active parachute regiments, exclusively...
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The 1st Foreign Parachute Regiment (French: 1er Régiment Etranger de Parachutistes, 1er REP) was an airborne regiment of the Foreign Legion in the French...
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List of French paratrooper units (category Military parachuting in France)
E.R.A Parachute Commandos of the 11th Parachute Brigade (11e BP) include: 2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment (2e REP) GCP Teams (Commando Parachute Group...
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The 1st Parachute Chasseur Regiment (French: 1er Régiment de Chasseurs Parachutistes, 1er R.C.P) is the oldest and among the most decorated airborne forces...
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The 3rd Foreign Parachute Regiment (French: 3e Régiment Étranger de Parachutistes, 3e R.E.P) was a parachute regiment of the Foreign Legion in the French...
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The 2nd Foreign Infantry Regiment (French: 2e Régiment Étranger d'Infanterie, 2e REI) is an infantry regiment of the Foreign Legion in the French Army...
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French government deployed six hundreds legionnaires of the 2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment to the region in conjunction with a force of Belgian paratroopers...
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1st Parachute Chasseur Regiment (1er RCP) 2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment (2e REP) 6th Marine Infantry Parachute Regiment (6e RPIMa) 1st Parachute Hussar...
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of the 2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment [23] Archived 2015-08-29 at the Wayback Machine Official Website of the 2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment (2e REP)...
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Camp Raffalli (category Military parachuting in France)
Haute-Corse. It serves as a garrison and training ground for the 2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment (2ème REP) and the Calvi defense base support group. 2ème REP...
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Thierry Burkhard (section Foreign honours)
and was posted for continual service in the 2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment in Corsica. He served the regiment from 1989 to 1996, where he was first served...
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Regiment 1st Parachute Train Transport Regiment (3 GCP Teams), 2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment (2 GCP Teams), 3rd Marine Infantry Parachute Regiment (2...
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Hélie de Saint Marc (category Officers of the French Foreign Legion)
French Foreign Legion, in particular at the heart and corps of the Foreign Airborne Battalions and Regiments, the heirs of the 2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment...
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officer. He is best known as the Colonel Commandant of the 2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment 2e REP, who directed the military intervention in Zaïre during...
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in the Algerian War. He then spearheaded at the head of the 2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment 2e REP in a peacekeeping mission in Lebanon. He was later designated...
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the Parachute Company of the 3rd Foreign Infantry Regiment. 1er Bataillon Etranger de Parachutistes, 1er BEP - I, II, III Formations - The 1st Foreign Parachute...
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Akihiko Saito (category Foreign hostages in Iraq)
Adjudant-Chef). Saito was notably deployed with the French Foreign Legion's 2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment, serving in numerous combat operations in Africa. During...
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frog skin pattern was issued to France's 1st Foreign Parachute Regiment and 2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment during the First Indochina War. In 1961, the...
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CGI is, with the Compagnie de Combat en zone Urbaine of the 2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment, the benchmark for urban combat in the French military. The...
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the Foreign Legion (Légion étrangère) The 2nd Foreign Cavalry Regiment existed from 1939 to 1940 and 1946 to 1962; during its existence the regiment was...
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Paul Arnaud de Foïard (category Soldiers of the French Foreign Legion)
Following, he was assigned to the operation means bureau of the 2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment 2e REP, on 1 July 1962. On 1 October 1963 he was assigned to...
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trained both as glider and parachute troops. They moved to Camp Polk on 9 January 1944 for glider training. The regiment staged at Camp Stoneman, California...
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however alternatively by units of the 2nd Foreign Infantry Regiment 2e REI and 2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment 2e REP. This last infantry company of the...
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based on the Parachute Instruction Company (C.I.P) of the 7th combat company of the 2nd Battalion of the 1st Foreign Infantry Regiment. 3e Bataillon...
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garrison fell. The last BMC in France, that of the Foreign Legion 2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment in Calvi, Corsica was closed in 1978. The last BMC on...
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territories) - Mayotte, Comore Islands. 2e Régiment Etranger Parachutiste (2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment), 11e Brigade Parachutiste (11th Airborne Brigade)...
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School of Airborne Troops (France) (category Military parachuting in France)
Training Command (COFAT). The only parachute regiment that is not trained here is the 2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment, which trains at Camp Raffalli in...
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Pathfinder (military) (category Military parachuting)
teams) 2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment (2e Régiment étranger de parachutistes) (three teams) 3rd Marine Infantry Parachute Regiment (3e Régiment de parachutistes...
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