Re: Request to pick your brains

[MathesonT@xxxxxxx]

> 1/ Does anyone know the legion unit structure?
> 2/ What and where is the legion miltary active
> in the world today?

1e RE - 1e Régiment Étranger (1st Foreign Regiment). Located in Aubagne, 
France. 
1e REC - 1e Régiment Étranger de Cavalerie (1st Foreign Cavalry Regiment). 
Located in Orange, France. 
1e REG - 1e Régiment Étranger de Génie (1st Foreign Regiment of Combat 
Engineers). Located in Laudun, France. 
2e REG - 2e Régiment Étranger de Génie (2nd Foreign Regiment of Combat 
Engineers). Located in the Marseille region of France. 
2e REI - 1e Régiment Étranger d'Infanterie (2nd Foreign Infantry Regiment). 
Located in Nimes, France. 
2e REP - 2e Régiment Étranger de Parachutistes (2nd Foreign Parachute 
Regiment). Located in Calvi on the island of Corsica. 
3e REI - 3e Régiment Étranger d'Infanterie (3rd Foreign Infantry Regiment). 
Located in Kourou, French Guiana. 
4e RE - 4e Régiment Étranger (4th Foreign Regiment). Located in 
Castelnaudary, France. 
5e RE - 5e Régiment Étranger (5th Foreign Regiment). Located in French 
Polynesia in the South Pacific. The regiment was officially dissolved on June 
30th, 2000. 
13e DBLE - 13e Démi-Brigade de la Légion Étrangère (13th Half-Brigade of the 
Foreign Legion). Located in Djibouti. 
DLEM - Détachement de la Légion Étrangère de Mayotte (Foreign Legion 
Detachment of Mayotte). Located in Dzaoudzi on the island of Mayotte.   

Rob