First company specializes in anti-armor, urban combat and night operations, Second Company for mountain and arctic warfare, Third Company for amphibious operations, Fourth Company in sabotage and demolitions. Troops chosen for the regiment are trained in their specific specializations in the companies they are assigned for. It has proved to be quite able at counter-insurgency operations in Chad and Djibouti. Training for the unit is very similar to US Army Rangers and British SAS but some experts claim that regiment is somewhat inferior to SAS in terms of training and experience.Ģe REP was formed for and still limits itself to military functions rather than paramilitary or counter-terrorist missions: Stratetic strikes, combat rescues, counter-insurgency and reconniassance are its missions. Majority or its enlisted men are foreign nationals while officers are mostly French citizens. Its selection standards are similar to those of the US Special Forces (aka. It is officially a part of the 11th Airborne Division and it's based at Camp Raffali, near Calvi in Corsica. One of the nine regiments of the French Foreign Legion, 2e REP was organized from a standard airborne infantry regiment into a rapid deployment paratroop commando regiment in 1960s. One special unit of the Foreign Legion deserves mention is Deuxieme Regiment Etranger de Parachutistes, (2nd Foreign Legion Parachute Regiment) or 2e REP, which was actually a separate French unit in Wargame: European Escalation. Today, incorporation is motivated by the love of his country but also to change their lives, forget the past.
The Foreign Legion was historically composed by the murderer, thieves.
La Légion Étrangère (French Foreign Legion) was created in 1831 by Louis-Philippe, king of the French from 1830 to 1848 during La Monarchie de Juillet ( July Monarchy).