Units of the French Foreign Legion

Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 31. Chapters: Defunct French Foreign Legion units, Regiments of the French Foreign Legion, 13th Demi-Brigade of the Foreign Legion, 2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment, 4th Foreign Regiment, 3rd Foreign Infantry Regiment, 5th Foreign Infantry Regiment, 97th Reconnaissance Group of the Infantry Division, 1st Foreign Cavalry Regiment, Foreign Legion Command, 6th Foreign Infantry Regiment, 2nd Foreign Infantry Regiment, 2nd Foreign Engineer Regiment, 1st Foreign Engineer Regiment, Combat Training Center at Arta Beach, Foreign Legion Recruiting Group, Jungle Training Center, 1st Foreign Parachute Regiment, 1st Foreign Parachute Heavy Mortar Company, Communal Depot of the Foreign Regiments, 3rd Foreign Parachute Regiment, Régiments de marche de volontaires étrangers, 1st Foreign Regiment, 22nd Marching Regiment of Foreign Volunteers, Foreign Legion Detachment in Mayotte, Armored Train of the Foreign Legion, 11th Foreign Infantry Regiment, 21st Marching Regiment of Foreign Volunteers, Disciplinary Company of the Foreign Regiments in the Far East, 2nd Foreign Cavalry Regiment, 12th Foreign Infantry Regiment, Régiment Etranger de Parachutistes, Foreign Legion Emergency Staff and Statistics Division. Excerpt: The French Foreign Legion (French: ) is a unique military unit of the French Army established in 1831. The Foreign Legion was specifically created for foreign nationals wishing to serve in the French Armed Forces. Commanded by French officers, it is also open to French citizens, who amounted to 24% of the recruits as of 2007. The Foreign Legion is today known as an elite military unit whose training focuses not only on traditional military skills but also on its strong esprit de corps. As its men come from different countries with different cultures, this is a widely accepted solution to strengthen them enough to work as a team. Consequently, training is often described as not only physically challenging, but also extremely stressful psychologically. The French Foreign Legion was created by Louis Philippe, the King of the French, on 10 March 1831. The direct reason was that foreigners were forbidden to serve in the French Army after the 1830 July Revolution, so the Foreign Legion was created to allow the government a way around this restriction. The purpose of the Foreign Legion was to remove disruptive elements from society and put them to use fighting the enemies of France. Recruits included failed revolutionaries from the rest of Europe, soldiers from the disbanded foreign regiments, and troublemakers in general, both foreign and French. Algeria was designated as the Foreign Legion's home. The Foreign Legion was primarily used, as part of the Armée d'Afrique, to protect and expand the French colonial empire during the 19th century, but it also fought in almost all French wars including the Franco-Prussian War and both World Wars. The Foreign Legion has remained an important part of the French Army, surviving three Republics, The Second French Empire, two World Wars, the rise and fall of mass conscript armies, the dismantling of the French colonial empire and the French loss of the Foreign Legion's base, Algeria. Created to fight "outside mainland France", the For