2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment

2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment
2e Régiment Étranger de Parachutistes
Regimental Badge
Active2nd Foreign Parachute Battalion
1948–1955
2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment
1 December 1955 – present
CountryFrance
BranchFrench Army
TypeParatrooper
Airborne Light Infantry
RolePrimary tasks:

Specialised roles:

Size~ 1,310
Part of
Garrison/HQCalvi, Corsica, France
Motto(s)
  • More Majorum[2]
  • à la manière de nos Anciens (fr) (in the manner, ways and traditions of our veterans foreign regiments)
Colour of Beret  Green[3]
MarchLa Légion Marche[4] (The Legion Marches)
AnniversariesCamerone Day (30 April),
Saint-Michael Day (29 September)
EngagementsFirst Indochina War

Algerian War
Shaba II 1978

Lebanese Civil War 1975–1990

Kuwait 1990–1991
Kosovo
Ivory Coast
War on terror (2001–present)

Commanders
Current
commander		Colonel De La Chappelle
Notable
commanders		Rémy Raffalli
Jacques Lefort
Pierre Darmuzai
Paul Arnaud de FaradDa
Jeannou Lacaze
Bernard Goupil
Jean Brette
Philippe Erulin
Jean Louis Roué
Bernard Janvier
Bruno Dary
Benoît Puga
Alain Bouquin
Éric Bellot des Minières
Paulo Dameto

The 2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment (French: 2e Régiment étranger de parachutistes, 2e REP) is the only airborne regiment of the Foreign Legion in the French Army.[5] It is one of the four infantry regiments of the 11th Parachute Brigade and part of the spearhead of the French rapid reaction force.[6][7]

Since the regiment's arrival from Algeria in 1967, it has been stationed at Camp Raffalli near the town of Calvi on the island of Corsica, south of mainland France. The regiment is also equipped with Véhicule de l'Avant Blindé.[8]

  1. ^ "2e REP: GCP Commandos training". Foreign Legion Info. 25 June 2017.
  2. ^ More Majorum, Général de division Jean Maurin Commandant la Légion étrangère (Képi-blanc Magazine).
  3. ^ "French Foreign Legion | Foreign Legion Uniforms". Foreign Legion Info.
  4. ^ "La Légion marche vers le front". Foreign Legion Info.
  5. ^ "2e régiment étranger de parachutistes - Armée de terre". www.defense.gouv.fr. Archived from the original on 2019-01-20. Retrieved 2022-01-15.
  6. ^ "Présentation - 2e régiment étranger de parachutistes". www.defense.gouv.fr. Archived from the original on 2019-01-20. Retrieved 2022-01-15.
  7. ^ "2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment (2e REP) | Information". Retrieved 2022-03-26.
  8. ^ "Présentation". www.defense.gouv.fr. Archived from the original on 2019-01-20. Retrieved 2022-01-15.