3rd Foreign Infantry Regiment

3rd Foreign Infantry Regiment
3e Régiment étranger d'infanterie
Active	Marching Regiment of the Foreign Legion 11 November 1915 – present
Country	France
Branch	French Army
Type	Infantry
Role	Close-quarters combat Counterinsurgency Counter-narcotics Jungle warfare Raiding Reconnaissance Urban warfare
Size	675 men
Garrison/HQ	Kourou, French Guiana
Colors	Green and Red
March	Anne-Marie du 3e étranger
Engagements	World War I World War II First Indochina War       Battle of Route Coloniale 4       Battle of Nà Sản       Battle of Dien Bien Phu Algerian War Global War on Terrorism
Commanders
Current commander	Colonel Laparra
Notable commanders	Paul-Frédéric Rollet André Lalande Antoine Mattei
Insignia
Abbreviation	3e REI

The 3rd Foreign Infantry Regiment (French: 3^e Régiment étranger d'infanterie, 3^e REI) is an infantry regiment of the Foreign Legion in the French Army.^[1] The regiment is stationed in French Guiana. Its mission includes the protection of the Guiana Space Centre, a European Space Agency (ESA) facility.^[2]