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| 11ème Brigade Aéroportée |
| Légion Étrangère De Français |
| 2ème Régiment |
| Etranger De Parachutistes |
| Activated: 1948 | Motto: Demerdez-Vous (Make Do) | Distinctive Headgear: Green Beret Képi Blanc |
| Maxiums: Can Do;Can Change Sweat Saves Blood Hard Training;Easy War | ||
| UNCLASSIFIED OPERATIONS | ||
|---|---|---|
| DATES | OPERATION | LOCATION |
| 1960's-70's | Counter-insurgency | Djibouti Chad |
| 1978 | Hostage Rescue | Kolwezi Zaire |
| 1982 | UN MNF | Beirut Lebanon |
| 1989-94 | Counter-insurgency | Rwanda |
| 1990-91 | Operation Desert Storm | Kuwait-Iraq |
| 1992-93 | UN Peacekeeping | Somalia |
| 1992-93 | UN Peacekeeping | Sarajevo |
| 1995-96 | INFOR | Bosnia |
| 199 | Op Pelican II | Chad & Congo |
| 1999 | Op Allied Force | Kosovo |
| 2002-Present | Peace Keeping | COTE D'IVOIRE (Ivory Coast) |
ORYX/RESTORE HOPE in SOMALIA 1992.
December 9 1992: after the recon of the landing zone by the scuba recon teams,the company
were the first to land with the USMC and take the strategic areas of Mogadishu.
The same day at 2030, the first section came under fire. USMC LVT7, LAV and infantry
had the same reception.
December 10 1992: an enemy vehicle rammed a company barracade. We opened fire with the
support of USMC LAV: the vehicle is destroyed.
In the next days the company and USMC elements take Baisoa. Important arms caches,
and vehicles were taken from the enemy.
December 20 1992: two sections of the company and recon teams take part in a night
ambush.
December 25 1992: the company came back to the french dispositive BAT13 and formed
the 13 DEMI BRIGADE DE LA LEGION ETRANGERE.
The company retured to Calvi, Corsica one month later.
| MISSIONS: | QUALIFICATIONS: | LOCATIONS: |
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| Rapid Intervention in Overseas Emergencies | Mountain and Artic Warfare Amphibious and SCUBA Operations All-terrain Survival Course Long Range Reconnaissance Course | Aubagne, Southern France Calvi,Corsica French Guiana Tahiti Djibouti Madagascar |
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| SELECTED READINGS | |||
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| The Paratroopers of the French Foreign Legion Howard R. Simpson 1997 | The French Foreign Legion Douglas Porch 1991 | March or Die Tony Geraghty 1986 | The French Foreign Legion John Laffin 1974 |
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