2nd Foreign Engineer Regiment

2nd Foreign Engineer Regiment 2e Régiment étranger de génie
Regimental badge of 2e REG
Active	1 Jul. 1999 – present
Country	France
Allegiance	French Foreign Legion
Branch	French Army
Type	Engineer
Role	Combat engineer
Size	900-925 men
Part of	27th Mountain Infantry Brigade
Garrison/HQ	Saint Christol, France
Motto	Nothing Prevents (Rien n'empêche)
Colors	Green and red
March	Rien n'empêche
Anniversaries	Camerone Day (30 April) Saint Barbara (4 December)
Engagements	Opération Baliste Afghanistan-ISAF (Task Force LaFayette)
Battle honours	Camerone 1863 ^[1]
Commanders
Current commander	Colonel Daniel Bonini
Insignia
Beret badge of the 2nd Foreign Engineer Regiment
Abbreviation	2er REG

The 2nd Foreign Engineer Regiment (French: 2e Régiment étranger de génie, 2e REG) is one of two combat engineer regiments in the French Foreign Legion. It provides the combat engineering component of the 27th Mountain Infantry Brigade.^[2] Stationed, since its creation in 1999, at Saint Christol, Vaucluse, southern France at the former site of the French strategic nuclear missiles.

1 History
- 1.1 5th Mixed Pacific Regiment
- 1.2 5th Foreign Regiment
2 Composition
3 Commanding officers
4 Battle honours
5 Notes
6 References
7 External links

History

Although created on 1st July 1999^[3], making it the youngest regiment in the Foreign Legion, it has inherited the lineage of the 5th Foreign Infantry Regiment (5e REI), the Tonkin Regiment.

5th Mixed Pacific Regiment

In 1963, after the official disbandment of 5e REI, a new engineer unit was raised as the 5th Mixed Pacific Regiment (French: 5^e Regiment Mixte du Pacifique, 5^e RMP) containing both Legion and Army personnel.^[4] Stationed at Papeete/Tahiti (Mururoa).

5th Foreign Regiment

It was renamed as the 5th Foreign Regiment (French: 5^e Régiment Étranger, 5^e RE) on 1st July 1984.^[4] It was resized from 1996 on (last nuclear test of France at Mururoa) and finally disbanded on 30th June 2000 at Mururoa, 4 years after France stopped their nuclear testing there.

Composition

The regiment consists of 900 to 925 men divided into 6 companies,^[3] as follows:

CCL - Command and Logistics Company
CAS - Administrative and Services Company
three Combat Companies each made up of three combat sections, a support section and one command section.
- 1er Cie - 1st Combat Company
- 2e Cie - 2nd Combat Company
- 3e Cie - 3rd Combat Company
CA - Support Company (with 5 specialist sections)

Commanding officers

Colonel Nebois (1999–2001)
Colonel Autran (2001–2003)
Colonel Fradin (2003–2005)
Colonel Boucher (2005–2007)
Colonel Chavanat (2007–2009)
Lt.-Colonel (LCL) Kirscher (2009-2011)
Colonel Bonini (2011-201_)

Battle honours

Camerone 1863 ^[1]

Notes

^ ^a ^b Camerone is a Battle Honour shared by all Foreign Legion Regiments, no matter when it was formed.
^ "La brigade". http://2reg.legion-etrangere.com/modules/info_seul.php?id=266&idA=26&block=15&idA_SM=0&titre=subordination. Retrieved 30-12-2011.
^ ^a ^b "Création du 2° Régiment étranger de génie". http://2reg.legion-etrangere.com/modules/info_seul.php?id=237&idA=78&block=15&idA_SM=0&titre=historique-et-traditions. Retrieved 30-12-2011.
^ ^a ^b Windrow, Martin (1996). French Foreign Legion Since 1945. pp. 45, 46.

References

www.legion-etrangere.com
Windrow, Martin. French Foreign Legion since 1945. Oxford: Osprey Publishing, 1996. ISBN 1-85532-621-3

External links

Official website - 2e Régiment étranger de génie

French Foreign Legion

History of the French Foreign Legion— Képi Blanc (publication)

Current Foreign Legion Units

Administrative	1st Foreign Regiment — Foreign Legion Command — Foreign Legion Recruiting Group

Infantry	2nd Foreign Infantry Regiment — 2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment — 3rd Foreign Infantry Regiment — 13th Foreign Legion Demi-Brigade — Foreign Legion Detachment in Mayotte

Cavalry	1st Foreign Cavalry Regiment

Engineering	1st Foreign Engineer Regiment — 2nd Foreign Engineer Regiment

Training	4th Foreign Regiment — Jungle Training Center — Combat Training Center at Arta Beach

Defunct Foreign Legion Units

Administrative and Training	Communal Depot of the Foreign Regiments

Airborne	1st Foreign Parachute Regiment — 3rd Foreign Parachute Regiment — 1st Foreign Parachute Heavy Mortar Company

Infantry	5th Foreign Infantry Regiment — 6th Foreign Infantry Regiment — 11th Foreign Infantry Regiment — 12th Foreign Infantry Regiment — 21st Marching Regiment of Foreign Volunteers — 22nd Marching Regiment of Foreign Volunteers — 23rd Marching Regiment of Foreign Volunteers

Cavalry	2nd Foreign Cavalry Regiment — 97th Reconnaissance Group of the Infantry Division

Miscellaneous	Armored Train of the Foreign Legion — Disciplinary Company of the Foreign Regiments in the Far East