Foreign Legion Command

Foreign Legion Command (COMLE)
Foreign Legion Command Insignia
Active	1984 - Present
Country	France
Allegiance	French Foreign Legion
Type	Administration
Role	Headquarters
Size	47 Personnel Total 23 Officers 24 Enlisted
Headquarters	Aubagne, France
Battle honours	Camerone 1863
Commanders
Commandant of the French Foreign Legion	Brigadier General Alain Bouquin
Insignia
Beret badge of the Foreign Legion Command
Abbreviation	COMLE

Foreign Legion Command

Components	1st Foreign Regiment 4th Foreign Regiment

The Foreign Legion Command (COMLE), or Commandement de la Légion Étrangère, is the headquarters of the French Foreign Legion.^[1] The headquarters detachment was established in 1984 following the reorganization of the previous Foreign Legion Group (GLE). Foreign Legion Command is headed by the Foreign Legion's Commandant.

1 Overview
2 Organization
3 See also
4 References

Overview

The Foreign Legion command assumed the command responsibility for French Foreign Legion from its previous incarnation as Foreign Legion Group in 1984. Foreign Legion Command directly oversees all logistical, human resource issues, training, and all other Foreign administrative issues.^[1] Foreign Legion Command handles these responsibilities through its directly subordinate units and through the 1st Foreign Regiment as well as the 4th Foreign Regiment.^[1] COMLE has direct command over the 1st and 4th Foreign Regiments (these are the only two such regiments which are outside regular French army command).^[1] Foreign Legion Command is led by the Commandant of the Foreign Legion, either by a Major General or a Brigadier General, who answers directly to the Chief of Staff of the French Army.^[1]

Organization

Human Resources Division (DRHLE): This unit handles the administrative affairs of personnel serving overseas.
Foreign Legion Recruiting Group (GRLE): This unit is responsible for coordinating all recruiting activities for the French Foreign Legion.
Foreign Legion Emergency Staff and Statistics Division (DSPLE): This division is the intelligence staff of the Foreign Legion.
Communication and Information Division (DICLE): This division manages the public relations and internal communications of the Foreign Legion.
Division of Information Systems and Communication (DSICLE): This division manages the information systems and networks of the Foreign Legion. This division also is responsible for publishing the publication Képi Blanc.
History and Heritage Division (DHPLE): This division works to preserve the history of the French Foreign Legion, including the operation of the Legion's museum.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Koelher, Charles (31). "LEGIO PATRIA NOSTRA: THE HISTORY OF THE FRENCH FOREIGN LEGION SINCE 1962". U.S. General Command and Staff College. pp. 69. http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?AD=ADA436978&Location=U2&doc=GetTRDoc.pdf. Retrieved 22 May 2010.

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

Foreign Legion Command

Contents

Overview

Organization

See also

References