Foreign Legion Recruiting Group

Foreign Legion Recruiting Group
GRLE Unit Badge
Active	July 10, 2007- Present
Country	France
Allegiance	French Foreign Legion
Type	Administration
Role	Recruitment
Part of	Foreign Legion Command
Headquarters	Fort de Nogent, Fontenay-sous-Bois, Paris, France
Battle honours	Camerone 1863
Commanders
Current commander	Lieutenant-colonel Norbert Simmonet
Insignia
Beret badge of the Foreign Legion Recruiting Group
Abbreviation	GRLE

The Foreign Legion Recruiting Group(GRLE), or is the administrative body in the French Foreign Legion responsible for recruiting volunteers for the Legion.^[1]

1 Overview
2 Organization
3 Information Posts
4 References

Overview

The Foreign Legion Recruiting Group assumed all recruiting responsibilities which had previously be assigned to the 1st Foreign Regiment's Recruitment Division of the Foreign Legion.^[1] The Foreign Legion Recruiting Group consists of a transport company and a recruiting company.^[1] The Foreign Legion Recruiting Group answers directly to Foreign Legion Command.

Organization

Transportation Company of the Foreign Legion (CTLE), or Compagnie de transit de la Légion Étrangère, is responsible for facilitating the transfer of Legionnaires between Metropolitan France and their overseas assignments.^[1]
Recruitment Company of the Foreign Legion (CRLE), or Compagnie de recruitment de la Légion Étrangère, is responsible for managing all of the Foreign Legion's recruiting efforts.^[1] This company in addition to its station in Paris, also operates twelve recruiting stations around France.^[1]

Information Posts

The Foreign Legion Recruiting group operates recruiting posts in the following cities:^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "Le Groupement de recrutement de la Légion étrangère (GRLE)" (in French). Armee de Terre. 2008. http://www.defense.gouv.fr/terre/decouverte/presentation/composantes/legion_etrangere/le_groupement_de_recrutement_de_la_legion_etrangere_grle. Retrieved 26 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 Recruiting Group

Contents

Overview

Organization

Information Posts

References