• Source: 6th Foreign Engineer Regiment

    • The 6th Foreign Engineer Regiment (French: 6e régiment étranger de génie) was a unit of the Foreign Legion in the French Army, part of the rapid reaction force and component of the 6th Light Armoured Division, (6e DLB). The 6th Foreign Engineer Regiment became the 1st Foreign Engineer Regiment (1e REG) in 1999.


    Creation and names


    The 6th Foreign Engineer Regiment (6e REG) was created on 1 July 1984 at Laudun (Gard). The regiment was redesignated as the 1st Foreign Engineer Regiment (French: 1er Regiment Etranger de Genie) on 30 June 1999 with the creation of the 2nd Foreign Engineer Regiment 2e REG. At creation, the 6th Foreign Engineer Regiment (6e REG) comprised a command, 3 combat companies, reconnaissance and support company (CCAS). On the eve of the regiment change to the 1st Foreign Engineer Regiment, 1er REG; the 6th Foreign Engineer Regiment already included:

    Legion Pionniers Groups
    1st Amphibious Combat Company
    2nd Combat Company of Assault Mechanized Engineering
    3rd Combat Company of Aerotransportable Assault Engineering
    4th Combat Company was created in 1996
    The Combat Reconnaissance Company ( CA ) compromising heavy equipments
    The Command and Logistics Company ( CCs )
    DINOPS Teams of Nautical Subaquatic Intervention Operational Detachment ( French: Détachement d'Intervention Nautique Operationnelle Subaquatique ) specialized in Parachute, Underwater Demolition and Diving.


    History -- garrison, campaigns and battles


    Chad (Operation Epervier)
    Iraq (Opération Daguet). During the Gulf War, DINOPS operated in support of the U.S. Army's 82nd Airborne Division, and provided EOD services to the division. After the ceasefire they conducted a joint mine clearing operation alongside a Royal Australian Navy Clearance Diver Team Unit.
    Somalia (Operation Oryx)
    Cambodia (United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia) (Opérations Marquis 1 et 2)
    Former Yugoslavia - Sarajevo (UNPROFOR)
    Former Yugoslavia - Sarajevo/Rajlovac (IFOR)
    Kosovo (Kosovo Force)


    Traditions



    The 6th Foreign Engineer Regiment (6e REG) inherits the traditions and battle honors of the 6th Foreign Infantry Regiment.


    = Insignias

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    The insignia symbolizes the 6th Foreign Infantry Regiment in the form of a hexagon, the three Roman columns of the temple of Jupiter at Baalbek to the left of the insignia and the symbols of the French Foreign Legion: red and green colors with a grenade with seven flames in its center.
    The specialty of the regiment is symbolized by the "pot en tête" (metal military helmet) and armor used by sergeants at arms in the 13th century and later worn by pionniers sapeurs. The number of the regiment is indicated in the grenade underneath the armor while the motto of the regiment is inscribed to the left and right of the hexagon.


    = Regimental colors

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    = Regimental song

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    Chant de Marche : Sapeurs, mineurs et bâtisseurs


    = Decorations

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    La Croix de guerre des théâtres d'opérations extérieures with 1 palm, the regiment for engagement in Kuwait in Opération Daguet, 1990.







    = Battle Honors

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    Camerone 1863
    Musseifre 1925
    Syria 1925-1926
    Kuwait 1990–1991


    Regimental Commanders



    1984 - 1985 : Colonel Degre
    1985 - 1987 : Colonel Boileau
    1987 - 1989 : Colonel Martial
    1989 - 1991 : Colonel Manet
    1991 - 1993 : Colonel Petersheim
    1993 - 1995 : Colonel Danigo
    1995 - 1997 : Colonel Hourbon
    1997 - 1999 : Colonel Ganascia


    See also


    Major (France)
    French Foreign Legion Music Band (MLE)


    References

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