1st Foreign Cavalry Regiment
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The 1st Foreign Cavalry Regiment (French: 1er Régiment Étranger de Cavalerie, 1er REC) is the only cavalry regiment of the Foreign Legion in the French Army.[2] It is one of two armoured cavalry regiments of the 6th Light Armoured Brigade.[3][4]
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1st Foreign Cavalry Regiment | |
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1e Régiment étranger de Cavalerie | |
Active | 1921 – present |
Country | France |
Branch | French Army |
Type | Armoured Cavalry |
Role | Reconnaissance & Fire Support |
Size | ~ 1,000 men |
Part of | 6th Light Armored Brigade 3rd Division |
Garrison/HQ | Camp de Carpiagne (Bouches-du-Rhône), France |
Nickname(s) | Royal Étranger |
Motto(s) | Nec pluribus impar A nul autre pareil |
March | La Colonne (The Column) |
Anniversaries | Camerone Day (30 April), Saint-Georges Day and Christmas |
Engagements | Interwar period First Indochina War |
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Current commander | Colonel Leinekugel Le Cocq[1] |
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Abbreviation | 1er REC |
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The regiment has been stationed at Camp Carpiagne near Marseille since 2014, when it moved from Quartier Labouche in Orange, Vaucluse. It had spent 47 years in Orange after relocating from Mers-el-Kébir, Algeria in October 1967.[5]