The 2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment (2e REP) is the heir to the 2nd Foreign Parachute Battalion (2e BEP), which was created in 1948. Committed from its inception in Indochina, it served there continuously until 1954. Redesignated as a regiment, it fought in Algeria from 1955 to 1962 and was stationed at Bou Sfer after the ceasefire. It gradually moved to Calvi between 1964 (advance elements) and 1967. Continuously deployed since then, it has taken part in all French Army operations to date, mainly in Africa (Chad, Zaire, Congo, Somalia, Rwanda, the Central African Republic, Côte d’Ivoire, Mali), in the former Yugoslavia, in the Middle East (Lebanon, Iraq), and in Asia with Afghanistan

The 1st Foreign Cavalry Regiment (1er REC) was created in 1921 in Sousse, Tunisia, from elements of the mounted companies of the 2e REI. At that time, the Foreign Legion consisted only of infantry regiments. It was the Russian legionnaires, drawing on their seasoned horsemanship, who enabled the Legion to distinguish itself in a new discipline.

The 13th Demi-Brigade of the Foreign Legion is a French Army unit created in 1940. It is part of the Foreign Legion. Created in 1940, it was, together with the RTST, one of the two regiments that joined the Free French Forces (FFL) as a formed unit. It took part in most of the French Army’s campaigns during the Second World War.