The 2nd Foreign Engineer Regiment
is one of two Combat engineering

Combat engineering

A combat engineer, also called pioneer or sapper in many armies, is a soldier who performs a variety of construction and demolition tasks under combat conditions...

 regiment in the French Foreign Legion

French Foreign Legion

The French Foreign Legion is a unique military service wing of the French Army established in 1831. The foreign legion was exclusively created for foreign nationals willing to serve in the French Armed Forces...

. The regiment is the combat engineering component of 27th Mountain Infantry Brigade

27th Mountain Infantry Brigade (France)

The 27th Mountain Infantry Brigade is a mountain infantry formation of the French Army. It is heir to the traditions of the 27th Alpine Division, the division alpine FFI créée in 1944,...

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History

The regiment was created on 1st July 1999, which make it the youngest regiment in the Foreign Legion. The regiment is the heir to the 5th Foreign Infantry Regiment (5e REI), the Tonkin Regiment, that became with leaving North-Africa (Algeria

Algeria

Algeria , officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria , also formally referred to as the Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of Northwest Africa with Algiers as its capital.In terms of land area, it is the largest country in Africa and the Arab...

) in 1963 the 5th Mixed Pacific Regiment (5e Regiment Mixte du Pacifique), stationed at Papeete

Papeete

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/Tahiti

Tahiti

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 (Mururoa) and was renamed as 5th Foreign Regiment (5e RE) from 1st July 1984 until it was resized from 1996 on (last nuclear test of France at Mururoa) and finally dessolved at 30th June 2000 at Mururoa, 4 years after France stopped their nuclear testing there. The 2nd REG has been stationed, since its creation, in St Christol

Saint-Christol, Vaucluse

Saint-Christol is a commune in the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France.-References:*...

 at the former site of the French strategic nuclear missiles

Force de frappe

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Commanding officers

• Colonel Nebois (1999–2001)
• Colonel Autran (2001–2003)
• Colonel Fradin (2003–2005)
• Colonel Boucher (2005–2007)
• Colonel Chavanat (2007–2009)
• Lt.-Colonel (LCL) Kirscher (2009-2011)
• Colonel Bonini (2011-201_)

Composition

The regiment consists of 450 men divided into 5 companies

Company (military unit)

A company is a military unit, typically consisting of 80–225 soldiers and usually commanded by a Captain, Major or Commandant. Most companies are formed of three to five platoons although the exact number may vary by country, unit type, and structure...

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• A Command and Logistics company (CCL)
• A Instruction and Base company (CBI)
• two Combat companies each made up of three combat sections, a support section and one command section.
• A Support company (CA)

External links

• 2e Régiment étranger de génie