1st Foreign Cavalry Regiment

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. It is one of two armoured cavalry regiments of the 6th Light Armoured Brigade.

1st Foreign Cavalry Regiment
1e Régiment étranger de Cavalerie
Regimental Insignia of 1er REC
Active1921 – present
Country France
Branch French Army
TypeArmoured Cavalry
RoleReconnaissance & Fire Support
Size~ 1,000 men
Part of6th Light Armored Brigade
3rd Division
Garrison/HQCamp de Carpiagne (Bouches-du-Rhône), France
Nickname(s)Royal Étranger
Motto(s)Nec pluribus impar

A nul autre pareil

(To none other equal)
MarchLa Colonne (The Column)
AnniversariesCamerone Day (30 April), Saint-Georges Day and Christmas
EngagementsInterwar period

World War II

  • Operation Dragoon

First Indochina War
Algerian War
Lebanese Civil War 1975-1990

  • Multinational Force 1982-1984

Koweït 1990–1991
Global War on Terrorism (2001-present)

Commanders
Current
commander		Colonel Leinekugel Le Cocq
Insignia
Insignia
Abbreviation1er REC

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.

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