Foreign Legion Recruiting Group

The Foreign Legion Recruiting Group (French: Groupement de recrutement de la Légion étrangère, GRLE) is an administrative unit of the Foreign Legion responsible for recruiting volunteers from around the globe. The unit reports to the Foreign Legion Command (COMLE). The COMLE sets the annual recruitment objectives based on inputs from the French Army staff, l'Etat-Major de l'Armée de Terre (EMAT), and the initial projections of the Foreign Legion Human Resources Division (DRHLE).

Foreign Legion Recruiting Group
Groupement de recrutement de la Légion étrangère (GRLE)
GRLE Unit Badge
ActiveJuly 10, 2007- Present
Country France
BranchFrench Army
TypeRegimental Military Unit
RoleRecruitment and Support Operations
Part ofForeign Legion Command
HeadquartersFort de Nogent, Fontenay-sous-Bois, Paris, France
Motto(s)Honneur et Fidélité
ColorsGreen and Red
MarchConquérir des volontaires, pour en faire des légionnaires (Conquering Volunteers to Form Legionnaires)
Engagements Global War on Terror (2001-present)
Battle honoursCamerone 1863
Commanders
Current
commander
Lieutenant-colonel François-Xavier PETITEAU
Insignia
Beret insignia of the Foreign Legion Recruiting Group
AbbreviationGRLE

The GRLE was created July 10, 2007 at Fort de Nogent, near Paris. The new unit assumed all recruiting responsibilities which had previously been assigned to the 1st Foreign Regiment's Recruitment Division.

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