6th Foreign Engineer Regiment

6th Foreign Engineer Regiment (6e Régiment étranger de Génie)
Regimental Insignia of 6^e REG
Active	1984 - 1999 1999 - 1^er REG
Country	France
Allegiance	French Foreign Legion
Branch	French Army
Type	Engineer
Role	Combat Engineer Airborne Combat Engineer
Size	750
Part of	6th Light Armoured Division, 6^e DLB
Garrison/HQ	Laudun
Patron	Saint Barbara
Motto(s)	AD UNUM ( All to One End )
Colors	Green & Red
March	Sapeurs, mineurs et bâtisseurs
Engagements	Koweït 1990–1991
Battle honours	Camerone 1863^[1] Battle of Messifre 1925^[1] Syrie 1925-1926^[1] Koweït 1990–1991^[2]
Insignia
Identification symbol	6^e REG

Each year, the French Foreign Legion commemorates and celebrates Camarón in its headquarters in Aubagne and Bastille Day military parade in Paris; featuring the Pionniers leading and opening the way.

The 6th Foreign Engineer Regiment (French: 6^e régiment étranger de génie) was a unit of the French Foreign Legion integrated in the rapid reaction force and part component of the 6th Light Armoured Division, 6^e DLB. The 6th Foreign Engineer Regiment became the 1st Foreign Engineer Regiment 1^e REG in 1999.

Creation and different denominations

The 6th Foreign Engineer Regiment (6^e REG) was created on July 1, 1984 at à Laudun (Gard). The regiment was redesignated as the 1st Foreign Engineer Regiment (French: 1e Regiment Etranger de Genie) on June 30, 1999 with the creation of the 2nd Foreign Engineer Regiment.^[3] At creation, the 6th Foreign Engineer Regiment (6^e REG) comprised a command, 3 combat companies, reconnaissance and support company (CCAS). On the eve of the regiment change to the 1st Foreign Engineer Regiment, 1er REG; the 6th Foreign Engineer Regiment already included:

Legion Pionniers Groups
1st Amphibious Combat Company
2nd Combat Company of Assault Mechanized Engineering
3rd Combat Company of Aerotransportable Assault Engineering
4th Combat Company was created in 1996
The Combat Reconnaissance Company ( CA ) compromising heavy equipments
The Command and Logistics Company ( CCs )
DINOPS Teams of Nautical Subaquatic Intervention Operational Detachment ( French: Détachement d'Intervention Nautique Operationnelle Subaquatique ) specialized in Parachute, Underwater Demolition and Diving.

History garrison, campaigns and battles

Tchad (Operation Epervier)
Irak (Opération Daguet). During the Gulf War, DINOPS operated in support of the U.S. Army's 82nd Airborne Division, and provided the EOD services to the division. After the cease fire took hold they conducted a joint mine clearing operation alongside a Royal Australian Navy Clearance Diver Team Unit.
Somalia (Operation Oryx)
Cambodge (United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia) (Opérations Marquis 1 et 2)
Ex-Yougoslavia - Sarajevo (UNPROFOR)
Ex-Yougoslavia - Sarajevo/Rajlovac (IFOR)
Kosovo (Kosovo Force)

Traditions

Regimental Insignia of the 6^e REG.

From the principle of legion traditions, the 6th Foreign Engineer Regiment ( 6^e REG ) inherits the traditions and battle honors of the 6th Foreign Infantry Regiment.

Insignias

Insignia of the Pionniers of the 1st Foreign Regiment.
Insignia Type 1 of the 6th Foreign Engineer Regiment

The insign retakes in a symbolic part the features of the 6^e REI in the form of a hexagon, the three Roman columns of the temple of Jupiter at Baalbek to the left of the insign and the symbols of the French Foreign Legion: red and green colors with the grenade with 7 flames in the center.

The specialty of the regiment is symbolized by the "pot en tête" ( metal military helmet ) and armor used by sergeants at arms in the 13th century and later worn by pionniers sapeurs. the number of the regiment is indicated in the grenade underneath the armor while the creed of the regiment is inscribed to the left and right of the hexagon.

Regimental Colors

Regimental Song

Chant de Marche : Sapeurs, mineurs et bâtisseurs

1er couplet

Sixième étranger d’infanterie.
Nous sommes tous les héritiers.
Syrie, Liban et Tunisie
Partout les combats sans pitié
Par le sang versé
Rendirent gloire.
Au vieux régiment du levant.
De nos anciens chantons la gloire
Et reprenons d’un même élan.

Refrain
Sapeurs, mineurs et bâtisseurs
À l’assaut légionnaire du Six
Et de la force des vainqueurs
Portons très haut notre devise
Parfois détruire.
Souvent construire.
Toujours servir avec Honneur et Fidélité.

2e couplet

Sixième étranger de génie Légion,
Dans les combats les plus violents,
En première ligne nous serons mis,
Comme les Pionniers en défilant.
Et pour la gloire de la Légion
Nous remplirons avec ardeur,
Dans le respect des traditions

Notre mission de constructeurs.

Decorations

The 6th Light Armoured Division, 6^e DLB operating the left flank of the 34 nations coalition during the Gulf War.

La Croix de guerre des théâtres d'opérations extérieures with 1 palm, the regiment for engagement in Kuwait in Opération Daguet, 1990.

Croix de guerre des théâtres d'opérations extérieures

Honors

Battle Honors

Regimental Commanders

Main articles: Foreign Legion Command and Honneur et Fidélité

1984 - 1985 : Colonel Degre
1985 - 1987 : Colonel Boileau
1987 - 1989 : Colonel Martial
1989 - 1991 : Colonel Manet
1991 - 1993 : Colonel Petersheim
1993 - 1995 : Colonel Danigo
1995 - 1997 : Colonel Hourbon
1997 - 1999 : Colonel Ganascia

References

1 2 3 4 5 6 GYI. "Le drapeau du 1er REG". legion-etrangere.com.
1 2 "Édition Chronologique n° 45 du 29 octobre 2010".Le Ministère de la Défense instruction n°1515/DEF/EMA/OL/2 du 23 septembre 1983, modifiée, sur les filiations et l'héritage des traditions des unités; décision n°010318/DEF/CAB/SDBG/CPAG du 15 juillet 2008 portant création d'une commission des emblèmes. Art 1er. L'inscription "Koweït 1990-1991" est attribuée aux drapeaux et étendards des formations des armées énumérées ci-dessous. 2e R.E.I, 1er R.E.C, 6e R.E.G, 3e R.I.Ma, 1er R.P.I.Ma, 11e R.A.Ma, 4e Régiment de dragon, 1er Régiment de Spahis, 6e Régiment de Commandement et de Soutien, 1er R.H.C, 3e R.H.C, puis les formations de l'Armée de l'Air les 5e, 7e, 11e escadre de chasse, la 33e escadre de reconnaissance et les 61e et 64e escadre de transport. Le présent arrêté sera publié au bulletin officiel des armées, Hervé Morin.
↑ "Le drapeau du 1er REG". Retrieved 2011-12-30.

Foreign Legion Command
French Foreign Legion

Current
Foreign Legion
Units

Administrative	Communal Depot of the Foreign Regiments 1st Foreign Regiment Foreign Legion Command Foreign Legion Recruiting Group

Infantry & Parachute Infantry	2nd Foreign Infantry Regiment 2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment 3rd Foreign Infantry Regiment 13th Foreign Legion Demi-Brigade Foreign Legion Detachment in Mayotte

Cavalry	1st Foreign Cavalry Regiment

Engineer & Parachute Engineer	6th Foreign Engineer Regiment 1st Foreign Engineer Regiment 2nd Foreign Engineer Regiment

Training	4th Foreign Regiment Jungle Training Center Combat Training Center at Arta Beach

Defunct
Foreign Legion
Units

Administrative and Training	Communal Depot of the Foreign Regiments

Parachute	Parachute Company of the 3rd Foreign Infantry Regiment 1st Foreign Parachute Regiment 1st Foreign Parachute Battalion 2nd Foreign Parachute Battalion 3rd Foreign Parachute Battalion Foreign Air Supply Company 3rd Foreign Parachute Regiment 1st Foreign Parachute Heavy Mortar Company

Infantry	1st Foreign Infantry Regiment 1st Marching Regiment of the 1st Foreign Regiment 2nd Marching Regiment of the 1st Foreign Regiment 3rd Marching Regiment of the 1st Foreign Regiment 4th Marching Regiment of the 1st Foreign Regiment/Garibaldi Legion 1st Marching Regiment of the 2nd Foreign Regiment 2nd Marching Regiment of the 2nd Foreign Regiment Marching Regiment of the Foreign Legion 5th Foreign Infantry Regiment 6th Foreign Infantry Regiment 11th Foreign Infantry Regiment 12th Foreign Infantry Regiment 21st Marching Regiment of Foreign Volunteers 22nd Marching Regiment of Foreign Volunteers 23rd Marching Regiment of Foreign Volunteers

Cavalry	2nd Foreign Cavalry Regiment 97th Reconnaissance Group of the Infantry Division

Transport	Armored Train of the Foreign Legion

Disciplinary	Disciplinary Company of the Foreign Regiments in the Far East

Foreign Legion Brigades	31st Brigade (France)

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