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.[2] It is one of two armoured cavalry regiments of the 6th Light Armoured Brigade.[3][4]
Barracks in Camp de Carpiagne.
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.[5]
^[1] Official Website of the 1st Foreign Cavalry Regiment, Section Le Chef de Corps
^"1er régiment étranger de cavalerie - Armée de terre". www.defense.gouv.fr. Retrieved 2022-03-21.
^"1er Régiment Étranger de Cavalerie - Armée de terre". www.defense.gouv.fr. Archived from the original on 2022-01-15. Retrieved 2022-01-15.
^"1er Régiment Étranger de Cavalerie | Information". Retrieved 2022-03-26.
^"La garrison - 1er Régiment Étranger de Cavalerie - Armée de terre". www.defense.gouv.fr. Archived from the original on 2022-01-15. Retrieved 2022-01-15.
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