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    Foreign Legion Pioneers (Pionniers) - Wikipedia
    Active1831 - Present
    CountryFrance
    AllegianceFrench Foreign Legion
    Garrison/HQAubagne, France
    Overview

    The Pioneers of the Foreign Legion (French: Les Pionniers de la Légion étrangère) are a pioneer unit of the French Foreign Legion. Considered a "unit of tradition", they march at the head of Foreign Legion detachments during cere… See more

    History of the Pionniers

    During the 18th century; small pioneer detachments, carrying axes and other working tools, served with the grenadier companies of the infantry regiments of the French Royal Army. In battle they joined with the gre… See more

    Pionniers of Tradition

    In 1920 and 1921, two sapper combat companies of pionniers were created at the corps of the four foreign legion regiments operating in Morocco. These units are tasked with engineering functions (French: génie milita… See more

    Function of Tradition

    Certain regiments of the French Foreign Legion (1 R.E., 2 R.E.G, 3 R.E.I, 4 R.E., D.L.E.M) house even, punctually or permanently, groups of pionniers (in general, one Sous-Officiers and 9 Legionnaires); … See more

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