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British paratroopers trained on air, land and sea with their counterparts from the French Foreign Legion to build a closer working relationship.

B Company, 2 PARA, worked alongside 2e Regiment Etranger de Parachutistes (2e REP) at their base on the rugged island of Corsica.

The 2 PARA soldiers earned French parachute wings by jumping with French Ensemble de Parachutage Individuel parachutes from a French C-160 Transall aircraft, while jumps from an RAF C-130 Hercules earned 2e REP soldiers their British wings.

 

Paratroopers from 2 PARA and 2e REP coming into the drop zone, Exercise BLUE LEGIONNAIRE, January 2014.

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Date 1st January 2014

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