Foreign Legion Recruiting Group
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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.[1] 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).[2][3]
Foreign Legion Recruiting Group | |
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Groupement de recrutement de la Légion étrangère (GRLE) | |
Active | July 10, 2007- Present |
Country | France |
Branch | French Army |
Type | Regimental Military Unit |
Role | Recruitment and Support Operations |
Part of | Foreign Legion Command |
Headquarters | Fort de Nogent, Fontenay-sous-Bois, Paris, France |
Motto(s) | Honneur et Fidélité |
Colors | Green and Red |
March | Conquérir des volontaires, pour en faire des légionnaires (Conquering Volunteers to Form Legionnaires) |
Engagements | Global War on Terror (2001-present) |
Battle honours | Camerone 1863 |
Commanders | |
Current commander | Lieutenant-colonel François-Xavier PETITEAU |
Insignia | |
Beret insignia of the Foreign Legion Recruiting Group | |
Abbreviation | GRLE |
The GRLE was created July 10, 2007 at Fort de Nogent, near Paris.[4] The new unit assumed all recruiting responsibilities which had previously been assigned to the 1st Foreign Regiment's Recruitment Division.[5]