The French regiment which marched on July 14, 2017, dressed in traditional Moroccan and with proud appearance, has not failed to impress, in France as elsewhere. Who is he? Where does it come from? And in what army corps is it still serving? Answers.
It is a passage that did not leave indifferent. He was noticed both in the gallery of honor where President Emmanuel Macron and his illustrious American host Donald Trump, President of the United States, and among the thousands of French and foreign visitors who watched the parade on July 14 , On the Champs-Elysees, the different regiments of the French armies and allied countries. One speaks of that of the 1st Regiment of Spahis, heir of a long Moroccan tradition.
"Heir to the traditions of the African cavalry, the 1st regiment of Spahis descends from the regiment of march of Spahis Moroccan created in 1914 by General Lyautey," explains FAR-Morocco, site Moroccan specializing in the questions of defense and armament .
It is thus an act of renewed recognition to the historic commitment of Morocco alongside France, linked by a community of history and future. An acknowledgment testified by the preservation of the sherifish insignia and the port of the Moroccan Selham by the different elements of this 1st French Regiment secular.
Our confreres of FAR-Morocco emphasize that this 1st Regiment of the Spahis kept "like mascot a ram".
According to our information this 1st Regiment of Spahis still serves in the French army. As evidence, it has participated in most of the external operations carried out over the last twenty-five years: Central African Republic, Gabon, Gulf of Guyana, former Yugoslavia, Chad, Lebanon, Djibouti, Kosovo, Bosnia, Senegal...
He is currently part of the 6th Light Armored Brigade of the French Army.
Ziad Alami le 16/07/2017
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