13 DBLE (13 eme Demi-Brigade de la Légion Etrangère) - DJIBOUTI - NORTH EAST Africa
The 13th. Demi brigade of the Foreign Legion was established in 1940 in Sdi-Bel-Abbes, North Africa, but today is stationed at Quartier Montclar in Djibouti, Northeast Africa. This is the Legion's desert unit.

This unit is re-inforced by a rotating company of the 2eme REP or the 2eme REI. It's duties are to guarantee the defence, territorial integrity and independence of the Republic of Djbouti. Geographically the 13 DBLE is situated in a very strategic position - It has instant access to the Indian ocean and is close enough to facilitate control of the Red Sea and the Suez canal. As a Legionnaire posted in Djbouti you can expect to be on bush tours and nomadisation exercises as well as amphibious  training. Soldiering in Djbouti can be tense and tribal friction is commonplace. There are constant patrols along the northern frontier of the Ethiopean and Eritrean borders.

Normally Legionnaires are posted to Quartier Gabode after several years of  service. This is the only regiment where there is a lot of money to be made. Not only  do you earn a lot more money here but you have little to spend it on, everything is cheap in this part of the world and you have no Permission during your time in Djbouti. (You do have a big back-log of permission after the tour though - so you can end up with several thousand dollars in cash plus three months leave after a two year stint in Djbouti - even as a Legionnaire.) On top of that every legionnaire recieves a bounty of twenty thousand Francs at the end of his tour. A Sergent can be putting away many thousands of Francs away each week whilst in Djbouti. On completion of his two years posting he will have accrued a lot of money. There are  normally about one or two places allowed per Section after basic training -  if you are good enough in basic training, you could be sent here directly after Castelnaudary. Prostitution is rife in the towns and the beer is cheap. In fact everything is cheap and anything can be bought. Life is a little more relaxed in Djbouti since there are very few that are fresh out of training. Since the area is of Muslim faith the Legion also pays heed to the local traditions and work is done on Saturday and Sunday whilst Thursday and Friday takes the form of a weekend. Every legionnaire who serves in Djbouti recieves a bounty of twenty thousand Francs on completion of the tour of duty.
 
 

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