Society of Friends of the Foreign Legion Museum (SAMLE)

Société des Amis du Musée de la Légion étrangère
(SAMLE)

Formation	2003
Legal status	Law of 1901
Purpose	Conserve, protect and place in value the historic patrimony of the Légion étrangère
Location	Aubagne, France
Membership	1,000 (2010)
President	général Le Flem
Vice-President	Médecin general Prevot
Key people	général Commandant
Budget	Endowments Donations - Contributions
Website	SAMLE
Remarks	Foreign Legion Museum Support

The Society of Friends of the Foreign Legion Museum (French: Société des Amis du Musée de la Légion étrangère, SAMLE) is a French association of the association law type of 1901 (French: Association loi de 1901), created in 2003. Without being attached to the Foreign Legion, the society participates to the support of the Museum. The society is composed of volunteers.

Founding members: Général Le Flem, Général Liège, Major Remy, Adjudants-chef Szecsko and Adjudant-chef Bickel.
An administrative council, composed of 15 members elected renewable by tiers, every 3 years, administer the association.
The général Commandant the Foreign Legion is the right Ex officio member (French: membre de droit). He has the right of veto over the decisions taken in general assembly or administrative council.
The chief of the patrimony and awareness division of the Foreign Legion and the curator of the Museum, placed under his orders, are consultative members.

Mission

The SAMLE has for mission to sustain and financially support the actions decided by the Director of the Museum (assistant Colonel to the général Commandant of the Foreign Legion) and the chief of the patrimony and awareness division, only capable in taking decisions on the organization of the Foreign Legion Museum or the politics revolving around awareness. This support consists essentially to seek the necessary funds in order to allow the Museum to lead dynamic actions of awareness (temporary exhibitions); or to enrich, repair, protect the permanent collection or the archives.

The action of SAMLE revolves leading actions of profit:

- of the Foreign Legion Museum,

- the annex (uniformologie), garrisoned at the Domain of Captain Danjou, at Puyloubier,

- the legion's regimental Honorary Halls

- the archives of the Foreign Legion

In addition, the society is in liaison with the Foyer d'Entraide de la Légion étrangère (FELE), to maintain the graves, carrés Légion and memorials dedicated to this institution by the world, notably that of Camarón de Tejeda, commemorating the Battle of Camarón in partnership with the Le Souvenir français (French: Le Souvenir français).

Within the general cadres of the veteran associations of the Foreign Legion, the society is a member Foreign Legion Veteran Societies Federation : FSALE

References

External links

Official Website of the Society of Friends of the French Foreign Legion Museum (SAMLE)

French Foreign Legion

Current
units

General Staff Headquarters	Foreign Legion Command
Command Administrative	1st Foreign Regiment 4th Foreign Regiment Foreign Legion Recruiting Group
Music band	French Foreign Legion Music Band
Infantry & parachute infantry	1st Foreign Regiment 4th Foreign Regiment 2nd Foreign Infantry Regiment 2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment 3rd Foreign Infantry Regiment 13th Demi-Brigade Foreign Legion Detachment in Mayotte
Cavalry	1st Foreign Cavalry Regiment
Engineers & parachute engineers	1st Foreign Engineer Regiment 2nd Foreign Engineer Regiment
Training	4th Foreign Regiment Jungle Training Center Combat Training Center at Arta Beach

Defunct
units

Administrative and training	Communal Depot of the Foreign Regiments
Parachute	Parachute Company of the 3rd Foreign Infantry Regiment 1st Foreign Parachute Regiment 1st Foreign Parachute Battalion 2nd Foreign Parachute Battalion 3rd Foreign Parachute Battalion Foreign Air Supply Company 3rd Foreign Parachute Regiment 1st Foreign Parachute Heavy Mortar Company
Infantry & marching regiments	Mounted companies Marching Regiment of the Foreign Legion 2nd Marching Regiment of the 1st Foreign Regiment 3rd Marching Regiment of the 1st Foreign Regiment 4th Marching Regiment of the 1st Foreign Regiment/Garibaldi Legion 1st Marching Regiment of the 2nd Foreign Regiment 2nd Marching Regiment of the 2nd Foreign Regiment Marching Regiment of the Foreign Legion Demi-Brigade of the Foreign Legion 5th Foreign Infantry Regiment 6th Foreign Infantry Regiment 11th Foreign Infantry Regiment 12th Foreign Infantry Regiment Marching Regiments of Foreign Volunteers 21st Marching Regiment of Foreign Volunteers 22nd Marching Regiment of Foreign Volunteers 23rd Marching Regiment of Foreign Volunteers
Saharan Legion units	Saharan Companies of the French Foreign Legion
Pioneers & engineers	6th Foreign Engineer Regiment
Cavalry	2nd Foreign Cavalry Regiment 97th Reconnaissance Group of the Infantry Division
Transport (armored trains & heavy weight)	Armored Train of the Foreign Legion Passage Company of the Foreign Legion (CPLE) 5th Heavy Weight Transport Company
Disciplinary companies	Disciplinary Company of the Foreign Regiments in the Far East
Brigades	31st Brigade

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