The parade uniform consists of a pair of black boots, and the ”tennue été” (khaki trousers and a khaki shirt and some fittings), and the Képi blanc.
These consists of:
Green and red shoulderboards with red tassels around the edge.
A white belt.
A blue waistcloth that is wraped around the waist (originally it was used to stop the intestines form falling out of the stomach if you got it cut open by a bayonet).
White gloves
A green tie.
There are exact measuements on how the uniform have to be ironed (you will have to use a matchbox to measure all the folds you’ll have to iron into th uniform).
Members of the Engineering units also carries a white leather apron and an axe, they are the only ones that is allowed to wear beard.
This is the uniform worn
at Camerone.
THE COMBAT UNIFORM:
It consists of the French army standard green uniform, but with some special fittings to give it a special status. The most famous is probably the "Képi Blanc" the white hat that, in the beginning, was a white cloth cover over a blue standard képi with a red top and a gold Legion emblem. Officers (and NCO’s) wear a black képi with a red top and gold stripes accordingly to their rank.
Standard olivgreen "F1" (or a camouflage uniform), normally with a beret "Le Beret Vert" an appelgreen beret, even a cloth triangle or "Foulard" in the colour of the company is worn over the left shoulder. 2em R.E.P. aren’t allowed to wear the appelgreen beret after the rebellion the 1er R.E.P. made against France in 1962 when Algeria gained it’s independance (1er R.E.P. belived that they could win the war in Algeria, but France didn’t) , then the 1er R.E.P. was disbanned and the parachuteregiment was stationed in Calvi, Corsika and wears a darker green beret.
