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Since Roman times until the 20th century, this name has been used by many military units<\/a>, but today only the armies of Spain, France and Ukraine designate a regular force with it<\/strong> (in the Ukrainian case, the name has been assigned to the International Legion for the Defense of Ukraine<\/a>, created in 2022 and made up of volunteer soldiers of foreign origin who have enlisted in the Ground Forces of the Ukrainian Army). Of the three mentioned, the oldest is the French Foreign Legion, founded in 1831<\/strong>.<\/p>\n The Spanish Legion was founded in 1920 following the model of its French counterpart,<\/strong> that is, as a force specifically aimed at recruiting volunteers of foreign origin, although also open to the recruitment of volunteers of Spanish origin. For years now, Spanish and French legionaries have had strong ties of brotherhood,<\/strong> and today these ties have culminated in a historic military parade at the Spanish Legion base in Ronda (M\u00e1laga), home of the Legion's 4th Tercio \"Alejandro Farnesio\".<\/p>\n As Manolo Guerrero explained on CharryTV Ronda<\/a>, this event was very special because for the first time the French Foreign Legion has celebrated the delivery of its \"k\u00e9pi blanc\" to its new recruits in a ceremony outside French territory<\/strong>. The \"k\u00e9pi blanc\" (white kepi) is how French legionnaires call the cylindrical cap that identifies them, and which is the equivalent of the chapiri of the Spanish Legion<\/strong>. This ceremony was attended by 56 officers, non-commissioned officers and soldiers of the 4th Regiment of the French Foreign Legion, based in Castelnaudary. CharryTV Ronda<\/a> has published the video of this event on its YouTube channel:<\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54369891113_4d71f0fdd2_c.jpg\")
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