Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Bayan da 1st Battalion Parachute Battalion 1e BEP ya zama 1st Foreign Parachute Regiment 1e REP, an ba Pierre umarni a ranar 6 ga Fabrairu, 1956, maimakon yin aiki a matsayin mataimakin kwamandan, wannan lokacin ga Kanar Albert Brothier wanda ya ɗauka amma ya yi matukar damuwa. An sanya rundunar a cikin shiri a ranar 1 ga Agusta 1956 bayan shirye-shiryen kamfen a Misira
Pierre ya tashi a ranar 31 ga Oktoba, duk da haka, ra'ayoyinsa da ƙuntatawa game da wannan saukowa sun kasance sananne. Wannan kyakkyawan kayan aikin yaƙi wanda ya zama runduna ba ya bauta wa wani dalili mai kyau. Duk da haka, sabon aikin ya keɓe ga Pierre, wanda zai ƙare a cikin tawaye a Algeria, aikin 'yan sanda wanda ba wanda yake so ko ya so amma aikin da dole ne a aiwatar da shi cikin nasara. Pierre ya sake karɓar umurnin na 1st Foreign Parachute Regiment a watan Maris na 1957.