It'd full of. South Americans now and fillipinos and Nepalese lads who've been around war and know. They can do it without as much risk as they would back home. And for more money and another chance in france.
After ww2 they had to get a policy of checking for blood types tattoos or scars from removing the tattoo because members of the ss tried to start fresh in the legion.
The best book on the Legion I have read is: Legionaire An Englishman in the French Foreign Legion. Excellent account firsthand of how tough it was and the fighting he went through in Algeria. Truly remarkable book highly recommend
Simon Murray and in the book you see how he enjoys it and that he did some hard-core stuff especially when hunting insurgents and then after he left legion he became a billionaire and adventurer. Similar to eith the old breed by eugen sledge the show Pacific. Makes him look like he's emotional about it but if you read the book you see how more graphic things were and how desensitised he was and why he broke down when he came home.
If you like the book legionaire then if you want more fiction look at the devils guard its about nformer ww2 partizan hunters who then join ffl and end up in indochina shows that no country is the enemy of a soldier but time is. that's good and if you want a detailed history with what it was like then voices of foreign legion is way to go by adrian gilbert.
What he means is, some guys made everyone around them suffer to the point they had no else who would put up with it and no where else to go. Their victims finally fought back ❤ so those guys fled like cowards to start a new life rather than accept responsibility for what they did
If loved ones cannot support or forgive, how do you expect people to win back lost trust? How do you expect them to push through and take responsibility, when everyone around them doesnt believe them or take them serious. Then you are totally lost. What you are saying means that then said person had to be left for himself, with nothing or no one at his side. So... what do you do? Do you sit down and cry? Do you end it all there? Its easy to call people cowards and that they wont take responsibility, but you dont know shit sherlock, and that is really showing with such a braind dead silly comment. Hope people around you leave you be for the shit person you are. @@user-oo8wf9gq6r
@@1965Paullet me guess you're implying Nazi? If he wasn't a member of the SS or a high ranking member of the party then he wasn't really a Nazi. Even low ranking members often just joined for career advancement in the same way joining the union at your company doesn't mean you're some leftist who's super passionate about trade unionism.
@@kingfuqurmahmen6792 nah man. the ss guys had "Odessa" smuggling them through the vatican into south america. ^^P but if you consider yourself a "professional soldier", joining the legion, maybe a better alternative then loosing your job to "post world war demilitarisation"... that at least explains why there was a solid influx of germans into the legion following BOTH world wars...
My buddy's son was kidnapped at 6 weeks old by his mother. He spent a year looking for them but she vanished with their kid 100%. He then joined "The Army Of Broken Hearts" and served France for five years. He was as at the battle of Loyada in 1976. Took an AK round to the knee and got discharged. He's 78 now.
@@ThePreEminentwhat an angry little boy, also how the fuck is he supposed to “hear his own voice” in a youtube comment? most of us are capable of reading the comments in our head we stopped reading out loud after the second grade, i’m sorry you’re still struggling with that. i hear if you sit in your garage with the car on that should fix all your problems. maybe give that a shot? cheers bud.
Me and a buddy considered joining the ffl around 05-06 when we were having a helluva time getting recruited to the marine corps bc of us being dummies when we were kids (legal issues). We needed more waivers than we could get. Only thing that stopped us was that you have to get to France to be recruited. If we could have gone to the French embassy in NYC and have been recruited from there, we were gonna do it. We looked Into it. Have to be able to make it to France where their recruiting stations are located.
Dead serious considering giving them a try. I joined the army in 04 went to meps an all that shit. I ended up with non Hodgkins lymphoma 1 week before i was supposed to leave. I beat it an tried to go back they werent having it, tried going national guard they wouldnt take me either. Ive been healthy for a long time an cancer free. Its always been my dream to be in the military.
Similar boat, worked for years to get to a point where I could not only meet but more than exceed the Navy's recruitment requirements. Got rejected due to Tourettes. Army, Marines, same thing. I didn't know the Legion was still a thing, I thought it was an old colonial garrison and disbanded after decolonization.
I worked for a private security company in Paris in '90 at the front door of the Canadian Embassy when a little Canadian dude wearing a "Sixieme Regiment Parachutiste" T-shirt walked in for help. He was deserting from the Legion. He was so scared that he literally begged me to trade a USMC MSG T-shirt, given to me by a friend, for his Legion T-shirt. He didn't want to get spotted and picked up by the Paris Police. He refused to go back to the Legion. It was very, very tough. He was terrified.
I have never shown any interest in any military stuff whatsoever, let alone French foreign Legion stuff. I keep getting this guy talking about it in my shorts all the time. I actually wanna listen to the podcast now 😂
I get turned away three times for Autism and Tourettes while Biden can barely form a sentence and the Pentagon is endlessly whining about nobody signing up anymore. Pisses me off man.
LEGIO PATRIO NOSTRA. They will not take people wanted for murder, Interpol can have duristiction on certain crimes, was never in the Legion but have worked with them, can't emphasize the Respect i have for them
I was sick of life. I went to syria to join the ypg on my own behalf agaisnt isis. I than went to the legion. Im a canadian . Now have a french passport and met the best people on earth.
Believe me if interpol comes knocking its usually for a very good reason.When i joined up there was someone had been a member of red brigade,the legion held him and waited for italian authorities ,couple of years after me a brit was arrested by uk arrested by the uk police ,he was in the deuxieme rep,he joined up with a friend the friend deserted and grassed his friend,the brit guy actually taken back and served 30 years
Dude couldn’t stay out of trouble so he got discharged and joined the French foreign legion. That’s why they’re talking about criminals being allowed in
@@derin111”got sick of pumped up Americans”… then why would he join one of the top most respectable special forces teams in the entire world? The more I read your comment the more I realize that you might just be acoustic.
Interpol doesn’t have agents they’re not a national or international police source. They’re clearing house for information and data so people need to understand that. Somebody’s looking for you wherever you are it’s probably the local or state or federal police in that country that were given information.
I've served in the Legion, the SAS, CIA AND SPETZNAZ. I'm currently on deployment with Primark, but hoping to go to Aldi soon. Even I don't know my name!!
Interpol isn’t a police force, they don’t have the power to detain people, so there’s some poetic license here, just like any of these bad dudes in military podcasts.
I knew two old school criminals in London, one was arrested and told the police his mate was in the foreign legion (he was so skinny and half blind) and whenever they had a warrant for his arrest from then on, they had to send 2 cars of senior police 😂
If he's in the French foreign legion, he speak french you learn it everyday during your basic training and moreover you are not allowed to speak any language exept french when you are there
It's understandable if they have been lying. But if you're upfront and accepted, you're good. Ad they have already decided and reconciled your past as acceptable. Now if you lie and have done something that would of stopped you gaining entry, you can't complain when they find out your a wrong'n when the local friendly interpol agent rocks up at the gate. I suppose your performance in training/service, can be a factor to, if youre a bit jack, they could see it as a quick way to dump you. And on the flip side if your a professional Rambo, they may fight a bit harder to keep you.
@@StephenButlerOne thing is they do not take gang members with tattos and people who commited blood crimes and people who lied even about alimony and stuff sometimes get kicked, i've seen people getting kicked for 3x punishment with aclohol involvement
@@MrTomowolf in these modern (PR) times, I guess they will be tightening up the parameters year on year. Before they tried to off president De Gaulle they had almost zero oversight. People forget about that little incident.
Does anybody know how strict the legion is medically, I have a heart condition that may dq me for US military service and i still want to find a place for service
From my understanding it’s not a requirement to enter but you will learn French there.Your life will be a lot easier if you learn French drill terminology and objects like boots,broom,uniform, etc
I’ve been wanting to join. I have a felony warrant for a dab cart though, anyone have any info on something like this? I want my rights to my son again, ready to start a new
I've always wondered what happened to that West Point grad who joined the FFL. He did his five years, then came back to the US to serve his prison time for deserting the US Army. He was released in 2019, I think, but I haven't heard anything more.
I asked a legionnaire about why he joined,he said to forget. I asked what he wanted to forget,he said , I forgot. LOL
Mission accomplished!
The Legion provides a new identity..new name passport. So quite a few criminals on the run have utilised the Legion as a means of starting fresh.
Yes however they dont take heavy shit anymore
@@Cin9999 before it had been murderers or grand theft but no sex offenders.
@@consultant2678 Neither of those fly now.
It'd full of. South Americans now and fillipinos and Nepalese lads who've been around war and know. They can do it without as much risk as they would back home. And for more money and another chance in france.
After ww2 they had to get a policy of checking for blood types tattoos or scars from removing the tattoo because members of the ss tried to start fresh in the legion.
Been training for a year and in the best shape of my life, so why is the algorithm trying to make me join the Legion 🤣🤣🤣
I started seeing these too after 4mo of researching calisthenics and weight lifting. Wanna join? 😂
Hell yea!! Let’s go bro get after it!
@@jasonspann1907 fuck it we ball
Do it
Anyone from the u.k looking to go ? I’ve been seeing this for a few days now and I was literally discussing it with my dad a couple weeks ago
The best book on the Legion I have read is: Legionaire An Englishman in the French Foreign Legion. Excellent account firsthand of how tough it was and the fighting he went through in Algeria. Truly remarkable book highly recommend
i've read that book was a good read
Simon Murray and in the book you see how he enjoys it and that he did some hard-core stuff especially when hunting insurgents and then after he left legion he became a billionaire and adventurer.
Similar to eith the old breed by eugen sledge the show Pacific. Makes him look like he's emotional about it but if you read the book you see how more graphic things were and how desensitised he was and why he broke down when he came home.
That was Mr Simon Murray, I had the pleasure of working for Mr Murray for a few years his stories are remarkable.
A truly great bloke
Never heard of it. I'll check it out, thanks.
If you like the book legionaire then if you want more fiction look at the devils guard its about nformer ww2 partizan hunters who then join ffl and end up in indochina shows that no country is the enemy of a soldier but time is.
that's good and if you want a detailed history with what it was like then voices of foreign legion is way to go by adrian gilbert.
"So hurt from their old life"
I can appreciate that.
What he means is, some guys made everyone around them suffer to the point they had no else who would put up with it and no where else to go. Their victims finally fought back ❤ so those guys fled like cowards to start a new life rather than accept responsibility for what they did
If loved ones cannot support or forgive, how do you expect people to win back lost trust? How do you expect them to push through and take responsibility, when everyone around them doesnt believe them or take them serious.
Then you are totally lost. What you are saying means that then said person had to be left for himself, with nothing or no one at his side.
So... what do you do? Do you sit down and cry? Do you end it all there?
Its easy to call people cowards and that they wont take responsibility, but you dont know shit sherlock, and that is really showing with such a braind dead silly comment.
Hope people around you leave you be for the shit person you are. @@user-oo8wf9gq6r
I knew a former German WWII soldier who joined the FFL. He was sent to Vietnam. He told us terrifying stories of combat.
What were they known as?,
The eastern front was warfare with no equal in history.
@@1965Paullet me guess you're implying Nazi? If he wasn't a member of the SS or a high ranking member of the party then he wasn't really a Nazi. Even low ranking members often just joined for career advancement in the same way joining the union at your company doesn't mean you're some leftist who's super passionate about trade unionism.
@@1965Paullitteraly every german man was a soldier at that time so as long as he didn’t commit any war crime and wasn’t a convicted nazi it’s ok
@@kingfuqurmahmen6792 nah man. the ss guys had "Odessa" smuggling them through the vatican into south america. ^^P
but if you consider yourself a "professional soldier", joining the legion, maybe a better alternative then loosing your job to "post world war demilitarisation"...
that at least explains why there was a solid influx of germans into the legion following BOTH world wars...
This is the real version of the Nights Watch from Game of Thrones
The Legion is a fresh start in life a clean slate....but it don't come easy or cheap
Man the guys who the legion protected from interpol at the gate probably became the most brave an loyal soldiers after that lmfao
My buddy's son was kidnapped at 6 weeks old by his mother. He spent a year looking for them but she vanished with their kid 100%. He then joined "The Army Of Broken Hearts" and served France for five years. He was as at the battle of Loyada in 1976. Took an AK round to the knee and got discharged. He's 78 now.
wtf is the point of this information besides to hear yourself speak? wtf does this add to anything? jesus christ
@@ThePreEminentwhat an angry little boy, also how the fuck is he supposed to “hear his own voice” in a youtube comment? most of us are capable of reading the comments in our head we stopped reading out loud after the second grade, i’m sorry you’re still struggling with that. i hear if you sit in your garage with the car on that should fix all your problems. maybe give that a shot? cheers bud.
What a life
Strong mofo
Bless
@@ThePreEminentI couldn’t imagine reading a comment and just being so angry for no reason, I hope life gets better or something lmfao
@@sushimidnight9539honestly tho I thought that was a touching story and this guy just has his britches pulled way high
to be fair i view the FFL as the ultimate rehab for crimes. If you want to erase your old life, do your service and start again
Me and a buddy considered joining the ffl around 05-06 when we were having a helluva time getting recruited to the marine corps bc of us being dummies when we were kids (legal issues). We needed more waivers than we could get. Only thing that stopped us was that you have to get to France to be recruited. If we could have gone to the French embassy in NYC and have been recruited from there, we were gonna do it. We looked Into it. Have to be able to make it to France where their recruiting stations are located.
I met one Englishman that had been in the French Foreign Legion he was now in the Marine Corps he was a professional soldier. For life
Interpol:we are looking for John. Legion: We no have that.
Leggionaires are loyal to each other.
''How can I begin anything new with all of yesterday still in me?'' ~Leonard Cohen
I felt that one!
God bless
I seriously considered joining the FFL for the new identity. Just sick of family and people
Do it !!
I can relate, too late for me now I’m fucked health wise, you can pick your friends but your family are arseholes.
@phil393 revolution 2.0 might be your calling, stay frosty.
Navy SEALS sure do enjoy talking these days.
Silent professionals 🤣😂 they get book deals as soon as they graduate Buds.
Dead serious considering giving them a try. I joined the army in 04 went to meps an all that shit. I ended up with non Hodgkins lymphoma 1 week before i was supposed to leave. I beat it an tried to go back they werent having it, tried going national guard they wouldnt take me either. Ive been healthy for a long time an cancer free. Its always been my dream to be in the military.
Right? Either they full of shit or attention whores. My olds hool cousins who werw in Seals dON' t say shit, EVER
Similar boat, worked for years to get to a point where I could not only meet but more than exceed the Navy's recruitment requirements. Got rejected due to Tourettes. Army, Marines, same thing. I didn't know the Legion was still a thing, I thought it was an old colonial garrison and disbanded after decolonization.
I worked for a private security company in Paris in '90 at the front door of the Canadian Embassy when a little Canadian dude wearing a "Sixieme Regiment Parachutiste" T-shirt walked in for help. He was deserting from the Legion. He was so scared that he literally begged me to trade a USMC MSG T-shirt, given to me by a friend, for his Legion T-shirt. He didn't want to get spotted and picked up by the Paris Police. He refused to go back to the Legion. It was very, very tough. He was terrified.
I have never shown any interest in any military stuff whatsoever, let alone French foreign Legion stuff. I keep getting this guy talking about it in my shorts all the time. I actually wanna listen to the podcast now 😂
“The Interpol” 😂
That’s one of the things that makes the legion unique…..the need for a refuge and obscurity…they want and need to be there…
US GOV:We can't have anyone unstable.
Also US GOV: Bill,Hillary,Biden,Trump, Obama, etc,etc,etc...
I get turned away three times for Autism and Tourettes while Biden can barely form a sentence and the Pentagon is endlessly whining about nobody signing up anymore. Pisses me off man.
@@prestonjones1653 but they are fine with open borders, flooding the country with drugs and terrorists.
We need way more recruites.
Whist on deployment in Gabon in 1995 we had interpol came and got a member of my team
So it does happen
I’ve always wanted to join. My knees probably won’t agree now unfortunately.
LEGIO PATRIO NOSTRA. They will not take people wanted for murder, Interpol can have duristiction on certain crimes, was never in the Legion but have worked with them, can't emphasize the Respect i have for them
" Interpol can have duristiction on certain crimes" - they have none, they are only doing information sharing and occasionally coordination
I was sick of life. I went to syria to join the ypg on my own behalf agaisnt isis. I than went to the legion. Im a canadian . Now have a french passport and met the best people on earth.
It is good to have a place where you can start a new life if you survive the legion.
Where is the full interview?? Thanks
Interpol was created by the castapole❤
Believe me if interpol comes knocking its usually for a very good reason.When i joined up there was someone had been a member of red brigade,the legion held him and waited for italian authorities ,couple of years after me a brit was arrested by uk arrested by the uk police ,he was in the deuxieme rep,he joined up with a friend the friend deserted and grassed his friend,the brit guy actually taken back and served 30 years
Yet another great example of "friends" are overrated
Yes that’s now no so many years ago they accepted any man no matter the crime
So hurt for their own life. Yep. That’s a statement there
Navy seal quits to join the French fry Legion? There’s more to this story somewhere.
Dude couldn’t stay out of trouble so he got discharged and joined the French foreign legion. That’s why they’re talking about criminals being allowed in
There is, go check out his channel, he tells the whole story for you
Maybe he just got sick of pumped up Americans? 🤷🏽♂️
@@derin111and joined the overly-proud French? Highly doubt.
@@derin111”got sick of pumped up Americans”… then why would he join one of the top most respectable special forces teams in the entire world? The more I read your comment the more I realize that you might just be acoustic.
Interpol doesn’t have agents they’re not a national or international police source. They’re clearing house for information and data so people need to understand that. Somebody’s looking for you wherever you are it’s probably the local or state or federal police in that country that were given information.
I've served in the Legion, the SAS, CIA AND SPETZNAZ. I'm currently on deployment with Primark, but hoping to go to Aldi soon. Even I don't know my name!!
When we see a way out we will risk everything, in the end peace was the goal.
Telling Interpol to F off must have felt so good and I have nothing against them
Interpol isn’t a police force, they don’t have the power to detain people, so there’s some poetic license here, just like any of these bad dudes in military podcasts.
Interpol runs a database and that's really it, they can't arrest anyone.
Where can you get the full interview?
czcams.com/video/JhFOHZ9CbRo/video.htmlsi=trmeZk5H0xUo0VHw
French Foreign Legion Navy SEAL Taylor Cavanaugh should be the name. The host is Mike Ritland.
@@connorbaz5980 yeah thanks. I ended up figuring it out, and watched it.
Hurt from their own lives. I bet 90% is there due that
Dirt, dirt , dirt, tell me tell me, drama drama give me give me, tell me the dirty dirt.......geesh my guy
U don't mess with the legion!!!!
Over half of my AIT class joined over a breakup
The legion many years ago accepted all men no matter the crime
French Foreign Legion is the Night's watch of France
No, the other way ! The Night's Watch is inspired of the FFL
I've seriously thought of joining the legion after I got out of the military and was in a bad place.
I knew two old school criminals in London, one was arrested and told the police his mate was in the foreign legion (he was so skinny and half blind) and whenever they had a warrant for his arrest from then on, they had to send 2 cars of senior police 😂
Did you meet a man named John missing the tips of all the digits on his hands?
Where can I watch this full video?
I wad watching a video of WW2 and that it theoretically had mafia underlying tithes to the war effort and post war effort.
Get him to speak French,
If he's in the French foreign legion, he speak french you learn it everyday during your basic training and moreover you are not allowed to speak any language exept french when you are there
Legionaires have their own accent. Very annoying to hear 😂
Nowadays they do not protect guys who just lie and don't tell stuff in the interview, so it's partially true what is Taylor telling.
It's understandable if they have been lying. But if you're upfront and accepted, you're good. Ad they have already decided and reconciled your past as acceptable. Now if you lie and have done something that would of stopped you gaining entry, you can't complain when they find out your a wrong'n when the local friendly interpol agent rocks up at the gate.
I suppose your performance in training/service, can be a factor to, if youre a bit jack, they could see it as a quick way to dump you. And on the flip side if your a professional Rambo, they may fight a bit harder to keep you.
@@StephenButlerOne thing is they do not take gang members with tattos and people who commited blood crimes and people who lied even about alimony and stuff sometimes get kicked, i've seen people getting kicked for 3x punishment with aclohol involvement
@@MrTomowolf in these modern (PR) times, I guess they will be tightening up the parameters year on year.
Before they tried to off president De Gaulle they had almost zero oversight. People forget about that little incident.
What's the interview name?
The legion is a second chance
Where’s the full video
I need to have some advice on this , I'm trying to join. Not trying to end up in prison or a bs 9 to 5
Nobody tells Interpol to fluff off.
Best of the best to be a legionarie
Does anybody know how strict the legion is medically, I have a heart condition that may dq me for US military service and i still want to find a place for service
Salute to them ...
And we some pawns
Is this a podcast, where can I find it
Mike Drop Podcast
czcams.com/video/JhFOHZ9CbRo/video.htmlsi=ncCjP9nABAroMAZz
czcams.com/video/JhFOHZ9CbRo/video.htmlsi=trmeZk5H0xUo0VHw
The urge to disappear an do what men have been doing centuries. My biggest regret in life is not joining in 05. My generation had a war. I missed it
i get what you mean. i have asthma so i couldnt join but the desire to test myself is still there. maybe try martial arts?
@@LuisRodriguez-zi1tf i chose selfishness an self destructive shit. Drugs women. You know the usual. I have thought about it. I should .
absolutely nothing revealed about mafia
Trying to find this podcast
Yes please let me know when you find it
I don’t think they would allow me but love Hardware I could give em 🤫🛡️
Some guys are hurt from their previous lives, some need a 2nd chance in life to make things right for themselves.
Lots of Waffen SS joined after ww2. Their skill and professionalism passed on through the years.
Hard as nails.
Where is the full video as not able to find it
czcams.com/video/JhFOHZ9CbRo/video.htmlsi=trmeZk5H0xUo0VHw
The French Foreign Legion treats their soldiers better than the US does lol
Have you served in the U.S. Army (Military)?
There’s only like 9k soldiers in the FFL 😂. Bad comparison
You pushed him for an answer, he pretty much admitted to be a bulshiter 😂
Where's full interview?
czcams.com/video/JhFOHZ9CbRo/video.htmlsi=trmeZk5H0xUo0VHw
Taylor cavanough
The three stooges joined the french foreign Legion so how hard could be.
I'm not buying that!! They are legally bound to comply with interpol
I feel like Mike was over this dude real quick in this interview
probably right about that....used him for decent content but not some one mike would associate or be friends with
A few Serbians (with a record) that later worked for Arkan & his army were in the legion.
Legio Patria Nostra ⚜
Many non-Wehrmacht Germans served in the Legion. Algeria, Indochina...
Do i have to learn french? Cuz this sounds kinda the move if my gun felony doesnt get dropped
From my understanding it’s not a requirement to enter but you will learn French there.Your life will be a lot easier if you learn French drill terminology and objects like boots,broom,uniform, etc
Dude seriously?
You running around committing felonies in the streets but worried about having to learn FRENCH?
In the interview, the guy says there’s ppl from all over. Such as Eastern Europe, Asia, and S. America.
The legion 😂
There is 0 chance to get into the legion if youre part of any kind of organised crime.
There's gotta be.. so you're guessing
Best thing i ever did LPN
Guys get new names and identites. So once you're in you're a new man.
So Cool !
Interpol don't arrest people. Christ these guys are full of crap.
Hell yea i would do it. Military never took me cause of tats idk why
He is lying. Interpol is not operational and are just service for national police services.
Hem, tricking the Legion who has more than 150 years of experience and all the righ-t contacts..... They let in who they want.
Yes
If only I didn't get fat 😅
He has a grill...I LOVE IT!
I’ve been wanting to join. I have a felony warrant for a dab cart though, anyone have any info on something like this? I want my rights to my son again, ready to start a new
Dude they ain't gonna sweat no weak azz drug chit lmfao they gonna love you don't worry
Amenra 🤫
Damn
I've always wondered what happened to that West Point grad who joined the FFL. He did his five years, then came back to the US to serve his prison time for deserting the US Army. He was released in 2019, I think, but I haven't heard anything more.
If you make a short of a podcast can you please at least have the decency to refrence the the podcast and episode.
Sure there are More mafioso in us army than in french foreign legion 😂.
The FFL only has 9k soldiers
too much romance there,,,,
I’m guessing not speaking French might be an issue?
Dude you'll learn just fine lol
I have a hot take: The GIAT FAMAS is a sexy service rifle