I joined in Lyon but much to my disappointment I only got as far as Marseilles but no rouge, P1'd after medical failure......... I was 20 yrs old, now I am 51 and still wish I had been a Legionnaire . Cest la Vie.
There was one woman who was officially part of the Legion - Susan Travers. An Englishwoman raised mostly in southern France,at the start of WW II she joined an ambulance service, and after seeing action during the retreats in northern Europe, ended up in Syria, where she became attached to the legion. Eventually she shifted from driving an ambulance to driving the leader of the Legion there. At she was his driver at the Battle of Bir Hakeim and drove the lead vehicle in the desperate night time breakout through heavy fire and minefields. Her staff car was severely damaged but she got it back to British lines. She continued with the Legion and after the war was officially made a warrant officer and served in Vietnam (the French war, preceding our entry). She received several of the highest medals. An extraordinary woman.
Wow at 19:18 that bloke is my uncle!! I'm 26 and met him at birth and never again since. He went in when he was 22 and went onto the French special forces after 10+ years in the legion. He has no contact with any family!! And would love to meet him one day
The French Foreign Legion are definitely some heavy hitters. Stood fast on many occasion when other units wouldn't. More recognition should be given to them.
As a US Army veteran, I disagree with the statement "when the US military doesn't have something their lost". Many times we went without armor, food, water, ammo, fuel. But we made do, we jury rigged armor, rationed food, water, ammo and fuel, and MADE DO. All armed forces MAKE DO with what they have. It's ignorant to say otherwise.
@sinkingships offools You should not generalize.....for someone who never had the balls to serve in the US Military....they may be slobs now, but they had what it took to become a Soldier.....don't even think for a minute that EMT's are a para military organization either....your wear a uniform , but that is all....I respect EMT's, but talk about some fat/weak unhealthy mother fuckers....most EMT's that I know would never have lasted a minute in Army Boot Camp....
@sinkingships offools haha... it's funny i didn't even read your replies fully and open them up.....Weak!...... i bet you sit down on the toilet when you piss just like your father..... you get no more replies for me.... what a waste of seman and an egg.... must suck to be a failure and a non-existent person.....see Ya.....
yay .........that is so nice of you thank you very much ....i just feel so good now and yeah i am healthy and strong lol ...thank you once more i will be in contact with you ....have great time
This is very true. Nothing comes close to the leggionaires. They are the best soldiers in the world. I hear, people tell me "SAS or Royal Marines or Navy Seals" but the french foreign legion is a legend, a land of heroes.nothing comes close. indestructible, they are the best fighters this world has ever known. And all the other special forces soldiers know it.
Theeee Best. Spoke to many soldiers in Gulf war, they all said the toughest/best soldiers were the F.F.L. -Glad to see General Swarzkoff confirm it too. All respect.
THE FACT that general schawrdskoff came back to the 2 REP was a testimony of what he reguard the LEGIONS MISSIONS IN IRAK was a great attitude from a great GENERAL , who after the war , and i quote
Two good books to read about the French Foreign Legion, are The Naked Soldier and Life in the French Foreign Legion. Legionnaires are tough, extremely fit, but far from the perfect soldier. I'm not sure if today they have the same problems that were mentioned in those two books. I am sure they get a lot of Eastern Europeans with prior military experience.
It's also open to French Nationals, but I think only French Nationals can be commissioned officers. I also think if a recruit doesn't speak French, they pair him with a recruit who speaks French and his language, the non French speaking recruit learns from the French speaker, use the Buddy system.
Like all corps, officers can be from the rank (so foreigner too). But they are older than young officers from french army officers school 30% of legionaires are from France. 70% of candidate are from France.
Everyone gets a new nationality and a new name. If you are a french speaking canadian you will be registered as belgium or french. If you are Malianyou will register as being from Senegal. And so on. There is no biais on your nationality this is why everyone gets a new nationality, French included. The commentator is indeed wrong when saying french can not enlist. 24% of the legion is made of french right now. It is an honor to be accepted.
Raubenheimer is also in a Legion documentary called "The Foreign Legion: Tougher Than the Rest" It shows is at the end of his 20 years. It's pretty good; it is more realistic that this documentary and has unscripted interviews. It also has desertions...
By wikipedia definition: the important distinction in the personal gain is between joining the forces and getting involved in a conflict. Any armed force member gets a personal wage and gain. By your definition, any marine getting in the corps to pay his college fees is a mercenary. Legionnaires are not paid depending on the conflicts they're involved in, they don't get paid by parties involved, or by private interests paid by those parties. They get a fixed wage by France.
Tough...watched it thru.as always i felt for the young soldiers knowingly their lives will change emensley...as it was said.." prepare" for death...reality is all war intensified exercise to live for another day or death. Amazing young people.
What is the name of the narrator? He used to all the FRONTLINE documentaries on PBS, as well lots of others. After David McCollough and Lawrence Olivier, he's the best.
After WW2 about 80% of them actually were. A Journalist once referred top the Battle of Dien Bien Phu as the last battle of the Waffen SS. The legion was the last to surrender after they ran out of ammunition and about 80% of them were former German Wehrmacht and Waffen SS soldiers.
"Only foreigners can enlist"... This is untrue. According to General de Saint-Chamas, head of Foreign Legion in 2012, it was at that time composed of 10 to 15% of French nationals. Such mistake casts serious doubts on the accuracy of the remainder of this video.
Syl75 In fact, citizens of one country cannot be more than 25% of the members of the legion so a lot of french legionaires declare themselves to be of another french speaking nationality.
Frédéric LE GAL I didn't know this rule. I always heard that French nationals can't enlist as French because the Foreign Legion is, by definition, for foreigners.
The important part of the definition is that they are "not a national or a party to the conflict". Not wether or not they get a higher wage than a French citizen in the French army.
respect to a mind that can analyze and figure out what is truth for oneself.but dont be to eager to lead,it takes more than will to be of a hierarchy,and its never easy to know you have lives depending on your orders but the ends will justify the means as they say.good luck to whatever you pursue,even optimism has its short comings,wisdom and knowledge can only lead to more sorrow.not everythings about sunshine and rainbows!
Am i allowed to join if i had ACL reconstruction? I mean it doesn't bother me at all and i can work my knee as much as i want and it doesn't ever hurt.
la Légion étrangère c'est pas la meilleurs option, je pense que pour rentrer dans la légion étrangère il faut déjà avoir un mental d'acier, une endurance à toute épreuve et pas peur de la mort! Va plutôt dans les troupes régulière de ton pays la légion c'est surtout pour quand on a fait des conneries dans le passé et qu'on a envie de tout changer, retiens bien que ce n'est pas un commando la légion c'est une troupe de choc on va pas t'envoyer faire des mission commando on va juste te mettre en première ligne et te dire de te d'emmerder!
no it is just scar lift nothing else i have check it lots of time and doctor told me that my operated kidney is more healthy then the other one and i can do all kind of sports and hard work by doctor permission i was just wondering if they will see my scar on kidney and they will not pass my test ...
I would suggest reading "Life in the French Foreign Legion" by Evan McGorman, to anyone who is overly impressed with "The Legion". No question these men are very tough. They have many internal problems however than hurt them. Their training is tougher than the Americans, yeah I'm a Yank. However the Legion has internal problems that exceed the problems within the US military.
well that is great it is so nice of you for ur kind information ...well one think else i had a kidney stone when i was a little kid ..so i got operation...now i have not problem in my kidney just and now i am all fine but i have still the scar of the operation so do u think it will be big problem in medical test
There is not only mercenaries and foreigners in the Legion, in some contries you can go in jail for nothing... You can simply be a homeless guy..... The Legion accept you... If you want to be a mercenary go to blackwater you'll get 4-7 times more $ than in the Legion...
I had thought about joining in the mid 90's when I was a police officer in the USA in my late 20's...……..I am glad I did not join...…….it was better to stay at my job and earn a pension...….but it would have been a great adventure if I had...……..
He gets his information from common knowledge that is available to the public. You can visit SOFREP (dot) com, the FFL website and read up on both units from the various books that have been written about them. FFL is a light infantry force, similar to the Royal Marines or Para's. Yes, they are good, but they are not an SOF and they do not perform any similar operations. That's why the French military has it's special forces and commandos in addition to the FFL.
4 years active in the Marines 91-95, I see quite a bit of simularities....if there was a time for me to join the Legion, it would have been in 95'. Now, hell no.
Actually 24% are french, the rest (76% are foreigners details in french here : secretdefense.blogs.liberation.fr/defense/2008/11/la-lgion-saccro.html). What is not allowed is for more than 25% of the foreign legion to be from one country. So that no country has so many soldiers that they can hijack the legion.
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Legionares are amongst the fittest if not the fittest military men on earth. They don't do there Hell Week like the Navy SEALs, do their train and rest in between ops. They're ALWAYS training to such a point it could be considered torture in many ways.
This Unit has 2 centuries of knowledge, technics and tactics, fought much more battles than your Seals.. there no comparaison, just look at history and what the Legion did.. the battle of Camaron in mexico for example... Plus, their training worth the seals'one by far, Djibouti and Guyana are known to be the hardest training camp in the world, so much that a lot of americain and brits military go to train there for a cuple of weeks...
The US do not train in Guyana anymore. They said it is to hard. I went to train in the CEFE boot camp in Guyana. The training was so hard when we crossed thr jungle for 2 weeks i was totally exhausted. But i proudly made it
At least they didn't cave to political pressure like every other military organization in the world. I mean, the US Marines and Rangers are even lowering their standards now because of the woman quota.
Andrew Hagstrom they have political pressure too about women. the actual french ministre of sexual equality is actually attacking legion about that... feminazi are everywhere
First, I would ask for some civility and respect for women (as much as I would ask conversely) a great deal of the life in any man (and, indeed, some women) is expended in a quest for a woman with whom to expend whatever life remains in that man AFTER that effort. Secondly, to the point at hand, without regard to however many might want it, the demands of military life, in and of itself, are more than a not insignificant portion of men can handle; a woman that has graduated from Ranger school is, without any categorization, A US ARMY RANGER. All the bellyaching concerning politics or misunderstandings of Feminism (or, more accurately, Post-Feminism) on either side cannot negate a very important point: graduation is the start, not the end. A woman might choose to challenge a particularly grueling course of training with the most fervent desire to become a part of a group of very special people, so can any man. That so few men actually do even try to gain acceptance to these schools is telling: gender is irrelevant when the question is how bad do you want this? How bad DO YOU REALLY WANT THIS? Because, whatever "THIS" might be, that is precisely what the individuals who do graduate will do EVERY DAY. Once, Frogmen from Team 4 got to enjoy the warm and crystal clear waters off south eastern Puerto Rico. It had been at least a decade since Roosevelt Roads closed but does anyone really think that all that training at The Strand was just so those men could swim in The Caribbean Sea? In a similar vein, does anyone really think that navigating a swamp from Georgia to Florida in a week is the last time that a Ranger in the 75 Ranger Regiment will have to negotiate terrain that is simply never comfortable to traverse for anyone except the alligators and the nutria? I DID NOT do those things, I have done other things and faced other challenges, without the mystique, nothing ever feels like it was enough; nevertheless, I feel that I can state categorically that whatever women might persevere sufficiently to continue to serve as a professional, in either capacity, a year later, has not only earned every ounce of respect that one might give a man in a similar position, she has earned more. I would hope that such a woman would give many pause when they consider matters of gender and society; she swam fourteen miles out in open ocean, how many men can even claim to be willing to do the same. The Legion, more than any other military unit, demonstrates the value of sweating in training; all the more so because the training will be put to the test soon. The Legion also demonstrates the underlying principle of the previous paragraph: this is what this unit does every day, are you certain that you want to join us for this? The next battle could be the modern Camarone; are you really sure you want to join us? Women may, one day, come to knock at the gates of the fort in Paris (I cannot recall the name of the fort at this moment --I was going to rewatch the documentary when some comments caught my eye; I was under the impression that one could go to several recruiting depots throughout France such as Marseilles to join The Legion?) and they may very well make it all the way to Castelnaudary and add the richness of the voices of a hundred Edith Piafs to the tenor and baritone tones of the would be Legionnaires as they march en cadence singing Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien. I can categorically state with absolute confidence that nothing will change; at least, not if those women have anything to say about it. The women I met in my time in the military, with few exceptions --and those were justified and understandable--, were superlatively capable and professional; none of them wanted the modified standards, all were driven and motivated, not merely to pass, they were there to excel. The course is not anything anyone thinks about but the attrition rate was, in my time, about 80%; I had precisely ZERO doubt that I could rely on them. Drinking, something of a part of Legion culture it would seem, was not a problem, these women could drink as many men under the table as they could beat on an obstacle course. Language? I would go as far as to say that I learned a thing or two. For the women that want to belong to these units, the prize is devalued by making the road easier or more comfortable due to gender stereotypes and they will not tolerate any of that. Where such things are found, they have been imposed upon them against their will. There is considerable evidence to support my argument, I doubt many men could take on a Marine that happened to be female even in a well lit ring; those that could, won't bother. The Marine Corps has not become soft and fluffy, on the contrary, some of the toughest people I have ever met have been WMs. That is not to say that it will be either easy or cheap to find the few women who would make it from Castelnaudary to Guyana and Djibouti to The REP; it may take a hundred volunteers to find the one or two that would make it; however, once they made it, would anyone REALLY want to go up to them and tell them that they do not deserve their Kepi Blanc?
my brother-in-law is in french legion , and we are proud of him!!!
I joined in Lyon but much to my disappointment I only got as far as Marseilles but no rouge, P1'd after medical failure......... I was 20 yrs old, now I am 51 and still wish I had been a Legionnaire . Cest la Vie.
@Kashiff Adepegba fitness. P1'd me.
As a retired U.S. Marine I have to admire the French Foreign Legion's unit cohesion as a fighting force! Semper Fidelis!
I worked with some FFL guys overseas and they were some of the best most disciplined soldiers I have ever seen.
There was one woman who was officially part of the Legion - Susan Travers. An Englishwoman raised mostly in southern France,at the start of WW II she joined an ambulance service, and after seeing action during the retreats in northern Europe, ended up in Syria, where she became attached to the legion. Eventually she shifted from driving an ambulance to driving the leader of the Legion there. At she was his driver at the Battle of Bir Hakeim and drove the lead vehicle in the desperate night time breakout through heavy fire and minefields. Her staff car was severely damaged but she got it back to British lines. She continued with the Legion and after the war was officially made a warrant officer and served in Vietnam (the French war, preceding our entry). She received several of the highest medals. An extraordinary woman.
That's fascinating Im gonna go order her autobiography.
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@@caerwyn2058 why don t you do something for your country ?
Wow at 19:18 that bloke is my uncle!! I'm 26 and met him at birth and never again since. He went in when he was 22 and went onto the French special forces after 10+ years in the legion. He has no contact with any family!! And would love to meet him one day
jack lawson that’s crazy man!!
In wich unity of special forces ? Commandos Marine, 1st RPIMA, 13 RDP...?
The French Foreign Legion are definitely some heavy hitters. Stood fast on many occasion when other units wouldn't. More recognition should be given to them.
I have so much respect for these brothers and what they stand for......
35:08, 36:55 and 10:18 great beautiful background music. It’s truly beautiful!!!
if you are french you enlist as Canadian or something else
If you wanna know more check about the battle of Camaron (wiki)... 65 legionaires against 3000 opponents.. Quite a story!
I sure could never do this, respect to all of them.,
Interesting video thanks for letting us see it....
As a US Army veteran, I disagree with the statement "when the US military doesn't have something their lost". Many times we went without armor, food, water, ammo, fuel. But we made do, we jury rigged armor, rationed food, water, ammo and fuel, and MADE DO. All armed forces MAKE DO with what they have. It's ignorant to say otherwise.
pchandler43 I think you mean jerry rigged, I forgive you being in the army! Semper Fi! ;) (I know 4 years late)
Акакий Акакиевич I had to do it to them lol
@sinkingships offools You should not generalize.....for someone who never had the balls to serve in the US Military....they may be slobs now, but they had what it took to become a Soldier.....don't even think for a minute that EMT's are a para military organization either....your wear a uniform , but that is all....I respect EMT's, but talk about some fat/weak unhealthy mother fuckers....most EMT's that I know would never have lasted a minute in Army Boot Camp....
@sinkingships offools haha... it's funny i didn't even read your replies fully and open them up.....Weak!...... i bet you sit down on the toilet when you piss just like your father..... you get no more replies for me.... what a waste of seman and an egg.... must suck to be a failure and a non-existent person.....see Ya.....
yay .........that is so nice of you thank you very much ....i just feel so good now and yeah i am healthy and strong lol ...thank you once more i will be in contact with you ....have great time
Nothing than the most utter respect for the Foreign Legion
merci pour ce reportage ;)
Firmilair wisdom on a boundace-clue,to covers up in the chasity's of wars detainments
This is very true. Nothing comes close to the leggionaires. They are the best soldiers in the world. I hear, people tell me "SAS or Royal Marines or Navy Seals" but the french foreign legion is a legend, a land of heroes.nothing comes close. indestructible, they are the best fighters this world has ever known. And all the other special forces soldiers know it.
Soldiers either live to share stories or will be told by others....on in prayer we ask to live.
Theeee Best. Spoke to many soldiers in Gulf war, they all said the toughest/best soldiers were the F.F.L. -Glad to see General Swarzkoff confirm it too. All respect.
What a story. They don't make documentaries of this quality anymore
The recent documentary about the rescue of an helicopter of the french army crashed in the Sahel during an operation is one of the best I ever seen.
@@fabs8498 Do you know the name of it?
THE FACT that general schawrdskoff came back to the 2 REP was a testimony of what he reguard the LEGIONS MISSIONS IN IRAK was a great attitude from a great GENERAL , who after the war , and i quote
Two good books to read about the French Foreign Legion, are The Naked Soldier and Life in the French Foreign Legion. Legionnaires are tough, extremely fit, but far from the perfect soldier. I'm not sure if today they have the same problems that were mentioned in those two books. I am sure they get a lot of Eastern Europeans with prior military experience.
It's also open to French Nationals, but I think only French Nationals can be commissioned officers. I also think if a recruit doesn't speak French, they pair him with a recruit who speaks French and his language, the non French speaking recruit learns from the French speaker, use the Buddy system.
Like all corps, officers can be from the rank (so foreigner too). But they are older than young officers from french army officers school
30% of legionaires are from France. 70% of candidate are from France.
Everyone gets a new nationality and a new name. If you are a french speaking canadian you will be registered as belgium or french.
If you are Malianyou will register as being from Senegal. And so on.
There is no biais on your nationality this is why everyone gets a new nationality, French included.
The commentator is indeed wrong when saying french can not enlist. 24% of the legion is made of french right now. It is an honor to be accepted.
ohhh really thanks for this kind information i hope so if there are some ...........thank you
Raubenheimer is also in a Legion documentary called "The Foreign Legion: Tougher Than the Rest"
It shows is at the end of his 20 years. It's pretty good; it is more realistic that this documentary and has unscripted interviews. It also has desertions...
Great Stuff!
Is there an oppurtunity in 13.DBLE,to try parachute,or is it only in 2REP?
thank you for enlightening me
These are some of the toughest guys on the planet........
Oh hey, thats what I intended to say with my comment "after Great Britain." I totally agree with your point of view. Peace
RIP General Stormin Norman
By wikipedia definition: the important distinction in the personal gain is between joining the forces and getting involved in a conflict. Any armed force member gets a personal wage and gain. By your definition, any marine getting in the corps to pay his college fees is a mercenary.
Legionnaires are not paid depending on the conflicts they're involved in, they don't get paid by parties involved, or by private interests paid by those parties. They get a fixed wage by France.
If I had known about the FFF in my formative years, I would have joined.
Tough...watched it thru.as always i felt for the young soldiers knowingly their lives will change emensley...as it was said.." prepare" for death...reality is all war intensified exercise to live for another day or death. Amazing young people.
love watching rebels fight, they either clip a wall with a RPG or their mortar tube falls over. They are more deadly to themselves than anyone else.
lol
Not really.
Thats pretty insane good job on that. Im totatlly useless after 24 hours of no sleep cant imagine 5 days and still being able to think and train.
What is the name of the narrator? He used to all the FRONTLINE documentaries on PBS, as well lots of others. After David McCollough and Lawrence Olivier, he's the best.
After WW2 about 80% of them actually were.
A Journalist once referred top the Battle of Dien Bien Phu as the last battle of the Waffen SS. The legion was the last to surrender after they ran out of ammunition and about 80% of them were former German Wehrmacht and Waffen SS soldiers.
this is where i am heeding i am from us 4 more years
listen song "le volontaire"..
"Only foreigners can enlist"... This is untrue. According to General de Saint-Chamas, head of Foreign Legion in 2012, it was at that time composed of 10 to 15% of French nationals. Such mistake casts serious doubts on the accuracy of the remainder of this video.
You are right, but this was made somewhere around 2005. Back then only foreigners could enlist.
maxi4492 They were 50 000 french in the Legion in 1963 for instance : fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A9gion_%C3%A9trang%C3%A8re
French nationals can enlist but only under another French-speaking nationality (Belgian, Swiss, Canadian...).
Syl75 In fact, citizens of one country cannot be more than 25% of the members of the legion so a lot of french legionaires declare themselves to be of another french speaking nationality.
Frédéric LE GAL I didn't know this rule. I always heard that French nationals can't enlist as French because the Foreign Legion is, by definition, for foreigners.
GREAT!
The important part of the definition is that they are "not a national or a party to the conflict". Not wether or not they get a higher wage than a French citizen in the French army.
respect to a mind that can analyze and figure out what is truth for oneself.but dont be to eager to lead,it takes more than will to be of a hierarchy,and its never easy to know you have lives depending on your orders but the ends will justify the means as they say.good luck to whatever you pursue,even optimism has its short comings,wisdom and knowledge can only lead to more sorrow.not everythings about sunshine and rainbows!
for any one who hasnt seen it you should search and watch Bear Grylls Escape To The Legion
Am i allowed to join if i had ACL reconstruction? I mean it doesn't bother me at all and i can work my knee as much as i want and it doesn't ever hurt.
Can any one tell me the song that is sung by the legion towards the end at 49:19
The original "regiment" were mercenaries, but have become a real fighting force over time.
Honneur et Fidélité
in the legion you get a private legion account that only you and the legion have access too
I have no job and I am young. I think the army is my only option.
+Creepyboi ;) Go for it.
la Légion étrangère c'est pas la meilleurs option, je pense que pour rentrer dans la légion étrangère il faut déjà avoir un mental d'acier, une endurance à toute épreuve et pas peur de la mort!
Va plutôt dans les troupes régulière de ton pays la légion c'est surtout pour quand on a fait des conneries dans le passé et qu'on a envie de tout changer, retiens bien que ce n'est pas un commando la légion c'est une troupe de choc on va pas t'envoyer faire des mission commando on va juste te mettre en première ligne et te dire de te d'emmerder!
I would never join a nato or eu army it's not worth the political ramifications in my opinion
Markus Disaso agreed , there is no honorable fights anymore
The legion is really tough
no it is just scar lift nothing else i have check it lots of time and doctor told me that my operated kidney is more healthy then the other one and i can do all kind of sports and hard work by doctor permission i was just wondering if they will see my scar on kidney and they will not pass my test ...
The very best régiment in France this 8°RPIMa , paratroopers in infantry of Marine.....
I would suggest reading "Life in the French Foreign Legion" by Evan McGorman, to anyone who is overly impressed with "The Legion". No question these men are very tough. They have many internal problems however than hurt them. Their training is tougher than the Americans, yeah I'm a Yank. However the Legion has internal problems that exceed the problems within the US military.
well that is great it is so nice of you for ur kind information ...well one think else i had a kidney stone when i was a little kid ..so i got operation...now i have not problem in my kidney just and now i am all fine but i have still the scar of the operation so do u think it will be big problem in medical test
These guys are legit badasses
When the History Channel was the History Channel
yes you do
This is it, this is my calling. The French Foreign Legion.
When was this documentary filmed?
ok ty i was just wondering how it all worked..i bet it is a honor to be accepted in the legion...
9 in 10 chance of making it out alive I thought. but it sounds better the way you put it lol.
There is not only mercenaries and foreigners in the Legion, in some contries you can go in jail for nothing... You can simply be a homeless guy..... The Legion accept you...
If you want to be a mercenary go to blackwater you'll get 4-7 times more $ than in the Legion...
I had thought about joining in the mid 90's when I was a police officer in the USA in my late 20's...……..I am glad I did not join...…….it was better to stay at my job and earn a pension...….but it would have been a great adventure if I had...……..
not sure if i am aloud to post links here but if you want to know more of the FFL this might help
/watch?v=XKBJ6Ss9Nl8
YES PLEASE!
27:18 and US Army Infantryman since I have been to djbouti and ive been to the legion camp in Arta. the FDCC is sketch.
exactly!
Whats his pay like? Basic n with combat allowance?
He gets his information from common knowledge that is available to the public. You can visit SOFREP (dot) com, the FFL website and read up on both units from the various books that have been written about them. FFL is a light infantry force, similar to the Royal Marines or Para's. Yes, they are good, but they are not an SOF and they do not perform any similar operations. That's why the French military has it's special forces and commandos in addition to the FFL.
Ligionario Lisboa , Presente !!!
I am glad to have "them" on our side!
The legion washes its linen, prepares its food, prefers to walk,that set helicopter, and has no problems of overweight for the American army
4 years active in the Marines 91-95, I see quite a bit of simularities....if there was a time for me to join the Legion, it would have been in 95'. Now, hell no.
Actually 24% are french, the rest (76% are foreigners details in french here : secretdefense.blogs.liberation.fr/defense/2008/11/la-lgion-saccro.html). What is not allowed is for more than 25% of the foreign legion to be from one country. So that no country has so many soldiers that they can hijack the legion.
nice very nice
Do you know how they get to war? Or who sends them to war?
hey can somebody tell me how to contact ...with these people i need to join
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At 3:30 the Legionaire roping from the helo planted his barrel into the ground. Bad, bad juju.
49:19 what is the song the legionnaires are singing????
Kepi Blanc.
3:36 Is that Bear Grills?
+drummer2177 Yep.
Is there an age limit to join?
March Képi Blanc is brutal, but it is more like 100-120 km rather than 180.
Marche kepi blanc is 60km in 2 days
OMG open military history book guy. You will be VERY SURPRISE. ^^
my dads ex legion he was in the 2eREP he served 10 years
Legionares are amongst the fittest if not the fittest military men on earth. They don't do there Hell Week like the Navy SEALs, do their train and rest in between ops. They're ALWAYS training to such a point it could be considered torture in many ways.
Hail!!!
This Unit has 2 centuries of knowledge, technics and tactics, fought much more battles than your Seals.. there no comparaison, just look at history and what the Legion did.. the battle of Camaron in mexico for example... Plus, their training worth the seals'one by far, Djibouti and Guyana are known to be the hardest training camp in the world, so much that a lot of americain and brits military go to train there for a cuple of weeks...
The US do not train in Guyana anymore. They said it is to hard. I went to train in the CEFE boot camp in Guyana. The training was so hard when we crossed thr jungle for 2 weeks i was totally exhausted. But i proudly made it
where is that information?
At least they didn't cave to political pressure like every other military organization in the world. I mean, the US Marines and Rangers are even lowering their standards now because of the woman quota.
Andrew Hagstrom they have political pressure too about women. the actual french ministre of sexual equality is actually attacking legion about that... feminazi are everywhere
@dennytenny a comment by a man who's a white knight!
First, I would ask for some civility and respect for women (as much as I would ask conversely) a great deal of the life in any man (and, indeed, some women) is expended in a quest for a woman with whom to expend whatever life remains in that man AFTER that effort. Secondly, to the point at hand, without regard to however many might want it, the demands of military life, in and of itself, are more than a not insignificant portion of men can handle; a woman that has graduated from Ranger school is, without any categorization, A US ARMY RANGER. All the bellyaching concerning politics or misunderstandings of Feminism (or, more accurately, Post-Feminism) on either side cannot negate a very important point: graduation is the start, not the end. A woman might choose to challenge a particularly grueling course of training with the most fervent desire to become a part of a group of very special people, so can any man. That so few men actually do even try to gain acceptance to these schools is telling: gender is irrelevant when the question is how bad do you want this? How bad DO YOU REALLY WANT THIS? Because, whatever "THIS" might be, that is precisely what the individuals who do graduate will do EVERY DAY. Once, Frogmen from Team 4 got to enjoy the warm and crystal clear waters off south eastern Puerto Rico. It had been at least a decade since Roosevelt Roads closed but does anyone really think that all that training at The Strand was just so those men could swim in The Caribbean Sea? In a similar vein, does anyone really think that navigating a swamp from Georgia to Florida in a week is the last time that a Ranger in the 75 Ranger Regiment will have to negotiate terrain that is simply never comfortable to traverse for anyone except the alligators and the nutria? I DID NOT do those things, I have done other things and faced other challenges, without the mystique, nothing ever feels like it was enough; nevertheless, I feel that I can state categorically that whatever women might persevere sufficiently to continue to serve as a professional, in either capacity, a year later, has not only earned every ounce of respect that one might give a man in a similar position, she has earned more. I would hope that such a woman would give many pause when they consider matters of gender and society; she swam fourteen miles out in open ocean, how many men can even claim to be willing to do the same.
The Legion, more than any other military unit, demonstrates the value of sweating in training; all the more so because the training will be put to the test soon. The Legion also demonstrates the underlying principle of the previous paragraph: this is what this unit does every day, are you certain that you want to join us for this? The next battle could be the modern Camarone; are you really sure you want to join us?
Women may, one day, come to knock at the gates of the fort in Paris (I cannot recall the name of the fort at this moment --I was going to rewatch the documentary when some comments caught my eye; I was under the impression that one could go to several recruiting depots throughout France such as Marseilles to join The Legion?) and they may very well make it all the way to Castelnaudary and add the richness of the voices of a hundred Edith Piafs to the tenor and baritone tones of the would be Legionnaires as they march en cadence singing Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien. I can categorically state with absolute confidence that nothing will change; at least, not if those women have anything to say about it. The women I met in my time in the military, with few exceptions --and those were justified and understandable--, were superlatively capable and professional; none of them wanted the modified standards, all were driven and motivated, not merely to pass, they were there to excel. The course is not anything anyone thinks about but the attrition rate was, in my time, about 80%; I had precisely ZERO doubt that I could rely on them. Drinking, something of a part of Legion culture it would seem, was not a problem, these women could drink as many men under the table as they could beat on an obstacle course. Language? I would go as far as to say that I learned a thing or two. For the women that want to belong to these units, the prize is devalued by making the road easier or more comfortable due to gender stereotypes and they will not tolerate any of that. Where such things are found, they have been imposed upon them against their will. There is considerable evidence to support my argument, I doubt many men could take on a Marine that happened to be female even in a well lit ring; those that could, won't bother. The Marine Corps has not become soft and fluffy, on the contrary, some of the toughest people I have ever met have been WMs. That is not to say that it will be either easy or cheap to find the few women who would make it from Castelnaudary to Guyana and Djibouti to The REP; it may take a hundred volunteers to find the one or two that would make it; however, once they made it, would anyone REALLY want to go up to them and tell them that they do not deserve their Kepi Blanc?
Do 2 rep soldiers go through jungle training in French Guiana?
They're actually commando qualified. They are equivalent to Rangers or British Royal Marines.
Bunjevacki Tina, it really did happen
I wish I could join.
Is that 7hrs 9mins?