French Foreign Legion

[Cristiano viejo]

Spanish Legion:

You can cherrypick all what you want, that will not change the facts. The Spanish Legion is infinitely more Spanish than the French Legion is French.

[JosephK]

an average dish washer in US make 23000U$ per year

[TheMaestro]

Wrong.
From the moment you're admitted into the Legion, you breathe, think and fight for the Legion.
You have no fatherland but the Legion. It's your community, your family, your only commitment.
Hence the famous motto : 'Legio Patria Nostra'.
This is the Legion's philosophy.
The Legion itself is in French service but you don't have to care.

That's very true I also mentioned it later, but as for the French I've meant the language, they wont use other lang, so you will have to adapt fast and learn it incredibly fast, might be confusing at the start.

[Vlatko Vukovic]

People has to be VERY retard to want joining such brown association. Most of your "colleagues" will be black, MENAs and God knows what, and you will fight for multiculturalism and a multiracial world.

You are living in the middle ages still. MENAs usually don't approach army in general, in Europe. What's wrong with Negroes? Europeans occupied them for years. What is your problem that they live now in Europe?

[Cristiano viejo]

You are living in the middle ages still. MENAs usually don't approach army in general, in Europe. What's wrong with Negroes? Europeans occupied them for years. What is your problem that they live now in Europe?

It is clear you have not lived with blacks

[Jehan]

Low paying salary, the best thing you can do is get experience for at least 4 years (could be in a foreign legion but also in your own nations military), after that you can find high paying jobs (private security) with way better salaries .

Well not that low as you don't have to pay for a rent or food or clothes.
That's just pocket money.

And that's the basic salary, once you add all the extras ( and there are a lot) you can get good amount if you are not a simple soldiers.

[Jehan]

I am seriously thinking of joining the French Legion.

What are the specific specifications? Does anyone have an any way of experience, or heard experience?

You must just be in good health as for all other "soldier job". But ehere are some specific stuff like

* You must know swimming 25 m without asistance
* Have a "Body Mass Index" between 20 and 30 kg / m² (BMI = Weight / Height²) *

EXAMPLE: Body Mass Index of a man measuring 1.75 m and weighing 72 kg

BMI = 72kg / (1.75m * 1.75m) = 23.5 kg / m²

* being in good health and not suffer to some big sickness.


Just here the discipline and the physical training will be far more violent and intense.



Here a link with an email adress:
https://www.legion-recrute.com/mdl/c...idA=10&block=4


Here is a youtube channel of the legion. It show some trainings and informations about it:
https://www.youtube.com/user/LegionEtrangereCOMLE



If you are serious about it, I would advice to learn some french basic. It might help to you to not have to think to much about the language and just focus on other aspect.

[JosephK]

I always figured the hardest part of being in the FFL, at least during training, is the other recruits. You do have to question why some would join. From what I've heard, there's plenty of 'bullying' etc.... And a lot of Russians.

[Jana]

I always figured the hardest part of being in the FFL, at least during training, is the other recruits. You do have to question why some would join. From what I've heard, there's plenty of 'bullying' etc.... And a lot of Russians.

I doubt it. FFL has much stricter discipline compared to US Army.

[Jana]

One older man from my Island was a Legionare - he is quiet withdrawn guy nobody knows much about and there are lot of stories about him, many probably false. People are little afraid of him but he's very OK guy who never makes problems. He is pretty small in stature but very tough looking and he said smaller and thinner yet athletic guys are better fit for Legion than bodybuilder types.

I don't think you should join though - there is more to life than serve as foreign mercenary and possibly give your life, youth and health for nothing.

Think about other career opportunities, is my sincere advice.

PS: I think many of hem have drugs and alcohol issues - ex Legionare from my Island is an ex drug user.