French Foreign Legion, I'm joining

Rossonero

I have my bag packed beside me. The talk, dreams are over. In the year Italy will win the world cup, i bid you farewell. love you

Dave!

Deadly!

Heyes

Goodluck.

I remember watching a programme on the French Foreign Legion, certainly looks very tough, emotionally and physically. However im sure you ll be a stronger man for it. Good luck

neGev

Prepare to get treated like SHYTE.

By Frenchies

gl

biko

Best of luck to you! It's not going to be easy. Hope you speak French

Ruu_Old

I wouldnt like to be under Frenchie command, but good luck anyway

Davei141

Good luck.

BuffyBot

French Foreign Legion, I'm joining

boards.ie, we're not caring.

scojones

Best of luck. Bring me back some cheese! I thought about doing this years ago but the whole French speaking thing turned me off it.

shoutman

Good man yourself.

If/When you return would you write a big report on your experience?

It would make a great read, I know there have been a couple of books written by ex foreign legionnaires.

regards and good luck.

Dave!

BuffyBot wrote:

boards.ie, we're not caring.

I care... And apparantly so do most of the people who posted in the thread!

Dirk Gently

Cannon fodder

Esel

Bring plenty of vaso and watch out for the sand. :eek:

CuLT

Just don't expect to win any wars

InFront

esel wrote:

Bring plenty of vaso and watch out for the sand. :eek:

do you mean like, lube?

Esel

InFront wrote:

do you mean like, lube?

No, vaso. You can use it for chapped lips and other complaints as well. Just be sure to use a different finger.

InFront

Oh, Ok. Well bring Lube too. These things can be so unpredictable!!

Rb

DaveMcG wrote:

I care... And apparantly so do most of the people who posted in the thread!

Well I most certainly don't...


EDIT: weird, when I quoted that post, it just read "I care"...how odd

Mossy Monk

i like that ad where yer man goes up to the guy in the foreign legion and decides after 3 days it isnt for him. the way the other guy turned his head as if to say STFU. brilliant

Black Swan

Rossonero wrote:

I have my bag packed beside me. The talk, dreams are over. In the year Italy will win the world cup, i bid you farewell. love you

Why?

InFront

We dont care that you dont care. Our care is enough for all. *emits care beams*

monkeyfudge

What has this all to do with Italy winning the World Cup? It hardly sounds like a valid reason to join the foreign legion to me.

Rb

InFront wrote:

We dont care that you dont care. Our care is enough for all. *emits care beams*

Well I don't care that you don't care that I don't care.

el rabitos

Rossonero wrote:

I have my bag packed beside me. The talk, dreams are over. In the year Italy will win the world cup, i bid you farewell. love you

dont forget your lightsabre and cloak with extra large hood

InFront

rb_ie wrote:

Well I don't care that you don't care that I don't care.

Poo poo.Youre ruining *checks name* Rossonero's leaving bash. Now put on your party hat like everyone else and do us a party dance, monkey-boy.

Rb

InFront wrote:

Poo poo.Youre ruining *checks name* Rossonero's leaving bash. Now put on your party hat like everyone else and do us a party dance, monkey-boy.

I feel sorry for him if this is his "leaving bash" tbh.

InFront

Hmph. Who invited you??

Rb

InFront wrote:

Hmph. Who invited you??

Good one.

ArphaRima

Best of luck.

Zillah

Sheep?

TerrorFirmer

Mossy Monk wrote:

i like that ad where yer man goes up to the guy in the foreign legion and decides after 3 days it isnt for him. the way the other guy turned his head as if to say STFU. brilliant

Yeah, thats brilliant alright....the guy at the end...."No...?...ok"

Dyr

Dont forget to post on the military forum about going to foreign legion school

Degsy

(La Forme Physique)
These tests are done to ensure that you are in a reasonable
condition to take on the tasks that lie ahead at
Castelnaudary. As well as various upper body tests in the
form of pull-ups and sit ups there is a 2600 metre run to
be completed in twelve minutes. If you take longer than
the time allowed then you will have failed selection. (this
equates to just over a mile and a half in 12 mins or just
over eight minute miles). Failures are allowed to re-apply
in three months time.

At Aubagne the days will start early, probably at about
5.00am, firstly with Le petit dejeuner (breakfast) - a bowl
of hot coffee or chocolate with some bread, butter and
jam. The coffee will be served in a bowl which you drink
from. This is France now and you will learn to do
everything the French way. As you become known to
more and more Legionnaires you will quickly learn that it
is also customary to shake hands first thing in the morning
or for the first time you meet them during the day. This
happens every day.
There is much to do during the three weeks at Aubagne,
so you will quickly be marched back to the block to start
cleaning. After this the days' activities will begin. It could
be any one of the tests previously mentioned or it could be
something more mundane like cleaning or helping out in
the kitchens.
The Apel is always done first thing in the morning and last
thing at night, but initially you will do it perhaps twenty
or thirty times in a day. This is purely to teach you how to
count and as a method of asserting discipline and
authority upon you. In the 2 eme REP based in Corsica,
there are three apels per day - one after lunch as well. At
some time during basic training there is sure to be a low
count in the morning when a Legionnaire or two have
decided that they've had enough and tried to desert. They
are nearly always caught .Standard corporal punishment consists of a "Stick" -
which is the palm of the hand (normally fairly large)
smacked against the back of your shaven head with as
much force as possible. This example however, is a sort
of controlled brutality if you like and is dished out as a
formal punishment (Not really in a sinister way either). It
is not as if the recipient is being beaten to a pulp through
uncontrollable rage. A "Stick" will sometimes makes you
feel momentarily dizzy but rarely does it knock you out. It
just stings a bit.
Have fun mon ami!;)

biko

Wasn't there some brit show when they had some athletics from UK come down to try out for the legion (while being filmed). They were fit to start with but had major problems with running up and down sand dunes and the general regime.

They had a sargeant who was about 5 foot 4 but hard as nails.

One or two quit within days.

r3nu4l

biko wrote:

Best of luck to you! It's not going to be easy. Hope you speak French

You don't need a word of French to join the French Foreign Legion. All volunteers are given lessons in French and as they are immersed in a French-speaking world they learn quickly.

Of course, having a smattering of French helps to begin with

OP, are you serious or just having a laugh? Have you spoken to any former members of the FFL? I would strongly advise you to do so before volunteering. It's a good (but tough) life for many but not good for all.

You will have to take a fitness test, medical tests and aptitude tests, don't bother going if you think you won't pass these tests. If you are serious and need a list of contact telephone numbers and recruitment centre addresses PM me or alternatively search the web, I'm sure they are available online.

Whatever you do, don't go AWOL, make sure you have enough to buy yourself out of your contract if you think you can't hack it. Desertion means you are on the wanted list for life and can never enter French territories again without risking going to a military jail.

Degsy

r3nu4l wrote:

You don't need a word of French to join the French Foreign Legion. All volunteers are given lessons in French and as they are immersed in a French-speaking world they learn quickly.

Of course, having a smattering of French helps to begin with

OP, are you serious or just having a laugh? Have you spoken to any former members of the FFL? I would strongly advise you to do so before volunteering. It's a good (but tough) life for many but not good for all.

You will have to take a fitness test, medical tests and aptitude tests, don't bother going if you think you won't pass these tests. If you are serious and need a list of contact telephone numbers and recruitment centre addresses PM me or alternatively search the web, I'm sure they are available online.

Whatever you do, don't go AWOL, make sure you have enough to buy yourself out of your contract if you think you can't hack it. Desertion means you are on the wanted list for life and can never enter French territories again without risking going to a military jail.

And just see what happens if you try to desert with a weapon *shudders*

LikeOhMyGawd!

r3nu4l wrote:

Whatever you do, don't go AWOL, make sure you have enough to buy yourself out of your contract if you think you can't hack it. Desertion means you are on the wanted list for life and can never enter French territories again without risking going to a military jail.

Yeah, look what happened to Lyon Gaultier when he went AWOL. He had to swim all the way to New York from Djibouti and once there he had to take an assumed name "Lionheart" and fight bare-knucked boxing to get the money to go to California where his brother was murdered. The Legion followed him all the way. Fúck that for a game of cricket.

Dragan

Rossonero wrote:

I have my bag packed beside me. The talk, dreams are over. In the year Italy will win the world cup, i bid you farewell. love you

Indeed, the dreams are over, the nightmare has begun.

Enjoy the desert.

Degsy

LikeOhMyGawd! wrote:

Yeah, look what happened to Lyon Gaultier when he went AWOL. He had to swim all the way to New York from Djibouti and once there he had to take an assumed name "Lionheart" and fight bare-knucked boxing to get the money to go to California where his brother was murdered. The Legion followed him all the way. Fúck that for a game of cricket.

Lol!Van Damme's only fan speaks out..:D

Ponster

neGev wrote:

Prepare to get treated like SHYTE.

By Frenchies
gl

Europeans actually. There aren't many French legionnaires (about 20%). That's why it's called the foreign legion.

Dub13

Ponster wrote:

Europeans actually. There aren't many French legionnaires (about 20%). That's why it's called the foreign legion.

Its my understanding that all Officers in the Legion are French.

zuma

Wikipedia really is great!

http://www.foreignlegionlife.com/
http://www.legion-etrangere.info/spip/article.php3?id_article=141
http://www.voltigeur1.net/
http://lib.ru/TXT/franclegion.txt

The FFL is a pretty specialist force and one of the more likely regiments to actually be placed into a full combat situation i.e. you might actually be forced to kill for France!"!

r3nu4l

zuma wrote:

you might actually be forced to kill for France!"!

Well, if you sign up that's what happens, the OP should not take this lightly.

One of my mates has pins in his legs and a plate in his head following 5 years in the legion. My former mate is perfectly healthy but is a deserter (and still on the run)!

Don't sign up if you don't want the action. Be prepared to kill people or be killed yourself. That simple.

Funkstard

r3nu4l wrote:

Well, if you sign up that's what happens, the OP should not take this lightly.

One of my mates has pins in his legs and a plate in his head following 5 years in the legion. My former mate is perfectly healthy but is a deserter (and still on the run)!

Don't sign up if you don't want the action. Be prepared to kill people or be killed yourself. That simple.

Good god.

Dave!

lol... Okay you have a good trip!

r3nu4l

r3nu4l wrote:

One of my mates has pins in his legs and a plate in his head following 5 years in the legion. My former mate is perfectly healthy but is a deserter (and still on the run)!

Don't sign up if you don't want the action. Be prepared to kill people or be killed yourself. That simple.

And even if you get through, don't go home through Marseille. Know an ex member of the FFL who got stabbed in the eye there - they thought he'd be bringing home his earnings in cash...

Degsy

Ponster wrote:

Europeans actually. There aren't many French legionnaires (about 20%). That's why it's called the foreign legion.

They aint all europeans either,there's some from Viet Nam,Burma,North Africa,USA,Australia,Polynesia and so on.The little short-arse Caporals are the ones you need to watch out for.

BuffyBot

OP, are you serious or just having a laugh?

Oh, don't bother. He's already had his share of attention on this: http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=245132

CrazySka

OP just looking at your other thread there and this seems like the worst idea in the world. Any knowledge i have of the FFL is only from books or tv so im ready to be corrected on anything i say in ths post but:

Im under the impression that the majority of legionarres are people who have served in the armed forces in other countries. they serve in their own army, are dismissed or finish their TOD and then miss the army life or need money, as their trained to be soldiers they do mercenary work or join the legion. how do you think they ll receive you when you turn up and say "Oh well i just got browned off with college so i decided to join"

Your nearly 21(according to your other post) i think most of the people who are there will be a good bit older than this, battle hardened people who can live with no comforts or luxuries, you really prepared for that? there ll be no access to boards over there id say.

Have you ever worked in a manual labor environment, you seen the way a new apprentice(-18) gets treated by the older people, id imagine this is what youd have to expect from fellow legionarres times 100.

Everyone gets pissed off with their lives every now and again the mundanity of daily work, the weather etc, i think joining the legion is the most extreme and ridiculous idea ive ever heard, when i felt like this i went to portugal worked in a bar got pissed at night, etc. after a while i had enough and came home. how about trying holiday reping or something, live a little dont just drop yourself in the most intense military situation in the world. your talking about mercenaries FFS. What respect are you going to get from guys who have served in Iraq, Liberia etc. if you really have to do it wait a while , as someone said in your other thread join the irish/british army.

Overall GET REAL MAN.

Pyr0

Commando Training

Several commando centres are located throughout France. The training focuses on advanced soldiering techniques during a three week period. You are likely to complete at least one commando course during your career in the Legion. On one of these courses, a week is completed in Mont Louis in the Pyrenees mountains with the second week conducted at Collioure, located on the coast south of Perpignan. The final week consolidates the lessons learned during the first two.

The following activities are covered:

* Rappelling and scaling techniques.
* Confidence and obstacle courses.
* Instruction on boobytraps and explosives.
* Hand to hand combat.
* Touching the tracks of a tank as it rolls towards you then letting it roll over you as you lay between its tracks.
* Building rope bridges.
* Methods of fighting in built-up areas.
* Instruction on kayaks and Zodiac inflatable dingies.
* Swimming in the sea without a life vest carrying rucksacks and rifles.
* Eating raw sardines and mussels.

Jesus, failure isn't an option there !!

WhiteWashMan

Rossonero wrote:

I have my bag packed beside me. The talk, dreams are over. In the year Italy will win the world cup, i bid you farewell. love you

#
oh god, i remember your melodramatic outcry on the PI forum last year where you swore you were off to the FFL until you realised oyu were in it for good.

enjoy yourself.

of course, you'll probably be killed sooner rather than later, but hey, i suppose i can pretend to care while youre still hanging about.

although, i guess youre gone by now. in which case all i can say is....

.. cant be arsed.