French Foreign Legion, anybody?

Legion1

Faith+1 wrote: »

Can I ask why you're joining the Legion? I've heard more bad things about them than good! Would the British Army not be a safer opinion for you?

I'm not joining, I'm going over to see if I can make it in. If I happen to make it in then I'll put some thought into it, as far as I'm aware I've a few months to make my mind up. I've been through the whole British Army thing, med cleared and so on, waiting for selection. Its a case of which ever comes first.

Cheers Paky working on it everyday.

Tubsandtiles

@Legion1-Best of luck with whatever you do, not that I have ever been in the Legion or whatever but you would want to get your fitness up to a high level for when you decide to give it ago. I dont know if its one of your aspirations in life to be in the legion but regiments like the Paras or Royal Marines Commando which is the longest basic recruit training course in the world would be a thousand times better, with great chances with numerous courses and promotion. If you are that keen on being in the military check out the Royal Marines but dont be disillusioned as it takes a high level of fitness to get a date for your recruit training. I am going to be honest and say I dont know why the hell you would want to be in the Legion when there are alot better payed and trained regiments in Britain eg the Marines. I dont know if anyone can clarify but the Legion is full of scum and criminals ?, last thing I would want was to be bu****d by some rapist who decided to join up to the Legion. Give the Marines a look into if your really serious about a life in the military and seeing as your a Banner man like myself, best of luck.

Poccington

Tubsandtiles wrote: »

@Legion1-Best of luck with whatever you do, not that I have ever been in the Legion or whatever but you would want to get your fitness up to a high level for when you decide to give it ago. I dont know if its one of your aspirations in life to be in the legion but regiments like the Paras or Royal Marines Commando which is the longest basic recruit training course in the world would be a thousand times better, with great chances with numerous courses and promotion. If you are that keen on being in the military check out the Royal Marines but dont be disillusioned as it takes a high level of fitness to get a date for your recruit training. I am going to be honest and say I dont know why the hell you would want to be in the Legion when there are alot better payed and trained regiments in Britain eg the Marines. I dont know if anyone can clarify but the Legion is full of scum and criminals ?, last thing I would want was to be bu****d by some rapist who decided to join up to the Legion. Give the Marines a look into if your really serious about a life in the military and seeing as your a Banner man like myself, best of luck.

You start off by saying you've never been in the Legion, then go onto say that the Para's or the RMC are a thousand times better. Am I missing something there?

The days of the Legion being populated by criminals are long, long gone.

Fishtits

OK, admission up front.


I have only read the last page.

Bloody jokers IMHO, certainly nothing from the horses mouth...

The pay is crap, you will spend sleeping time learning the language,

Tossed into no win situs, etc

pass on that TBH

Australia has far more prospects.

Faith+1

Fishtits wrote: »

Australia has far more prospects.

Tubsandtiles

I am just saying the Royal Marines are better equipped and trained, with incredible fitness standards, as I stated I was never in the Legion but have a friend who joined straight after the leaving cert who went on later to join the Royal Marines after leaving the Legion. He said the Royal Marines as I stated were respected more, had better training and a level of fitness that was incredibly high. Since I have never served in both Im only giving my accounts of what i have heard from a friend in the military, he said the legion was tough but never as hard as his Royal Marine recruit training, stating you spent more time trying to learn and understand French in your head than coming to grips that you were training also to be a soldier

liamm7786

can a criminal still join the legion

Drexl Spivey

The very fact that you sign up for 5 years minimum is what separates the French Foreign Legion from the rest. I've seen a documentary on US Navy Seals training and some of them were going home at night after class, mentally it is a different ball game when you are suddenly facing 5 years of being cut from society.

Along the lines of "not as tough as", you also have to consider where in the legion you gonna end up. If you are not that great physically you gonna end up being a cook or something. If you are up for it they will send you to train with the best (2 REP assault troups.


Check out CECAP stage commando (http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=cecap+legion&sm=3)

And keep in mind the conditions when you see them running: 50 degrees Celcius, 80% humidity, lack of sleep, ... all of a sudden it makes it tough to run


A fb page in english:
https://www.facebook.com/frenchforeignlegion

2e REP:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7IMJJhUR24


They don't do a lot of retreating in the FFL: Camaron, Dien Bien Phu, .. and when they went to Kolwezi or Iraq, they sure made an impact.

Like in other armies, if you are the best of the best you gonna end up in a specialized job (combat divers, ..), if you are not up for it mentally, phisically, skill wise, .. they won't send you to the elite troops, but you are still going to be a Legionnaire, and that's not bad!

paky wrote: »

the legion isn't as tough as it use to be. heard the royal marines are tougher. i spent 1 week in paris and 2 in aubagne during selection. met a lad from dublin who left basic training saying he didn't feel like staying so they let him go. he had to stay around for a week for them to finish the paper work.
theres a good chance of getting in if your irish cause they try and balance the nationalities

discus

Bore off mate. I'm not sitting here listening to someone can slate Navy seals compared to the legion, having served with neither but having watched a few documentaries.

Drexl Spivey

discus wrote: »

Bore off mate. I'm not sitting here listening to someone can slate Navy seals compared to the legion, having served with neither but having watched a few documentaries.

In case it was not clear, I was not slating navy seals.

If you have to serve in the navy seals and legion to talk about them then I suppose you can leave this forum as well as I.

discus

Sorry let me re-iterate. Making the seals selection out to be easier because lads could sleep at home is bs. If they are capable of completing their admin quick enough to justify spending additional time travelling in and out of work, then happy days. Your accomodation doesnt matter jack **** as long as you are able to live in the field, when required.

tac foley

Yup, twenty-mile open ocean swim, dry off on the beach, and home for supper.

'Hi there, hon, had a great swim this afternoon - what's for supper, then we'll catch a movie, right? Gotta be up early in the morning, tho', DI tells us we're off to the desert ALL day, would you believe - something about a 45 mile hike with 120 pounds molle load and a few ATC drills, y'know?'

What total tosh.

I suggest you read up on BUDS, then come back.

tac