Anyone off joining the Legion??

mega man · 21-09-2009 2:02pm #1

Well Lads,

Invested in a pair of jogging shoes there today, set me back 20 quid, going to give meself six weeks to get fit then off to the Legion! Anyone planning on joining? I can wait. It'll be my second time applying cause I failed the fitness first time round.

Poccington · 21-09-2009 2:21pm

If this is your second attempt, why do you need to get fit?

You should've went out and trained once you failed the first time.

Either way, good luck with the Legion.

mega man · 21-09-2009 2:35pm

Poccington wrote: »

If this is your second attempt, why do you need to get fit?

You should've went out and trained once you failed the first time.

Either way, good luck with the Legion.

I dont understand the question?

helimachoptor · 21-09-2009 2:37pm

He means as soon as you got home from failing you should have got yourself training to be fit. The fitness test is only the bare minimum of fitness needed. If you struggle with that went basic kicks off and you're lugging around 50-70 pounds of gear your really gonna struggle.

mega man · 21-09-2009 2:42pm

so what? what do you think I bought the jogging shoes for?

helimachoptor · 21-09-2009 2:43pm

When did you fail? From your original post it seems as if you failed quite a while ago, lived life as normal and are now going to get fit in 6 weeks.

mega man · 21-09-2009 2:52pm

back in June. But you have to wait for 3 months before you can apply again but got struck down with the old appendix.

EL_Loco · 21-09-2009 2:52pm

old school friend joined a while ago and only got to call someone after about 6 months in. It sounds rough as fook. Any particular reason you want to join? What other forces have you applied to join?

Just curious as to what motivates someone for such things.

mega man · 21-09-2009 2:59pm

EL_Loco wrote: »

old school friend joined a while ago and only got to call someone after about 6 months in. It sounds rough as fook. Any particular reason you want to join? What other forces have you applied to join?

Just curious as to what motivates someone for such things.

I think the legion is great. I've researched it a while now and there seems to be great opportunities in the legion. Plus you get to learn a foreign language, get to see far away places and I think the legion is a good social experiment.

I havent tried any other forces. I always had my mind set on the legion.

citizen_p · 21-09-2009 3:36pm

i know somone who went to france with very little money...they werent recruiting at the time... so he had to walk most of the way back tru england

Manic Moran · 21-09-2009 5:11pm

the legion is a good social experiment.

You realise it will be a five-year-long social experiment, and it's going to be somewhat unpleasant much of the time, right?

I've been spending a lot of time with the Legion lately, and even the officers don't try to figure out why their men join, so I'm not going to try to analyse your motives. I just want to remind you that the Legion is not a lark, and the training process is probably more unpleasant than most any other military in the world. Even when you're learning the language, it is strictly forbidden on pain of court-martial to speak in any language other than French during duty hours, you can't, for example, have an English colleague help you out and say "Fusil means Rifle."

NTM

mega man · 21-09-2009 5:39pm

not to worry. i expect it

McArmalite · 21-09-2009 6:21pm

Manic Moran wrote: »

You realise it will be a five-year-long social experiment, and it's going to be somewhat unpleasant much of the time, right?

I've been spending a lot of time with the Legion lately, and even the officers don't try to figure out why their men join, so I'm not going to try to analyse your motives. I just want to remind you that the Legion is not a lark, and the training process is probably more unpleasant than most any other military in the world. Even when you're learning the language, it is strictly forbidden on pain of court-martial to speak in any language other than French during duty hours, you can't, for example, have an English colleague help you out and say "Fusil means Rifle."

NTM

Good post there Manic. Any young man a 5 or even 3 year stint in a foreign army would want to have a serious long and mature look at it. Those of you out there mightn't think it, but to be away from your home country, your family and friends and lifestyle you are used to in a foreign country for several years is no matter to be taken lightly. I know because their is no recruitment in the Irish army most of you who want to join an army have little other choice, but well, it's a very big decision.

p1akuw47h5r3it · 22-09-2009 12:02am

mega man wrote: »

Well Lads,

Invested in a pair of jogging shoes there today, set me back 20 quid, going to give meself six weeks to get fit then off to the Legion! Anyone planning on joining? I can wait. It'll be my second time applying cause I failed the fitness first time round.

Well good luck mate.:)

Captain Furball · 22-09-2009 4:16am

Have you read a book by a man called Pádraig O'Keefe from cobh?

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Hidden-Soldier-Irish-Legionnaires-Bosnia/dp/1847171141/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1253592923&sr=8-1-fkmr0

mega man · 22-09-2009 9:06am

Ya read that book. Great read. Whats he up to now?
Heres another book. I thought it was the best one.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Legionnaire-Englishman-French-Foreign-Legion/dp/0330485806

Griffen262 · 24-09-2009 8:19pm

Ya read that book. Great read. Whats he up to now?
Heres another book. I thought it was the best one.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Legionnaire-.../dp/0330485806

Would ya get dat in easons, or any other country wide store? would b interested in it for a read!!:cool:

:pac:.............G

Irish_Army01 · 24-09-2009 10:45pm

Hmmm..Unless you have a decent level of fitness already I suggest to reconsider your re-applying date..I know a few ex FFL guys( late 30's/early 40's) and trust me..forget every thing you ever read/saw about them..

They are brutal in their training methods and if you fall behind you will suffer..Your mental conditioning will have a large factor in getting through the training..

Respect for trying and best of luck.

p1akuw47h5r3it · 24-09-2009 11:11pm

Griffen262 wrote: »

Would ya get dat in easons, or any other country wide store? would b interested in it for a read!!:cool:

:pac:.............G

Ye I bought it in Waterstones... So either there r easons

Local-womanizer · 25-09-2009 12:05am

Griffen262 wrote: »

Would ya get dat in easons, or any other country wide store? would b interested in it for a read!!:cool:

:pac:.............G

Easons have it in so they do,thats where I got my copy.Tis a great read.

mega man · 25-09-2009 10:48am

Irish_Army01 wrote: »

Hmmm..Unless you have a decent level of fitness already I suggest to reconsider your re-applying date..I know a few ex FFL guys( late 30's/early 40's) and trust me..forget every thing you ever read/saw about them..

They are brutal in their training methods and if you fall behind you will suffer..Your mental conditioning will have a large factor in getting through the training..

Respect for trying and best of luck.

Yes I agree but one can only get so fit. I dont think any amount of training will prepare you for the legion.
As far as selection is concerned they seem to emphasise alot on brains rather than brawn but still you must be fit.
And any criminal, pusher or the likes should forget about joining as those days are well and truly over. The legion gets a massive amount of new applicants every day and they will take the cream of the crop and dump you for the slightest thing.

Anyone off joining the Legion??

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