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Posted: 2/5/2006 10:11:47 AM EDT
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Are foreign fighters signing up for the French Foreign Legion to escape problems from their home countries? That's the only reason I can think of for why anyone with fighting capability will take orders from the cheese-eating surrender monkeys.
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Posted: 2/5/2006 10:48:54 AM EDT
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I believe that the Legion says that it is only as good as its worst German Legionaire.
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Posted: 2/5/2006 11:03:06 AM EDT
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Posted: 2/5/2006 11:10:10 AM EDT
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What??? The French fight??? Come on you're bullshitting me right?? I don't believe you.
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Posted: 2/5/2006 11:12:12 AM EDT
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Camerone!
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Posted: 2/5/2006 11:55:23 AM EDT
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IIRC the requirement for being in the french FOREIGN legion is that you can't be french. Which may be the reason people actually respect the FFL. |
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Posted: 2/5/2006 11:58:27 AM EDT
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Officers are French, and maybe senior NCOs. Enlisted are not allowed to be French, but apparently many French join by claiming to be Canadian according to the documentary. |
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Posted: 2/5/2006 12:00:57 PM EDT
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Havnt watched it,no intrest in watching it but what exercises are done so the frenchie troops can keep there arms up for hours/days at a time?Is it true they can say "I surrender" in over 200 languages?Are the battalion gideons all white flags?
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Posted: 2/5/2006 12:09:34 PM EDT
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Escape to the Legion is a British reality show. It is NOT a documentary.
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Posted: 2/5/2006 12:14:48 PM EDT
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Posted: 2/5/2006 12:30:40 PM EDT
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early in the somalie campaign, the locals didn't like the legion troops because when they'd inspect a car at a checkpoint, they INSPECTED IT without so much as a smile. whereas they said they liked the US marines since they would joke with the locals and give candy to the kids. not making comparisons, just pointing out how business like the legion is. the 2 REP has an awesome battle lineage and is considered among the best in the world!! the unfortunate thing is they have the prefix "FRENCH," which detracts from there skill and history.
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Posted: 2/5/2006 1:25:50 PM EDT
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Contrary to some beliefs here many legionnaires (if not the majority) are french.
As said hiramranger they are not allowed to enlist under the french nationality but they can with a nationality from a french-speaking country usually belgian or canadian (like any man joining the legion they are receiving a false identity as if they were born again). There was an american ARcommer who has served in the legion but i havn't seen him anymore since at least 10 month. |
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Posted: 2/5/2006 2:34:52 PM EDT
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A documuntary is defined as:
While it may not have been actual Legion training, I do believe it was a one month snapshot of the types of things Legionairres go through, contained historical information on the Legion, most of it was narrated by one individual with some dialogue between the various parties including the other "contestants" and the Legion NCOs. It IS a documentary of the experiences of 12 men who took on the Legion sponsored "training" for one month in the Sahara dessert. Besides, I didn't catch it from the begiining, check the time stamp of the first post. I wrote the original post quickly to notify other people that it was on without wasting time. When I turned it on it was a bunch of NCOs screaming at recruits and them looking like they were going to die from the PT and "training."And if this is reality TV... bring it to America baby because this beats the shit out of Survivor! |
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Posted: 2/5/2006 2:41:26 PM EDT
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Regardless if they are french or not; I wouldnt want to be on their bad side. I've heard nothign but awesome things about guys in the Legion.
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Posted: 2/5/2006 2:46:10 PM EDT
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I wasn't trying to shit on your thread. I just meant to point out that the show is a mildly accurate depiction of FFL training. The training depicted on the show is difficult for the contestants, but is not even remotely as difficult as the real thing.
The show seems to be designed in a way which would lead people to believe that it is the real thing. When you watch the entire series, there is very little indication that it is not a real documentary. |
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Posted: 2/5/2006 2:54:31 PM EDT
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Agreed, I started about half way through I think and it took me a bit to figure it out... And while not as hard as the real deal, it would have crushed a lot of folks.
the poor fucker who took his shirt off after a run and was punished by wearing every article of clothing in 100 plus Sahara heat running up and down that mini mountain.... Damn! |
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