French Foreign Legion: Badass or not?

chadrob30 · Post by **chadrob30** » December 19th, 2005, 1:41 pm

Just got done watching part one of a three part series on the FFL on the Military Channel. They seem pretty tough on their recruits, but is it all a show? Do they actually go to combat, unlike the rest of France? Since France is so pussified I find it hard to believe these guys are very badass....found this tidbit interesting: They said back in WWI they recruited only foreigners so the French blood wouldn't be spilled...hence the Foreign Legion moniker. Guess the French continue that tradition today huh?

Kilted Heathen · Post by **Kilted Heathen** » December 19th, 2005, 1:45 pm

That was a dumb-ass reality show.
They were not entering the Legion, they were just trying to fucking "find' themselves during a simulated four week course.

Nomad · Post by **Nomad** » December 19th, 2005, 1:52 pm

The Foreign Legion is rough and the training is good.

Spartan · Post by **Spartan** » December 19th, 2005, 4:52 pm

I heard they own stock in Krispe Kreme.

Table of Elements Skater · December 19th, 2005, 4:55 pm

I saw that also, and I was wondering would you ever consider joining?

Silverback · Post by **Silverback** » December 19th, 2005, 4:58 pm

Table of Elements Skater wrote:I saw that also, and I was wondering would you ever consider joining?

Hell yeah...Get your balls smoked to no end and then....you get to be French!

rgrpuck · Post by **rgrpuck** » December 19th, 2005, 5:01 pm

Silverback wrote:
Table of Elements Skater wrote:I saw that also, and I was wondering would you ever consider joining?
Hell yeah...Get your balls smoked to no end and then....you get to be French!

Who wouldnt go for that ?

The Holmchicken · Post by **The Holmchicken** » December 19th, 2005, 5:07 pm

Spartan wrote:I heard they own stock in Krispe Kreme.

Today. Klaus eats Krispy Kreme-for tomorrow he dies.

chadrob30 · Post by **chadrob30** » December 19th, 2005, 6:08 pm

The Holmchicken wrote:
Spartan wrote:I heard they own stock in Krispe Kreme.
Today. Klaus eats Krispy Kreme-for tomorrow he dies.

Southern_Brit · Post by **Southern_Brit** » December 20th, 2005, 12:25 pm

Got 2 good friends who are ex-FL (Le 2Ã¨me REP) and after hearing their stories and watching a homemade video or two, I'd say you'd have to be mad to join them... it's a rough 5 years.

Jim · Post by **Jim** » December 20th, 2005, 12:49 pm

Silverback wrote:
Table of Elements Skater wrote:I saw that also, and I was wondering would you ever consider joining?
Hell yeah...Get your balls smoked to no end and then....you get to be French!

Exactly!

Currently, the Legion is the only unit that can be deployed without massive political turmoil in the French legislature.

Steadfast · Post by **Steadfast** » December 20th, 2005, 1:39 pm

Table of Elements Skater wrote:I saw that also, and I was wondering would you ever consider joining?

In all the old FFL movies I ever saw the Legion was always in an area around sand. Well are the USTroops presently are in in a sandy location. So what else is new? or what else could we want? To sing the French anthem, just keep watching the movie with Humphrey Bogart, I think it was Casablanca when the French began singing their anthem to drown out the Germans in Rick's Cafe.

Ya know TOES, it aint too late. If you catch the oh thirty flight out to France and you yourself join the FFL. Why in 20 years you could make Sgt.

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VAK · Post by **VAK** » December 20th, 2005, 7:23 pm

Southern_Brit wrote:Got 2 good friends who are ex-FL (Le 2Ã¨me REP) and after hearing their stories and watching a homemade video or two, I'd say you'd have to be mad to join them... it's a rough 5 years.

I am soooo thinking of the 2k ways you've set yourself up, watching home movies with a French dude about the French dude and his buddies and their barracks time...

But in the spirit of Christmas, I am going to just laugh without blasting you.

Nomad · Post by **Nomad** » December 20th, 2005, 8:35 pm

VAK wrote:
Southern_Brit wrote:Got 2 good friends who are ex-FL (Le 2Ã¨me REP) and after hearing their stories and watching a homemade video or two, I'd say you'd have to be mad to join them... it's a rough 5 years.
I am soooo thinking of the 2k ways you've set yourself up, watching home movies with a French dude about the French dude and his buddies and their barracks time...

But in the spirit of Christmas, I am going to just laugh without blasting you.

Without taking one side or the other, your comments both set you up.
The foreign legion is a good deal for a lot of people and has been deployed quite a bit around the world, mainly in parts of the world that the US has no vested interest in.