French Foreign Legion

[Guttorm]

Hey!

Anyone know of any sites with pictures of thr FFL?
As in, RECENT pictures... Everything I seem to find is from WWII

Or, of course, anyone sitting on pictures of them...

[peoplesliberationarmy]

www.ffl.info
www.frenchforeignlegion.org

[Guttorm]

Or in general. Recent pic's of the french forces. But in specific the FFL.

[ivandebono]

http://perso.wanadoo.fr/para-legion-etrangere/

[Spotter]

http://www.lalegion.de/regimenter_index.html

Spotter

[gaboki]

is it true that the foreign legioin dosnt except french into...
some guy told me that....

[He219]

Nonsense! The FFL accepts foeigners because they actually fight...

[Guttorm]

Thats not correct.
They DO accept French, but they HAVE to have their name and nationality changed, usually to another frenchspeaking country...

You wouldne't BELIVE how many swiss, belgians and canadians you find in the legion....

[usa320]

i dont know, why would someone not join there own army, but go and join an army in another country...that just seems different, though the FFL is a intruiging and skilled group.

[James]

Frenchmen could claim to be Belgian or Swiss, no? Perhaps they want to get into a unit that deploys a lot. Just my thoughts...

[James]

usa320,

I think that maybe some guys just like being in the military and fighting. Mercenaries, for instance. I myself would never enlist in the military service of a foreign country, or be a mercenary.

[ivandebono]

Let's get our facts straight:

French citizens can only join the Foreign Legion as officers.

You can only sign up to join the Legion at a recruiting office. And that means in France. So you need a passport to get there. And you have to give up your passport (your ORIGINAL passport) when you join the Legion.

So, no, a french citizen would not be able to falsify his citizenship.

Is that clear enough?

[Marsuitor]

I liked this one,


Courtesy of the "Wanadoo" link above.

[volfram]

Ivandebono i don't where you get that information but you are 100% wrong.French joining legion without problem they just must agree with recruting officer who saying somthing like this:from now on you are canadian or belg.About half of legoin members are french.

[GI_Rutger]

You can only sign up to join the Legion at a recruiting office. And that means in France. So you need a passport to get there. And you have to give up your passport (your ORIGINAL passport) when you join the Legion.

Wrong. You don't have to give up your original passport. But when your wounded, can't work anymore the french government pays you.