FRENCH FOREIGN LEGION RECRUITMENT

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• BO

  @booifojoe · 7 years ago

  If you are watching military induction training being filmed by a camera crew, you can bet that you are seeing a sanitized version of what really goes on.

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• BR

  @bravskii10 · 7 years ago

  "Here, no playstation. Here, Famas."

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• WI

  @williamjameslehy1341 · 6 years ago

  I told myself I should start using quarantine to better myself, but here I am with 27 Wikipedia tabs open while watching a French Foreign Legion recruitment video.

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• ET

  @ethanpattison5623 · 6 years ago

  Theorised first day:<br>Trainer: &quot;French yelling&quot;<br>Me: &quot;Confused screaming&quot;

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• HO

  @HolysMoly · 5 years ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwLP7XjALj8&amp;t=2220">37:00</a><br>18 year old kid joined an active military so he can send his family money so they can get educated<br>does well enough to get put in with FFL paratroopers<br>What a legend, hope hes still alive today

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• DA

  @dannycrockett9878 · 6 years ago (edited)

  Had a close friend growing up in Chicago named Rick. He had a tough childhood, mom was a drunk and his stepdad used him as a punching bag. One day at 17 years old he told his mom he&apos;d dropped from HS and was getting a job. Carl, his stepdad, came into his room later and beat Rick badly. Real bad. Rick managed a hot shower, packed a backpack, caught Carl drunk in his recliner chair and stabbed him several times. The main one was a nasty slash from top of his face angled down to the chin. He didn&apos;t die, and I saw him often for a long time because he ran the convenience store where I bought shit on the corner by our house. He looked like fucking Frankenstein right up until he died about twenty years or so after Rick split. Every time I went into his store I&apos;d ask if they&apos;d heard from Rick. He&apos;d always reach up and sorta finger that vicious and jagged scar before shaking his head no. <br>Rick had gone to the only person he thought he could. Mr Peters had been his wrestling coach before he quit school. Peters had a friend who knew a friend and Rick was in his way to Canada, from there to France and the Legion. He came back to take care of his mom about a year after Carl died. Moms dead now also. Best part is Rick still owns the store. His Legion paraphernalia hangs on the wall behind the counter. He loved it, spent most of the time in Somalia

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• FA

  @FassinTaak · 8 years ago

  This translator/commentator is one of the best I&apos;ve ever heard, he not only translates excellently but captures the affectations and little quirks of each recruit, great job.

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  @46danz · 6 years ago

  Fear is what keeps you alive,fear is good and should be embraced,as long as it doesn’t turn to panic,panic is the killer.

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• JA

  @jasonl8326 · 8 years ago

  Interesting. The fact that the Russian guy arrived without a visa (illegal) actually helped him get in the Legion because it showed he was motivated. Only in France.

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• SE

  @sebastianlar6653 · 5 years ago

  Been there,tried 2 times,passed all the tests and interviews, did my best. I have nothing to be ashamed of. Proud of myself for having the balls to knock on the big gate.

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• JO

  @JohnSmith-qq8ok · 5 years ago

  The guy training them in the jungle is a legion legend. His attitude is what the legion is all about.

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• BI

  @Birch37 · 6 years ago

  For not knowing any French before they joined everyone is speaking French fluently within 24hrs

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