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2006-11-01 Europe

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Posted by tu3031 2006-11-01 08:30|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 The Legion is needed now more than ever. They should arm up and be a rapid deployment group to banilues from Marseilles to Paree. And, since they have taken in Muzzies, it would be interesting to see what they'd do when called upon to directly attack the Muzzie "youth Brigades."

Posted by SpecOp35 2006-11-01 10:55|| 2006-11-01 10:55|| Front Page Top

#2 I always thought it was funny that one of the best military units in the French Military is comprised of Foreigners. Yeah there are French in the Foreign legion but you all get my point.

Posted by rjschwarz 2006-11-01 12:54|| 2006-11-01 12:54|| Front Page Top

#3 It's officer cadre is all French.

Posted by Besoeker 2006-11-01 14:51|| 2006-11-01 14:51|| Front Page Top

#4 And there is at least an another quite good IIUC force, the (formerly) colonial marines, and the mountain troops are good too.

Posted by anonymous5089 2006-11-01 15:13|| 2006-11-01 15:13|| Front Page Top

#5 I knew a gut ( reealtive of my ex) who was a major or lieutenant_colonel in the Foreign Legion. He told me about recruitment rules: "no murderers, no rapers and you will deeply regret it if you lie about your past".

Now this guy had nothing in common with your average French officer. An interestin point is that he wasn't interested on becoming general (despite having been earmarked as general material) because that would mean being forced to leave the Legion so his ambition was to end as a colonel of one of Legion's regiments.

Posted by JFM">JFM 2006-11-01 16:48|| 2006-11-01 16:48|| Front Page Top

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