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  • FYI: The French Foreign Legion -- How to Get in

    10/27/2006 1:11:00 PM PDT · by yankeedame · 3 replies · 1,273+ views
    The French Foreign Legion How to Get in There are 16 Legion recruiting centers in France, the most popular being Fort de Nogent in Paris. Just ask at the police station for the Legion Etrangere. The more focused head straight for Aubagne, just outside of the dirty Mediterranean port of Marseille. You will be competing with over 8000 other eager Legionnaire wannabe's for the 1500 slots available. East Europeans make up about 50 percent of the eager candidates these days. Candidates are tested for their intelligence and physical fitness, and special skills are a definite plus. If you just murdered...
  • Obsolete Legion faces uncertainty

    11/01/2006 11:59:00 AM PST · by JZelle · 35 replies · 1,441+ views
    Washington Times ^ | 11-1-06 | Slobodan Lekic
    AUBAGNE, France -- The Foreign Legion isn't what it used to be. Killers on the lam are no longer welcome, and unhappy recruits have a year to back out without being branded deserters. These days a bigger issue faces the 175-year-old force that made its name fighting France's overseas battles in jungle and desert. Its primary mission -- to be a crack professional force of non-French volunteers available for instant, no-questions-asked deployment in far-flung conflicts -- has all but evaporated.