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How The Foreign Legion Proves WOKE Culture WRONG
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When most Western countries face military recruitment problems, the French Foreign Legion receives 7 times more candidates that spots available. What is their secret? And why is their message so popular with men from all over the world?
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not a fucking thing mon pot. non je ne regrette rien.
How's Bakhmut? lol bwahaha
you know we come by your channel to hear about Russia kicking Ukraine's ASS🇷🇺
URAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Since you uploaded the french foreign legion. Would you upload the Spanish foreign legion please?
@@eloy1004 lol Russian Army is getting Slaughtered in Ukraine so you will instead see Ukrainian Army kicking Russian Army's Ass. . . lol lmao
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Putin still hasnt taken Bakhmut. . . lol
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Russian Victory Day only has 1 Tank coz Ukraine destroyed them all bwahah
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Russia Under Putin is a Rotten Country.
French foreign legion is surprisingly diverse without even trying to sell itself out as diverse for the sake of diversity.
That's how things should be
In fact there is only culture/race inside the Légion, everyone is a legionnaire. And trust me, it do wonders in order to produce french-assimilated people. The children of the legionnaires are perfectly french, while maintaining foreign origins.
Like the Gurkhas in the British army
@@architech02 What happens when Gurkhas fight foreign legion?
- Well I do not know who win, but the last living guy will crawl on his belly with blood from enemy throat on his face, throat that he moments ago teared with his own bite.
Because it's a foreign legion lmao
The French Foreign Legion gets new recruits simply by saying "We don't care where you're from, what you did, or who you are. We will break you, and if you can pick yourself up and put yourself back together, then you're one of us."
It true, although nowdays they don't accept criminals with heavy cases any more ...
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@@lhemnenn4713 of course they accept only little criminality and blonde related crimes are not accepted
@@minothore7585 in the past they would but uk it was not very appreciated by other countries
For me, every time encounter the movie Batman begins. the league of the shadow is almost like the French Foreign Legion
I’m Canadian and I can’t believe how badly this government has put us down the toilet in such a short time. It’s embarrassing to be Canadian now. I think that in 5-10 years I’ll be thrown in jail for saying these kinds of things.
i would hold out hope. social just is really burning itself out so fast and pushing moderates (and even would be progressives) away with the insanity. even south park which is a traditionally more leftist show made fun of woke junk in hollywood. canada will rise again as no one is really benefiting from social justice junk anymore.
honestly i'm more afraid of the reaction to social justice. they say history acts like a pendulum where an extreme event causes society to shift one way, and the next generation reacts to this extreme by going the other way, like how the darwinistic surge in society was proceeded by the romantic era in the 1600s. if ww2 caused western society to go hard to the left, than social justice is pushing young men to the right in droves. even men who were centrists or didn't care about gender stuff 10 years ago have to pay attention now.
I'm in 🇺🇸 and our government is destroying many things too.
You talk about the Same canada that Said misgendering is a human rights violaten? The Same Canada that put a Father in jail for doing exactly that?
I am an America and I am embarrassed of my country right now. And our current border situation and wokeness government is going to have severe consequences for decades to come. I am very sad and embarrassed for my country
@@BADDUDE_CORNPOP Ronald Reagan was also a woke lord huh? Imagine saying that shit when he solved the problem by giving illegals a passport
*State:* Our military is too intolerant
*Military:* Thanks, that's what we exist for
The thing is: the french foreign legion is the most inclusive institution in the world: it accepts anyone regardless of nationality, race, religion and past, but it is also a proud, hardcore combat unit.
Highlight past pleas. That’s the main drive
Sounds pretty woke, they even accept other nations songs
@@jonathanholmquist7176well for the German stuff you have to note that they had no choice sins a lot of thier members after WWII were German Veterans and Young Germans without good options at home. 😅
Thats tottaly correct
@@jonathanholmquist7176 you're right, white nations songs. You need to study the ffl history to understand where does songs come from, symbols and traditions too. France used mercenaries in the past, they would come with their leaders and french was not required to be spoken. So they would sing their songs, later on some of them were translated or rewrited in french. This is the ffl identity and dna. I don't know where are you from but I have the feeling that you might come from a country without a rooted identity, am I right?
As a french, I can assure you that these guys are the most beloved regiments of our armed forces, because we know that when shit hits the fan they will be the first to go.
Good! Support them, and mock those people who wants your Legion to be woke.
@Snakes in dis biitch Killing jews in france
@@snakesindisbiitch7349 What does that have to do with the comment?
@@deepdungeon8465 "La Légion Étrangère" contaminée par le wokisme...totaly immune 😜
Vous faites bien de dire parmi les premiers.
Car au seins de notre petite armée, force est de constater qu'ils existe de nombreuses unités d'infanterie extrêmement professionnelles, bien entrainées et de tradition, nos troupes de marines sans exception, nos chasseurs alpins, nos parachutistes.
Toutes iront au combat dès les premiers instants car nous n'avons pas de quoi tenir plus d'un front de 100 kms.
A French soldier, Philippe Maine, was in the battle of Malakoff in Crimea, he got the Legion d'Honneur, he then fought in Italy in Magenta and then left the regular army where he was a NCO and join the French Foreign Legion as a simple private. He went to Mexico and was one of the few survivor of Camerone. After Mexico, the legion being downsized, he joined the 3e régiment d'infanterie de marine (French marines who happened to be the main French colonial troops) and went to Cochinchine (south Vietnam). He returned to France for medical reason and then participated to the 1870 French-German war where in fought in the famous battle of Bazeilles possibly fighting in "La Maison de la Dernière Cartouche" (the house of the last cartridge), another Camerone like fight but with the French marines this time. He was made prisoner by the Prussians in the battle of Sedan. He escaped disguised as milkman, set-up a partisan troop in Rochefort until the end of conflict. He would be released from the army for medical reasons after a brief stint in the tirailleurs sénégalais and a return to the 3e régimentd'infanterie de marine. He died in his bed at 63 years in his native Dordogne!
The guy did both Camerone (identity building event of the French Foreign Legion) and the house of the last cartridge (identity building event of the French Troupe de Marine, French Marines) which is quite incredible.
SO WHAT...............
Thank you for the history of this great military full of honor.
Gotta admire the lad for his resiliance and tenacity ;)
Sidi Brahim is missing
Philippe Maine era un super soldato.
Come italiano lo ringrazio per avere combattuto a Magenta.
Merci beaucoup!!!!!
As an American with my mom being French along with her family overseas. I will say I am grateful the French foreign legion has not broken. It’s tradition. Screw woke culture they are discussing everywhere they go.
But the most important thing is that French mothers will not cry...
if youre mother is french, you are half french , not american.
The foreign legion is the best example of "dont chase her and she'll come to you on her own" philosophy at play
Voilà, la légion ça rigole pas Legio Patria Nostra
You have to earn le "képi blanc".
Even though they go all over the world doing show of force displays (similar to the American Air and Sea Show), as well as being a more specialized force of the French Army which definitely advertises and recruits actively. Navy SEALs etc could be said to never recruit and use ads as well
🤣 👍👍👍
Like shackletons ad for the artic, MEN WANTED for hazardous journey, small wages, bitter cold, long months of complete darkness, constant danger, safe return doubtful, honor and recognition in case of succes.
- Ernest Shackleton 4 Burlington st.
When I was in the USMC we did a 3 week excursion in Nimes France with the legion where we traded tactics and practiced clearing rooms, patrolling, etc. with them. On the final day we all drank cheap wine, wrestled, and bullshit with each other in the field. It was a fantastic time, I will say. These guys were as tough as nails, did 6 mile warmup runs. Good dudes.
When I was in the Legión we went to camp Lejaune for 3 weeks, USMC are hardcore and we had a good time (I was impressed with their CQB and EOD)
@@legionnaire1984 of all the militaries I trained with, the Legion was the best of them. Y’all are tough as nails and it was an honor to be with you guys for those few weeks, they gave me a souvenir, a pin emblazoned with a 2 for the 2nd regiment. Never will forget those guys.
Long live to the US FR friendship !
The USMC was no joke either. Especially during the Bush years. Kill!
What about the SAS the English brag about them to be even better than the FL, whats your take on it???
Thank you for this great video. My father served in the French Foreign Legion between 1960 and 1965. He was a paratrooper and fought in Algeria and once the war finished, served in Djibouti. He never spoke much about the fighting, but instead about the camaraderie and friendship he experienced. He passed away 2 years ago, being a proud legionnaire till the end.
My "contract" with the FFL last year and trust me it's a brutal and most draining course I have had the priviliged to go through. And I have trained a whole year and I thought it would've been easy...how wrong I was!
I ended up serving in the 2e Régiment Étranger de Parachutistes, 2e REP. It's the only unit for parachuting. At first I had a fear of heights but then remember I had more fear for my superior - so I jump. The first one was scary AF but after that I extremely enjoyed it.
Well not everything - I hated the jungle we went through during selection.
Thank you very much for an actual documentary on the FFL.
What company were you in?
@@brissecarter6509 5e CIE
And yourself?
That's funny, my father-in-law told me the same 😂 "Jumping out of an airplane is not nearly as scary as angering my Commanding Officer"
Thank you for your service. Avez-vous rencontré le LCL DAMPIERRE ?
@@spadexalon5385 there’s no such thing as a LCL in the Legion.
A guy I knew from my town in Republika Srpska had the dream since primary school to join the legion, little to say he was made fun of for that and he stuck with the idea for years, worked out, shaved by the river with an axe(he was ridiculed for this) the moment he became 18, he took out a loan without telling his family(idk how he didnt have a job) and bought a 1 way ticket to Paris. 5 months of not posting anything on his facebook he posted a photo when he became officially a part of the legion.
Good for him. I wonder if he learned French on the way.
@@mmmhmmm8236
No matter what you learn it in the legion.
@@cultofpersonalit1888 cool
Based
Bosnia and Herzegovina, not a country which doesn't exist
Never apologize to people who should be in an insane asylum or at minimum need counseling
so much for your ableism
@@iche9373 you know me well
@@NordicHyperborean But isnt that cynical?
So never apologies for Iraq war ?
@@kuchenblechmafia2392 YES
My grand-grand-father flew germany with a friend to escape the enrolment in the Prussian Army in the 1890's. He made 17 years of duty in the Légion to earn his French nationality. He never speak german again. Still alive during WWII, living in Lorraine, some German soldiers seen him as an old traitor, but none of them touched him.
Anyway, thanks a lot I think you did this Mil. Corp justice.
so... leave 1 counry bc they are drafting to just draft yourself? damn bro, idk the details but what a move
So he left his country because of being drafted but went and drafted himself in a foreign country?😂😂😂😂
Those Germans we're right.
I ran a few missions with the FFL when I was in Afghanistan in 2004. I was incredibly impressed with those guys and thought really hard about trying to join myself. What a bunch of amazing men.
Former USMC deployed to Somalia, and I had the pleasure to work with some FFL units. The most hard core, discipled, and professional group of warriors I ever had the pleasure to serve with. Semper Fi from a broken old Tufel Hunden!
Teufelshunde or on English devil dogs
Semper Fi!
USMC Tufel Hunden ("Devil Dog") Spencer, very well said. As a Vietnam Vet (US Army 505th PIR 82nd Airborne Div.) and and old Paratrooper, I couldn't agree with You more. During my years in the Army Airborne, I had a training exercise with the FFL Airborne Regiment (REP or REGIMENT ETRANGERE PARACHUTIST). And, just as You said, these Legion Troops were phenomenal! Outstanding in everyway. So, my sincere Thanks to You for for sharing Your knowledge as a experienced Veteran Marine.
Semper Fi, my Brother.
@@georgewilkie3580 it’s not tufel Hunde it’s teufelshunde . That’s the correct German for this name. But semper fi man👍🏻
@@georgewilkie3580 teufelshunde~hells dog
As a mexican , when i read about the battle of camarone or the french ocupation of mexico, i dont try to ignore it or change it or simply ask for an apology to the french, its part of my history and my culture, AND ITS WAY BETTER than woke culture or cancel culture.its so bad ass how both sides fought in that battle and the lore of the legionares that was born from that.
its sad to see how forced inclusion ,false gender equality and diversity and woke cultures is ruining so many strong institutions( usnavy!!), but its good to see the legionares are standign strong.
EDIT: history legends forgot to mention that after the bayonet charge at the battle of camarone, the mexican commander saw the bravery of the legionares and he exclaimed: Is this all of them? Is this all of the men who are left? These are not men! They are demons!!, showing respect and admiration to a honorable and outstanding enemy.
So you're up for being invaded again? Because it's woke to stop the old ways where Europe > everywhere else. So Spain can once again move into South and Central America, whupping your asses.
France, Belgium, Germany and Britain can go back into Africa, shooting and looting their way through, because anything else is 'woke', right?
So you as a Mexican should go back to being the second class citizen, an inferior breed in this world because Europe > you? Is that really what you want?
It's funny how you apply woke to a select few things when it should also apply to the arguments to end racism, colonialism and imperialism.
I am a Texan. Mexico's not very WOKE. In the US, people say the Texas Revolution was White Supremacy. Most Mexicans say D.F. deserved Texans rebelling.🇲🇽
Respect is everything in war
Don’t forget you’ll never be white.
62 légionnaires VS 2000 mexicans, they were the modern spartans in this war.
At the end, only 11 left, and the officer died leading is troops
My grandfather who passed fought for the foreign legion for 5 years and wanted to enroll for another 5 years but he had family to take care of so he decided not to enroll (even though he would have loved to).
Proud of my grandfather and of our foreign legion !
Little things about the Legion, not only the it would give you French nationality, but it would also absolve you of any crimes from before joining (though if I remember right it didn't involve crime of blood); during the 14th of July their are the only one that can march on with beards ^^, they also are the only group to have a different rhythm of march (much slower); they also have a special relation with the military firefighters (in France you have both military and civil firefighters), who could scream "A moi la Légion !" (meaning "To me the Legion!") if they were in danger, if some were around they would have to help them fight... Here you go, some random trivia about the Legion.
blood and drug spreading crimes are technically the only things that prevent you from joining, on a crime basis
Non tous les crimes et délits ne sont pas absou la légion étrangère est en Contact avec les services de renseignements français et du monde entier pour connaître le pedigree du candidat les crimes de sang la pédophilie.
les trafiquants de drogues et les trafics en tous genres d être humain ne sont pas absou ou admi dans ce corps délit
Originally, they ignored all crimes (or anything related to you past life). Nowadays they're much more picky and you won't join the legion with a serious blood crime or a sex crime on your record.
Actually what they do is "erease" you, they give you a new name (that you will use all your service long) and they use to not talk about past too much because you're now a légionnaire.
For the song, every regiment have it's own but the legion got an anthem (mocking belgium) which is unique and called "Voilà du boudin", they also got a lot of other great song.
It's a game for every instructor in our army to take your weapon, hide it and destroy your *ss for "loosing" your weapon: "Ton FAMAS c'est ta femme!" (your gun is your wife).
Unfortunately for us, French gov HATE weapon ( which i call 1789 syndrom) and because of propaganda, most of french want to make it illegal to stop crime (yeah we're that dumb)
Ho, and you don't automaticly get the nationality, it's just easier to get because when you finish your service you got everything asked to get it (job, speak french etc etc).
Thanks you for being interrest at one of the last good things in my contry!
Love how you included the critical drinkers “modern audiences” 😂
this is the crossover we all wanted
Lol I knew that sounded familiar
i want my drinker/lazerpig/history legends general staff video & i want it now
veryy niceeee
I must have missed it, didn't hear it lol listening to open bar now
There has been exactly ONE woman in the French Foreign Legion: Susan Travers.
Was she a journalist? A nurse? A code breaker? A LEGEND.
it was a long time ago, during the second world war.
@@pierreshasta1480 actually in second world war
Joan of Arc defeated England
@@2funny269 Not Foreign Legion, obviously, and she was used more as a metaphorical flag to inspire religious zeal in the French warriors who actually participated in the direct combat.
@2funny she led an army of men! You think they could handle heavy swords, shields etc...🤔
All militaries all around the world should embrace the ethos of the French Foreign Legion. You join the armed services to fight your enemy. Die as you may. But that's what war is all about. It's brutal and ugly, and there is no sugar coating on war. As Patton once said, and I paraphrase, "Get the other person to die for their country."
There is actually a huge enlistment bonus in the Legion : you get a new identity. That plus the french nationality is what attracts many people.
Not always buddy
They give you a new name? With new ID etc?
@@frosty2660 don't know about today..... but previously, if you served for the FFL for a qualifying time.... you got a French passport, maybe with a different name if that's what you wanted. So you had a pension and a passport and a name, yours or another one, and you could do whatever suited you.
@@frosty2660not anymore, they used to give you a new name with your citizenship but now you have to take your old name back
I saw a documentary on the French Foreign Legion a long time ago. The one I saw had a recruit from Tibet, I think, who was struggling to master French. They're right about tradition. History and tradition provides stability in your psyche. You know who you are. These Woke people are tearing down everything that keeps society cohesive.
Again another proof that brits fought the wrong country in the Napoleonic wars you are the cause of all of this.
I agree with this comment. It's just that some traditions get half of the population aside or, in the worst case, oppressed in their rights (think about female in some Arabic countries).
About strength, females have less strength than men-though it's debatable because I am a girl who works out, and the entry test would be ok for me to do (not easy but ok); it really depends on the individuals- yet, females have other nice skills and qualities that are useful for armies. Ukraine's female fighters prove it. Females in the army can be as valuable as men and not only as doctors. But they must be incorporated in the right section, according to their abilities, without lowering the bar. So, yes, in some places, "traditions" (if we want to qualify physical requirements for the foreign légion a tradition) are important.
You make funof woke, but there’s an old German saying about the FFL on their stance with LGQBT2+:
"Es war einmal einer Mutter Sohn, der ging in die Fremdenlegion, französisch lernt er nicht verstehn, aber Arschficken und Zigarettendrehen.”
@@atoll8423 no one knows wtf does that mean
@@lealeah8066what does the strength of women have to do with basic rights? You should not need to prove yourself to have civil rights.
As French, I am sure about only one thing about the Foreing Legion ; don't start a bar fight with them, if somebody does, just run for your life ;)
lmao, what are they going to do? bitch slap you.lmao.
Bahaha, so true. Every time you read something involving légionnaires in the local newspaper it's absolutely crazy.😂
A fun thing is cities were Legion Regiments are stationed, they regularly make the news for kicking some thug ass 😂
One bigger brother named Yannick (little John) of a school mate joined the legion. In the night pub, some stupid teens tried to proove their might. Feeling the risks, the crew of the pub (Yannick school mates) kept Yannick at second floor and ejected the teens. Yannick jumped by the only opened window, broke an ankle, ran after the teens, caught them on the beach nearby, remade their face like chopped steaks, and went to sleep by her mother 2 kilometers away and up the hill. For those guys, pain is just an information
I enjoyed this video. I was a Royal Marine once upon a time back in the late 90's/early 2000's and there was a former Legionnaire in recruit training and legend has it that the corporals on the training team used to be a bit in awe of this guy and would sit around listening to his war stories :D
Sharpy, a scotsman, ex 2eme REP
My dad was in the Legion in Algeria, Marrocco, Tunisia, Indochina, I am very proud of him. This video reminded me of many of his comments and slogans as I am French. Great work.
My grandfather also served the Legion in Algeria and Indochina (maybe also Morrocco and Tunisia but I'm not sure). He passed away a few years ago and I kept his diary and other correspondance he wrote during that time.
Having worked alongside Legioneers they are the most disciplined soldiers I have met. If one Legioneer finishes his task he will automatically help his brother because his work is not done until the entire group is done. Noting but respect.
collectivism has its bad sides as well, especially in regualr life.
@@glimoreganajai2206 Legionneers dont live regular lives
that's basically in EVERY competent military... jeesus fucking christ, have you even been in the service?
@@glimoreganajai2206agreed, however these are not normal citizens, they are the essence of what a warrior is.
And they look after their Veterans as well.
Several of my uncles fought in Algeria. One told us he was once pinned down in the Aures mountains and they call the legion to help get them out of the trap. 2 helicopters arrived, but they could not land. At above 10 meters above ground the legionnaires started jumping out of the helicopters. Some broke their leg but immediately started firing their MAT49. My uncle was 😮. The FLN fighters ran away and the day was saved thanks to a few legionnaires broken legs. These people are from another planet.
Reminds me of the Gurkhas. They were asked to volunteer to jump out of aeroplanes. About 50% volunteered. Then they were told they would be using parachutes and 100% volunteered. Not apocryphal.
90% Germans I pressume? French equals cowardness.
10 meters above ground? Insane. That's hardcore. I salute the Foreign Legion.
As an french and Arab patriot, I can only be admirative of the professionnalism of the Legion. Legio Patria Nostra !
What is the hypocrisy in this world, you all portray FLN like bad people they were fighting for sovereignty and freedom of their countries let's not forget the atrocities that french did in Algeria not only 1,5M casualties but a whole people disoriented that left a mark still for today.
« Legionnaires, you soldiers are meant to die, and we'll send you where people die ! » Brutal.😅
Where people die as a result of them being sent there 😂
considering the Legion's glorious past (and present), usually the people doing the dying are more on the other side lol
honest and truthful
as an indian, the concept of woke culture given so much importance in western hemisphere seems like an alien concept.
I appreciate the stand taken by legions, they seem honourable like our indian army.
Woke is alien to us in the west.
It is pushed on us by a ruling class.
I'm an American with German heritage and i say God bless the legion.
Filthy barbarian...
you're a clown than.
@Don't be caucasianphobic watch "Burger King the Last Whopper" it changed my life 😱
FYI: Three of the men at Camaron survived: after the Battle of Camarón, three legionnaires were left. Their names were Corporal Louis Maine, and Legionnaires Theodor Kovacs and Jean Vilain. They survived the fight and were captured by the Mexican forces.
The Mexican commander, Colonel Francisco Milan, was reportedly so impressed by their courage and determination that he spared their lives and allowed them to return to the French lines with the body of their officer, Captain Jean Danjou. He also reportedly said, "These are not men, they are demons."
We could benefit from every Freedom loving Human having a little bit of the FFL's Loyalty, Bravery and Determination...
And allowed them to return with all their banners and insignias.
"Nothing can be denied to such men".
(this is what was missing in the story, word said by Cpt Milan)
Fun Fact: In the movie "The Expendables 2", the role of the antagonist played by Jean-Claude Van Damme is *Jean Vilain* (as a wink-wink nudge-nudge to the real life Jean Vilain) , and in the movie they state that he is a former French Foreign Legionnaire.
It wouldn't be JCVD's first movie in which he plays the role of a FFL with a name taken directly from a famous veteran, with Lionheart (in which he play Lyon Gaultier, who in real life was a general in the FFL)... he also played a former "Legionnaire" in the movie of the same name.
Fun Fact n°2: the French Foreign Legion was accepted only one female in their ranks over the years, one Susan Travers, whose parents were British, but decided to leave for France and raise their kids on the Cote D'Azur during "Les Années Folles", which was a good time for everyone
Before that, she had fought in the French-Indochina war, and served during WW2 as a French Red Cross nurse & ambulance driver.
When Général Charles De Gaulle was invited by Churchill to set up a real French French government in London, and his "Appel du 18 Juin"
prompted her to move over to England.
"Has the last word been said? Must hope disappear? Is defeat final? No!
Believe me, I speak to you with full knowledge of the facts and tell you that nothing is lost for France. The same means that overcame us can bring us to a day of victory. For France is not alone! *She is not alone!* She has a vast Empire behind her. She can align with the British Empire that holds the sea and continues the fight."
Anyway, Susan Travers kept rising the ranks in the Free French armies, fighting the Axis forces at Bir Hakeim (where she'd routinely drove first in the column, to give their men courage, in a *Jeanne D'Arc* kinda way I guess, been a long time... but her vehicle was always riddled by bullets and once the entire roof was missing)... until she ran over a mine in her self-propelled anti-tank gun during the Italian campaign and on the Western Front.
She spent most of the rest of WW2 in various hospitals...
After WW2 was over, she enlisted in the French Foreign Legion/La Légion Étrangère, and she fought in Indochina as an Adjudant-Chef (which would be the equivalent of a Chief Warrant Officier) for almost 3 years, until she met a fellow Adjutant-Chef with whom she fell in love with, and they decided to retire and go live in France where they'd have kids and a nice house in Paris and hopefully a nice life, until she passed away at 90 years of life, back in 2003.
Nicknamed "La Miss" (The... chick? Lady? No, Lady is too classy... "Miss" in this context is more of a way to say to someone "check out La Miss at the pool table ") by her army buddies, Susan Travers was, by all account, *a pretty cool guy.*
(except for the Nazi propaganda that loved to make caricatures of her as "local harlot who served as French army's bedwarmer", because she's had a couple romances with fellow soldiers... but since she married a relatively low-level officer who was the same grade as her, that claim loses some value... and come on, for her it was still if one of the guy got dropped in an Island full of Amazons; she was lucky to find her Steve Trevor, d)
@@randallflagg3700 Incredible story! Now this is subject for a true movie about a woman with cojones, there must be a statue built for her somewhere !
A colonialist army fights for the opposite of freedom.
One of the biggest problems of armies nowadays is in my opinion, that people try to make being a soldier is a normal job and that’s simply not the case. Therefore if you don’t get drafted or you are going because you want to, being a soldier isn’t just a normal job and therefore nothing for most people
Science fiction author Jerry Pournelle based his space-faring CoDominium Marines on the Legion. One of the mottos of the Maines was "You are a Marine in order to die, and the Fleet will send you where you can die!" They also celebrated Legionnaire traditions. Including Camerone Day.
As a French we are VERY proud of our foreign legion, they are more French than a lot of us ! Vive la France , Vive la légion, LEGIO PATRIA NOSTRA
wow being proud of killing innocent civilians in foreign country like january 2021 when french army killed a whole civilian wedding over nothing
Un français sous des vidéos anglaises ? incroyable
Well, you shouldn't be proud.
@@jeboshifru bro is serbian and talking about being proud hahahahahha
@@jojojojo2820 we don't have museums with stolen goods from other countries.
And as for what Serbian military did in Bosnia - I'm not proud of it, just the contrary. It cannot be compared to NATO evil, though.
As an American combat Vet (US Army 505th PIR 82nd Airborne Div.)
I say without reservation, the French Foreign Legion is absolutely OUTSTANDING! During my years in the US Army Airborne, I had contact with "La Legion Etrangere REP" That is the Legions Airborne Unit (Regiment Etrangere Parachutist).
And, as this excellent Video shows, these Legion Troops were awesome in everyway. My sincere salute, and BRAVO, to the top tier Elite LA LEGION ETRANGERE! God's Speed to You!
You ever meet any Frisians? Our base in Leeuwarden has sent plenty to places where US wants to install democracy and steal resources. Long ago the French outnumbered us and thought they defeated us, but we remained throughout history to mock them and laugh at their code. They fear death, but they still charge, that is brave, but we don't fear it.
Our motto is, 'laever dae als slaef', that means rather dead than slave. We glorify dying in combat, that's how we go to 'heaven'. We don't obey our fathers, we challenge our fathers, and replace them when they lose. Even though my family has a long military history, the military didn't like me, they expect someone to obey them not someone who challenges them and points out the gov is the enemy haha
Even your US army general was proud of his Frisian roots, David Petraeus. FFL are brave, we Frisians are crazy haha
@@lookdawg187 are u on drug ?
@@lookdawg187 why do you need to relate a century past event that happened once to secure yourself. grow up kid
Rainbow armys will replace US armys
Yeah, in Africa ppl evidenced how good are pussies from the French legion chased out of there by Wagner boys
Very good piece. I served with 2REP '87-'92 after 6 years in the British army.
I had the opportunity to serve alongside the Légion étrangère in several world locations. They are very impressive in their professionalism. They earn respect from fellow military forces. They rival Tier II Spec Ops in tenacity.
I know a retired Legionaire (from Egypt).
A few points: 1.) they are absolute professionals 2.) they do not lie (ask a specific question, they will say they don't know if necessary) 3.) they consider the regular army to be a civil service job (and from what I've seen the regular army officer corps thinks the same way).
Being a 15 years caporal chef in FFL ,your 3rd point make me laughing out loud
@@Draguny.M many moons ago ,served in the 9th Hussars in Sourdun
we had EBR , the officers were mostly from noble families , arrogant bastards who treated the men as peasants ,
quite a few guys joked , should the occasion arose of putting a bullet in their back !
one officer was Captain fillette ,ex lieutenant in the legion , promoted for some hostage situation in Djibouti , all the bad guys were dead all the hostages were alive
he had to change to the regular Cavalry for getting his third stripe ,
his squadron men were pretty dubious at first and worshiped him soon after ....they would have died for him , he would have died for them
Your 2nd point didn't make sense. If they replied "they don't know" for question that they know, mean that they were lying
@@metalbasher820 Read what I wrote.
@@johnvelas70 i did and you should reread your 1st comment. How is it not lying when they said "idk" if they knew the answer for the question?
As a French, we’re very proud of our legion. They’re for sure some of our best soldiers
the best army to commit war crimes in sub saharan africa 👍
@@glaucon522 say that to russian soldiers, they know a lot about to how do war crimes in africa
@@glaucon522 Based.
@@glaucon522I am proud to commit war crimes in Africa. As long as it’s for the greater good of my country
@@glaucon522 Don't worry my friend, Wagner, your new master will take care of your problems :)
BRAVO!!! From a Veteran French Canadian of the Canadian Forces!!!
What an excellent review of the Legion, you didn't avoid the bad bits but accepted them as part of the history.
People don't want to be given "stuff", particularly not men. They want to be told to do things that they think they can't do, do those things, and feel the surge of elation at victory.
As a former soldier in his mid 20's
100% agree with you
It's strange for me to think that my father, whom I have know as a very ordinary looking man, spend his military service time (he was French) during the algerian war as a radio assigned to the Foreign Legion, in Algeria. As such, he spent two years living the same life as the ordinary legionnaires in this dirty war and was reported killed twice. He didn't liked to speak too much about his time in the army and what he saw there. But he told me that the leginaires were tough guys.
Probably all you need to know
Algeria was an error and not a good thing to witness, good for him that he survived
Not being a massive UA-cam follower, this is the first time I have come across one of your contributions and I must say it was well done, thank you for the imparting of knowledge. I shall look up more of your videos.
As an ancien Legionnaire, (2eme REG: 2nd Foreign Engineering Regiment), I can state that the legion is indeed quite diverse, it just doesn't feel the need to fit in, it doesn't care where you came from, or what your background was, Once you got your Kepi Blanc, you're a Legionnaire first.
I joined the Legion, because of the adventure, and I went quite often to France anyway, spending my holidays there, the choice for the Legion was easy, PAris is only 6 hours by train for me, I spoke already French, and an uncle was an ancien with the 2eme REI. And, I still have my Kepi, and Baret.
And, history is indeed an important part in La Legion, as a engage volontaire (recruit,) you will visit the Legion museum, you will visit Puylobier, The songs, again: the rich history from fights and battles in Algeria, Tonkin (Vietnam) Camerone, Narvik, etc.
As a Frenchman myself, thanks for your service.
@@chatongarou7665Merci bien, France is a beautiful country, and worth serving for.
My uncle is a legionnaire. He is one of the most cultivated, open minded person I know. He loves to read, travel, speak languages… My point is, you can be sensitive to other cultures and people without being some woke ideologue. Besides being a badass soldier, he also told me how jumping over Kolwezi was one of his worst experiences. He never shied away from saying he was frightened or even from crying. Miles away from the “toxic masculinity” stereotype.
Open mindedness is the major issue plaguing modern society. You have to stand up for what you believe or you'll have nothing to stand on and fall for anything, aka don't be open minded. Being focused and having the ability to be singularly minded is a trait that's almost unheard of now a days. Everyone wants open mindedness. It's a weakness, not a strength. Your attempt to describe what you call as not being "toxicly masculine" is the epitome of what a woke ideologue would say.
لا تتخذوا اليهود و النصارى اولياء لكم
those not from france also end up with a taste for french culture and gastronomy. They learn about wine, cheese, french food, etc.
What's does any of that have to do with toxic masculinity? Your uncle is supposed to cull the millions of abuse suffered at the hands of males in the military?
@@Charlii931603 The legion has often been assimilated to "toxic masculinity." Claire Denis made a very dull movie about the topic. My point is that you can be part of one the toughest corps of infantry and yet cultivate a certain sensibility and acknowledge your own vulnerability.
if you are a legionnaire and you have lost everything, the legion never abandons you, many former legionnaires return to the legion when they are very old, they have a house to welcome them.
And no "oh God there's mold in the building we don't know how to get rid of it" bullshit either.
Don't you have to abandon family to join tho? No contacting home, new name / identity and all that?
@@atoll8423 When you had a career in the legion is that after you return to civilian life, that life was not easy with you that at dusk you find yourself alone, without a home, without a family you can come back to the bosom of the legion, in their retirement home, to end your life there, the legion does not abandon its sons.
@@jimevrard8564 Was on quora reading other veterans commenting on FFL, don't know if they are as romanticized of it.....
"Most legionnaires do one of the following things after they have served their five years:
they continue serving for another five years. After fifteen years of service, the Legion pays you a small pension.
they go back to their home countries and continue working in their old jobs.
they start working in private security, mostly in low and mid-level positions.
they become private military contractors and deploy to a war zone.
they join another war with another foreign military.
they go back to their home country and serve in the military there.
they turn into criminals or work for the mob.
they return to their home country and stay unemployed or work in very low paid jobs.
What never happens, however, is what the many colorful brochures in the Foreign Legion’s recruiting offices suggest: every former legionnaire turns into a successful manager with a big car and a nice house."
@@atoll8423thats every result of most things. People are different. Like getting a degree, some get big Jobs, and some are unemployed
I worked with a guy whose brother was a Legionnaire. He prepared for about a year before he went to the recruitment station. My friend was never told what his brother went through. It was understood this was not for consumption outside the unit. These are some of the toughest and most capable people on the planet. Respect!
What we want to stop?
-Racism -sexism
When we want it to stop?
-now
How we gonna stop it?
-Racism -sexism
In an increasingly woke and sanitized world it's great to see a thing like the legion hold true to it's traditions and still manage to strive and succeed. It also proves that diversity can work as long as people meet a standard instead of " let's give the job to a black person because the office is to white"
As a réserviste in the French army, with a father who's an officer in the French air force, this warms my heart and fills me with pride and gratitude. Just a few additions : all regiments have a flag, on which the name and date of the most prestigious battle of the regiment is written, and parts of the code you showed seem to be a version of the soldier's code, which applies to every soldier, not just to légionnaires.
Soyez fier de la légion merci Les gars!
Le code du légionnaire est quand même un peu différent, et résonne avec plus de force je pense
USMC combat veteran. One of the major reasons why I and others left the U.S military in droves. Simply put, they lowered the standards. For people who are not willing to ever even serve....anyone but themselves.
Excellent summary. I know the foreign legion first hand having served in 2 of its regiments and met with members of all units. One mistake is that some regiment don't hold a miss Kepi Blanc pageant (2e REP for instance). Despite being fierce, they are quite puritan... Also, there are more songs that have not been translated. Anne-Marie comes in 2 versions, as the anthem of the 2nd and 3rd infantry regiment. There is lots more to say, but overall excellent video. And while some legionnaires are vocal about being anti-woke, most don't give a damn about this, regarding it as a passing fad.
Also, all units of the French army have battle honours embroidered on their regimental flags, provided they have distinguished themselves in battle.
I joined the Legion for adventure and I hated seeing how the American military was turning out. Evening coming back to the states joining the Army is still a culture shock to me at times because of all the wokeness. The infantry was the only place for a short period of time you could find that tradition.
Yeah US military is turning to trash.
Yeah even that's getting infected with woke bs
I remember very long time go when I was soldier in the French Army in late 90's (mandatory back in the day) I asked my sergeant (marechal des logis):
Who are the best the Seal's or the Legion...
He replied to me :
Well let's say both get the same mission/order : kill a pigeon resting on the very top of the very highest tree
The SEAL will post himself at about 1 km of the pigeon and simply shoot him, head shot, end of story...
Me : and ?
Sarge : The Legionnaire will go back to the camp, go to his commander with the pigeon bloody head in his hand, and will simply excuse himself to had eaten the rest of the body as reward
Esprit Légion 👍
@@archivrai9730 @mehdibenyahia3911 Reminds me of a joke I heard when I joined the legion, probably a really old one. (sorry long post) Two french generals and an admiral were standing around arguing about who had the toughest and bravest men in the forces. The Admiral says look at that man atop the mast and watch this, Matelot! Jump off the mast! The sailor salutes and jumps, hits the deck, bounces, stands, saluts and falls down dead. The general of the airforce says that's nothing, watch this, and orders an airman to jump into a running jet engine, he salutes, jumps in, gets chewed up and spat out the other end, in ribbons he staggers to attention salutes and falls down dead. The Legion general grunts and looks around, spotting a legionnaire walking casually off in the distance from somewhere to somewhere, his hands stuck in his belt, white kepi on at 45deg and a cig in his mouth. Watch this says the general. Hey you Legionnaire! He stops and looks at the general. See that tank coming, jump in front of it! The legionnaire looks at the tank, looks back at the general, spits out his cig and replies 'GO FUCK YOURSELF!' and walks off. The other two laugh and say fair enough you win.
the Seals traing is so intense, your legion buddy isn't smart enough to mahe a Seal Team
@@johnzubil2875 SEAL are commando elite forces, legion are not, legion training are way above SEAL's one, if you here, mean you get internet, go learn, go back, you welcome...
@@johnzubil2875 pretty sure it wasn't about the legion being tougher or smarter than seals but a joke about being savage enough to eat the pigeon on the back just because.
French guy here. Grandpa was a légionnaire français, and also a few friends of mine. Won't write about philosophy but they're all the sharpest tool in the shed when it comes to war, survival, and friendship. Geat school for integration too. Some foreigners have been living in France for decades and did never integrate, let alone speak the language. Every single légionnaire speaks french, and they all know why they love France.
Great soldiers, never mess with any of them. Ever.
Foreign legion didnt completely ignore WOKE.
They had a marriage od 2 GAY SOLDIERS.
2 caporal chefs in Aubagne, something about 4 years ago.
To be a man among men, join the Legion. But, I wouldn't be fine with risking my life doing the will of ill politicians like Macron or others. And, I don't need "a second chance in life" or live in poverty either. The channel of Thomas Gast is excellent on this topic.
What kind of missions does the legion carry out??
Same. I was lucky enough to releaize that when i was 18, before i had time to join. The lies behind 9/11 was enough to show me the teuth
Military men are DUMB, stupid animals to be used as pawns for foreign policy.. 💯💯
@@activatekruger446 globalist cabal missions
@@activatekruger446 Honestly every type.
They can go fight rebels, they can make asasination missions.
Mainly they are used like Wagner is in Russia, assaut troops that are first to attack and go in the thickest fighting.
In some case they are send in places where France cant oficially intervine in which case it cant help the legionares if they get in big troble.
It is a pipular belive that they are treated like easilly replacable troops and are trown into fights whit no care if they live or die. I think that is false and they are used like Wagner, which is as elite shock troops that can get the job done.
When I (slav) was going to university 20 years ago a very good friend of mine decided to joinn FL (money, no job & desire for advanture would name as drivers) - and on 2nd shot he got in (you need to speak a bit french). 5 years later and 1 tour to Afgsnistan and 2 tours to Mali we had nothing to talk about...we met, had a beer, but we lived in different universes.
He stayed in France, worked as a bouncer and took him substial amount of time to adapt to "normal" live. He is ok now, but FL will change you.
And yet i feel i dont fit in into normal society, having never belonged to any military. But my country fell apart, and our military, once one of the best, went along with it. I work as a private security contractor, but despite facing some of the most dangerous situations every day, what feels worse, far moere than being shot at, is not being able to have the military career i always wanted. People far dumber and incompetent than myself have had opportunity fall in their laps, more times than i can count, while i always ended up scrapping the bottom of the barrel, it plagues me every day. Now i live fearing that the same ill fate will plague me when i decide to join the FFL, that people with next to no discipline, integrity, professionalism, will always have 1 up over me, me who has worked my entire life to be in the military.
No worse feeling then that.
according to msm sources this army has the biggest numbers of merchenaries in their legion. so its sus from me at the first time i have heared that from guys who went to FL from germany to france barefoot, like hobos for 3months.
@@melon9680so what are you going to do about it? JUST DO IT!!!
@@hylucien2980 I am doing, have been doing for months. Lets just say, that it doesnt matter bow qualified you are in my country, there just isnt any damn work, and what you can find pays little. Our currency is weaker than its ever been, and we pay 30% more on Visas than anyone else. Im working my ass off to leave.
@@melon9680 I never understand these people who do meticulous preparation to join (and then often fail, as I saw so many times on a then active german legion message board). I did minimal running training (not enough, and I suffered for that later on), learned a handful of words and phrases and simply went on a 11 hour train ride from Vienna to Strasbourg (but my tip is to go to aubagne directly, much faster recruiting process that way).
I was doing my pull up training on door frames in Ft de Nogent and then later on in the backyard at Aubagne. And still passed the sport test (although I didn't do great at the Luc Leger / beep test)..
A lot of it whether you can do or not do is in your head. All the physical preparation won't save you from your mind quitting.
Pour être direct, j'aime aussi le titre de cette vidéo. Il nous rappelle, en prenant l'exemple de la Légion, à quel point le wokisme est le contraire d'une culture et le signe d'une déchéance. Rien ne vaut le courage au service de l'intelligence, de l'honneur, de la solidarité et de la camaraderie. Merci a la Légion de nous rappeler l'exemple à suivre.
20:06 that clip is of my section learning to sing westerwald in the farm in late 2018. Crazy coming across it like this wow
I'm a soldier myself and had the honor of meeting the FFL in 1996 in Bosnia and 2000 in Kosovo as brothers in arms . Awesome guys to have as allies but you better say your prayers if you have them as enemies .
Our pleasure, it’s all we do
damn the French fought in Yugoslav wars?
@@SuhbanIo probably less fighting the war and more as a part of a peace keeping force. That does not subtract from their abilities as soldiers though. ROEs make life harder for peace keeping forces.
@@maxlutz3674 that is true
@@SuhbanIo During the attack of the Serbian army on the Lukavica barracks, members of the Foreign Legion surrendered and were deported according to the Geneva Convention.
Learning French language is not about tradition. Its about ability to command combined forces if neccessary. Not so many people speak English in France (either don't know it or straight refuse to speak or learn it).
As a former French military , I'm also proud of the Legion. I worked with these guys in Africa and it was so human, so simple, so right. No woke, no races, no feminist, no trans, just proud to be in a familly of soldiers from everywhere, enlisted to defend the France. Lot of countries could take example on how and why the Legion still exists exactly like at its beginning. Hope the Legion will stand as a lighthouse for many lost people in these difficult times , because our western societies are out of control, mentally in disorder.
We French are Proud of the Légion Étrangère. I have an heart bond with this Regiment as my grand father fought as a resistant during WWII at the age of 17, then enlisted in the foreign legion and was deployed in Indochina (now Vietnam). We always look up to them with a special admiration, look for them in military parade and welcome them as French in our country. They have more and better values than some french people here.
Swept in dien bien phu and algeria later on
@@sfbmob Given they went with only a few thousand soldiers with few support to reconquer the entire Indochina outnumbered by hundred times, they still won battles and killed at least 40 times more than there own casualties.
@@sfbmobit's like 300 battle who 300 Spartans fights 3000 persans it's a defeat but an heroic defeat. Like Dien bien Phu. Algeria was a big military Victory against FLN in the desert but a Political Defeat because of USA, USSR and all others countries around the World against the War in addition of protests in France.
You are aware that a large percentage of the Legion Etrangere after WWII were german soldiers?
@@GGGrapefruityou have to listen to the song of the 2nd REP to understand 😂
I live near Aubagne and have had several Legionnaires clients. One of theù gave me a copper engraved reproduction of the Legonaire vows.
I google translated it :
Legionnaire, you are a volunteer serving France with honor and fidelity.
Each legionnaire is your brother in arms, whatever his nationality, his race, his religion. You always show him the close solidarity which must unite the members of the same family.
Respectful of traditions, attached to your leaders, discipline and camaraderie are your strength, courage and loyalty your virtues.
Proud of your status as a legionnaire, you show it in your always elegant outfit, your always dignified but modest behavior, your always clean barracks.
Elite soldier, you train with rigor, you maintain your weapon as your most precious asset, you have the constant concern of your physical form.
The mission is sacred, you carry it out to the end and, if necessary, in operations, at the risk of your life.
In combat, you act without passion and without hatred, you respect defeated enemies, you never abandon your dead, your wounded, or your weapons.
It's very powerful and I have the upmost respect for these men. Thank you for your service.
Merci de rendre hommage à nos légionnaires. J'ai grandi à Marseille puis à Aubagne et j'ai eu l'occasion de rencontrer et même de bosser avec des Légionnaires. Tu trouveras pas plus fiable et honnête. Et ils prennent soin des leurs, les anciens légionnaires feront parti de la famille jusqu'à leur mort. Vive la légion.
Ouai bah dommage qu'ils "nettoient" pas un peu Aubagne ... Pour ce que ça devient ...
Sounds pretty woke...
La mission est sacre
The Foreign Legion motto: "Légion ma Patrie" "My Legion My Nation".
I inlisted in 1993 I served for 13 years I fought with proud in diferent environments. I'm at contigent 20 for the last 6 years. Today I have a small building company and my guys have discipline and respect for each other other wise won't work for me. LEGIO PATRIA NOSTRA
Bon bolout l'ancien ;-)
LPN
When I was in the US Navy I knew a Marine officer who had some contact with the Legion (he spoke good French). He thought very highly of them.
My uncle fought the Japanese in Burma. This was the most diverse British Empire army ever and they had never heard of 'diversity'. He felt honoured to serve with Ghurkas, Pathans and troops from the King's African Rifles.
Given the requirement problems in Britain, maybe a British Foreign Legion is long overdue.
.. an American Foreign Legion is sorely needed also
That's a good idea. The Royal Commonwealth Regiment.
Some years ago I had the chance to visit the Legion's traditional live Xmas cribs at the Central Commandment in Aubagne - gave me chills and much respect for these guys performing and singing Xmas songs, thinking that these are among the toughest mfs on the planet. France is gradually losing all its values and traditions; the Legion is one of those few places where they are preserved. I hope they don't lose it, cause then it's really game over for France
Yeah there's a competition every year for Noel (Xmas) sport and creche (crib) building for every company.
You can't even go to Marseille in Tenue de Sortie (Dress Uniform) without running the risk of getting jumped or stabbed, and that was 15 to 10 years ago, I don't wanna imagine in 2020s...
Each creche is judged by a panel of that Regiments highest ranking officers and highest ranking sub-officers and there wives, the creche size can be anywhere from a table or room. We had access to a big garage, built a WW1 trench with 2 soldiers, one on guard and one reading a letter from his 6 year old daughter...actual pre-recorded voice of a caporel-chef's daughter. Fog machine, Background noise of artillery and the voice of his daughter, saying how much she missed them.
When we heard the wives being emotional😢😢, we knew we had won.🎉🎉😂😊
France was a great power before the FFL existed
@@youngdenard264 very true. France's grandeur has been built over the centuries through great accomplishments, based on strong values and institutions that have improved over time while preserving and passing on those values. La Legion is one of those last remnant institutions. I don't think anyone believes that the FFL is the reason why France became a great power - it is rather a repository of what has made France great and they continue to pass on that legacy.
The Legion will never fall.
One big thing to understand is why people join the legion. It's a way to acquire French nationality and should be the only one in my opinion.
Nationality comes from blood, from parents and from battlefield.
Gloire à nos légionnaires, gloire à nos militaires.
Take away the French citizenship at the end of it and see if they keep getting a surplus. Russia is also offering a non-woke military environment open to foreigners. Thing is, nobody wants to live in Russia after service. Everyone in the world would like to live in France.
If the USA or even Canada adopted a "citizenship upon completion of service" clause and allowed foreigners to serve you'd see their recruitment numbers skyrocket even with woke military culture. The FFL still attracts men from wealthy countries who want the genuine military experience but there are just as many non-EU Europeans, SEA, African, Latin America, etc recruits going in there because they want to get out of their underdeveloped countries and they lack the skills/wealth to immigrate through other means.
I served in foreign regiment 2 Rei for 5 years back in 2012
What i can say them 5 years were the most wonderful from my life ,i m 30 yrs old and i m thinking to go back but i m not sure they’ll take me again even i m still fit and doing a lot of sport
The thing is no army from this planet has an activity and camaraderie and spirit same as in Foreign Legion
Legio. Patria .Nostra 👋🏻
How old is too old for them to take you?
@@matthiasthulman4058 39 and a half is the limit. At least from what i grabbed from the video.
@@NF-nv3xw hmmm. I wonder what their stance is on the jab.
If that's clear, then I might go
What hasn’t been mentioned in this video is western armies are struggling to recruit because the lifestyle isn’t attractive compared to comfortable and well paid civilian jobs. Saying the FFL isn’t woke is another way of saying the FFL is an unpleasant job that treats its recruits badly.
Interestingly, if you’re North American or from Europe, you’re unlikely to be selected by the FFL as they think you won’t put up with the low pay and bad conditions. The FFL want desperate people from the third world who will stay because the FFL is still better than their home.
It’s not really a fair comparison.
The FFL has a recruitment pool that is much larger than any nation.
They also offer French citizenship which is very good for lower GDP countries.
They also recruit a fraction of the numbers that a country like Canada or the US.
They also recruit mostly from other militarys.
A society that has been manipulated to forget even "If they are men or women" and "who are my parents?" is lost. Its that simple fact.
As a former wife of a legionnaire (i'm french he is english), I always knew that I'd be spending Christmas Eve alone with my children, and for us it was normal. My ex-husband was with his family aka the FFL. In fact, more than 20 years after my divorce, I don't do anything special for Christmas Eve and we get together as a family on the 25th of December.
Honneurs et fidélité
Que dieu te bénisse
you sound like a non-support terrible wife Jesus... Man's out in the trenches putting his life on the line and you cannot care for his children in a safe, warm ,well fed enviroment, /spit
oh, it's not the French Legion hasn't bulged for woke culture... They still walk slow on parades to this day because one day someone dare to tell them to walk faster and they replied "No, we walk slow". And if they say so, no one is messing with them.
🤣🤣non vous avez pas raison mon ami .
Les 88 pas a la minute (pas lent) vienne des soldats de Napoléon qui sont a l'origine , Salutations d'un ancien . LPN
Such a good thing that the Bundeswehr doesnt draw any tradition and pride from WW2 when it comes to insignia. Well done Germany!
My favourite book in my teens was “the devils guard” which is a memoir of an ex ss soldier fighting in indo china in the legion. It was until fairly recently adopted by the American military as a useful text for soldiers to read regarding tactics and unit cohesion.I imagine this has been expunged from their current list of prescribed reading.
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Interesting note: Wagner and the French foreign legion did compete for supremacy in Africa in recent times as the Russia and France battle for favors of African governments.
Wagner mercenaries would be torn to pieces if they were to fight.
Wagner kicked the french out of Burkina Faso and Mali
@@davidprins5504 It was a political decision. I just wondered what an actual fight might be.
@David Prins It clearly was a political decision. We've seen how Wagner preformed agaist US and Kurdish forces in the Battle of Khasham. They were hit with overwhelming air power.
@@Intrinseque52 I think we don't hear what exactly happend for a few years tot come
To many old systems are falling from banks to forms of goverments in time we will find out
As for now africans are building statues for wagner mercenarys
As a person who has been at my CAF application for around 1 year now, paperwork is what drives me insane
Lack of family doctors in province to fill out paperwork, lack of speed in updating files and lack of speed in processesing whether it be by laziness or by stupid actions like sending out paperwork to be finished by a 3rd party
I looked into La Légion before reopening my CAF application, I dropped the idea of going to La Légion because my eyes and the lack of certainty to be able to work my way up to the fields I wanted to learn more about (crossing moreso into military analysis work), but mainly because of my eyes
Lo and behold, a couple days ago the forum for La Légion popped back into my feed and I read up on how people with similar prescriptions as me were able to get in with relatively high success in terms of ending up where they wanted, and here I am really heavily debating going forward with La Légion and if I truly wanted to, I could always double back and go to the CAF after a 5-8 year contract with dual citizenship or if I can perform well enough, apply for L'armée de terre (french army) in order to still get those skillsets
bro if you're going to be considering your options and whatnot you'll give up at the first cold shiver or sleepless night marching. Don't even bother. The Legion tests their men to the extreme and by what you wrote you'll be calling your mommy.
When I was in the air commando (a unit trained to defend airfields) we had a camp in the Landes (south of Bordeaux). After 2 days a group of legionnaires came to camp next to us. Our Sergeants quickly constructed a ditch between them and us, posted 2 machine guns pointing at them and told us that if we were to enter their camp, we would be eaten alive. We were truly scared and supporting our 2 machine gun teams like no-one else. Such is the terror these guys can bring with them.
You earned my subscription when you displayed Pierre Sergent's book "Je Ne Regrette Rien". This book was such an inspiration when I grew up, and I still find it inspirational today. It's about sacrifice.
the french are cowards.
Thank you Great video on the Legion! God Bless you keep up the Great work! 😊 And Merry Christmas to you and yours 🎄🎁🎁🎁
If you don't know where you've come from, you can't know where you're going.
Traditions are important. Wokism wants to forget certain pasts, while men assume theirs.
Worked with the FFL and FSF in AO Lafayette in Northeastern Afghanistan in 2011. They were great guys and I got to trade one of them my Ranger tab for his FFL tab. Even met an ex US Marine from Chicago who was in their unit. I'm glad they are sticking to what matters when it comes to soldiering and warfare
I was stationed at Ft. Benning in 1971 at an area called Kelley hill. I was aware Ft. Benning was the home of the Rangers.
Well to be fair there was a bonus when I joined the NAVY 15 years ago. They offer it to people who fill certain rolls i.e. nuke, SEAL, SWCC, EOD etc. and you only get that bonus if you finish the A school or the training like BUDS. But they are dropping standards, which is ridiculous. It’s not just the military its law-enforcement as well.
Not to mention academics, including science, technology, engineering and math. What matters not is that 2 plus 2 equals 4, but how many women, blacks, Latinos, and other supposed "historical victims" are included on any faculty, administration, and student body. With the obsession over "diversity" and "systemic racism, sexism, homophobia,", etc.you'd think the sixties never happened, that Emmet Till was lynched last week, and that USA hasn't had Affirmative Action for half a century. Clearly, the currently Disunited States of America are going down the gurgler, along with a good proportion of Western Civ to boot. Sauve qui peut!
I joined the legion in 2005 and we had a bonus also, but because the legion is considered a parallel part of the french regulars we're treated as such and the bonus is in line with everyone else in the french army. There's an 'open' period for the first 6 months ie you can ask to leave and your contract is ripped up and you go home, at the end of the 6 months you're asked to confirm the 5 year contract after which you're in for the five and your bonus comes through then. Then as a joke it's said there's three ways out of the contract, death, desertion or medical discharge.
Yeah what a great vdeio !!
Major Gérald is realy realy a great guy !
We can find a lot of videos where he is, and everytime this guy gives us a lot of pure positiv energy and more !
Greetings from Switzerland
France not apologizing for its colonial atrocities will haunt them and bite them back as we currently witness France imploding, rife with internal strife and external threats dismantling their Colonial hegemony in Africa
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This dude knows about war as much as i do about surgery...only one thing is constant about him, hes cheerleading for Russia..
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Hi ! Great video, thank you ! About the Legion's anthem : It doesn't exactly talk about blood sausage. The "boudin" mentioned is in fact a blanket. Besides, the Belgians are not supposed to shoot anyone's ass. The sentence "Ce sont des tireurs au cul" is french slang for "They're lazy" !
Long live this channel !
You can see immediately when someone knows about the Foreign Legion or not. I was lucky and had a great time in the Legion and cried when I left it.
This video made me respect French military tradition much more than I used to. I'm thankful that my country, England, has maintained at least some of it's own tradition, but it hardly compares to the Foreign Legion.
whats the foreign legion done? besides talk shit.
As a felllow Brit (ex-Navy) I'd say we have plenty of tradition but spend far too much money on it and not enough on front line Soldiers, Sailors and Airmen. Do we need Guardsmen with silly hats and red tunics? Or would we rather have them training every day with the rest of the British Army? I'm a Royalist but the amount of time and money all this ceremonial nonsense takes seems a bit daft.
@@BoxTunnel Well I would say maybe the fur hats could be changed but the Royal Guards are a symbol of our pride. Would you rather see them in their regular army fatigues? The royal guards are some of the best trained soldiers in our military as well.
No, if saving money is our objective we should significantly cut back on foreign aid and stop trying to get special trade deals with the U.S, our "special relationship" with them is running thin. We shouldn't depend on a nation that's infected us with their cultural issues and is in constant political turmoil. Our island needs to be united under a single banner and needs to become less dependent on international trade lest we fade into obscurity and be dominated by foreign powers.
On that note we should also stop allowing other nations to bully us as they often do, we've become a laughing stock, I heard someone compare us to a dog on a leash lead by the United States.
Our country's legacy is clear and it's something to be proud of but what I'm worried about is not the little petty things like what our royal guards wear. I'm worried about the people both in our country and abroad who are offended by our very existence, offended by our accomplishments throughout history and who would seek to divide us and turn England into a rump state.
@@OnCydigGood morning sir
I'm quite surprised to read your comment, after the French bashing, would an English bashing take place?
I admit that it would amuse me, so much you, British, have participated in dirtying my country.
but, no, I am, like a majority of French people, respectful of the history and value of each country. your "yankee brothers" have used you as they tried with us, to achieve their ends, only their interests count. and the values of old europe bother them, they have tarnished France's reputation with your help, they will now do it with you, that's normal, England and France have the same military past, even if it's as than enemies.
the usa will never have the glory and the traditions that our two countries have, and they don't like it, so they will act with you as they did with us. and if they were able to do that to a country that helped them have their nation, imagine for yourself.
don't fall into the trap, your traditions are as strong as ours, we must be proud of them and hold them high, few nations have done what we have done for the greatness and glory of our respective countries, is our tradition, it is our heritage and to deny it is to deny our ancestors and spit on their graves.
je suis Français et fier de l'être. vive la France et vive l'empereur.
Imagine this scenario if you will:
You and your rifleman squad are pinned down under fire from an enemy in an elevated position. Your new LT has been in the unit for a month now and she is calling the OPS. You radio to her position and she doesn't answer, she is currently experiencing near crippling menstrual cramps and can barely stand. So, you take it upon yourself to exfil and withdraw to a safer position. The next day, the LT calls in and wants to know why you moved without her permission. You tell her she couldn't be relied on for actionable commands you made a choice to withdraw. When you return to base, your are informed that you are being charged with and Article 15 because you disobeyed her orders and you are a misogynist who does not respect his Female Superiors. This is the American Armed Forces now, we are all fucked.
Bro, did that actually happen? Dear god. They reward stupidity, so no wonder no one wants to join the army.
I sympathize
Imagine being in the legion, you are injured and then live in France, only to see how shit the goverment is