This translator/commentator is one of the best I've ever heard, he not only translates excellently but captures the affectations and little quirks of each recruit, great job.
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.
I was about to same something similar. The instructors seemed so nice. I don't remember nice instructors. I was not in the FFL, but I was Infantry for a different country.
It was terrifying enough for me to walk into my local Army Recruiting office and enlist. These guys have all my respect for traveling across continents and volunteering to serve in a foreign military where they know little of the language or culture. The austere nature of their existence in this film is fairly common to most boot camp environments, but the transformation from anonymous immigrant to being accepted into a brotherhood of arms must be quite an amazing feeling.
It is funny in 1994 I was a police officer with the Maui Police Department and having a lot of mental/personal problems and was thinking about joining the FFL....this is before i had access to the internet and due to lack of information I never even came close to attempting joining....if had todays internet I might have attempted to join.....I am glad i did not.....in 2000 i went back into the military part time in the reserves and got my life together somewhat....walked away with a pension....
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.
@@delyanangelov832 after you have passed all the tests, the people who interviewed you meet up and they decide who stays and who goes home, without giving a specific reason in case of rejection
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.
I consider myself relatively informed, and I've always seen France as somewhat of an enigma and a paradox. On the surface they seem like most industrialized nations, but their willingness to think outside of the box (the French Foreign Legion, their extensive use of nuclear power, socialism) has always impressed me. France has a lot of problems, but they seem more willing than other nations to take radical steps to solve these problems.
Pretty smart, IMO. They're not recruiting guys to run the central bank, they're recruiting guys to kick ass. The FFL wants people who aren't going to let technicalities get in the way of their asskicking.
I agree with Gra Inc . That level of motivation, given all the many hurdles that guy had to go thru just by getting there illegally, to JOIN A ACTIVE MILTARY Unit like the Legion, IS impressive. Thats not like the zillion and one other illegals out there in the World, THIS GUY says, Yeah, I'm here illegally, but I WILL PROVE MYSELF AND OFFER MY LIFE TO YOU IN EXCHANGE FOR MY LEGALITY. THAT is the difference between Men like him, and shitbags who are just tryin to scam another Country into giving them a Free Ride for nothing. Much Respect.
as a left handed person im vermently against bulfycking pups most would shred my face and my countrys main rifle is a right handed only bullpup shame im a very good shot not blowing my own trumpet but i used to shoot .22lr prone match the olympic disapline one and scored 98% to 80% on a bad day and the few farms i do pest control for i regularly takw 250yard head shots on rabbit using the farmers savage .17hmr
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.
Because your brain has been hacked by youtube recommendations. It shows you what they want you to think about. The more you click the recommendation videos, the more prone you become to click them. Stop watching youtube immediatly and enlist in the foreign legion already...joke
Don't feel bad about it, i've now discovered every female porn star the internet has to offer and i've also got an RSI injury and gone blind in my left eye :*(
They're not looking for you English now. Forget about it. Why don't you join the British Army? You wimps will probably all desert. And look and that a kid with a meme as a profile picture. They're not looking for PlayStation and Xbox players. They're looking for men who are sporty, mature and actually go outside.
But at least Gen'l Burger stated a year ago that as Commandant he has two priorities: 1) getting rid of all CSA paraphernalia on Marine bases, 2) promoting as many female "combat commanders as possible."
@@oopsiepoopsie2898 it's neither the French marine corps, nor the most elite French troops. Troupe de marine are the French marines, and elite troops are force spéciales, commandos parachutistes and commandos alpins
One of my old Scottish neighbours from Edinburgh is ex-Foreign Legion. Served in the 60's. When i knew him, a very well travelled, hardened, absolutely unique fantastic man. Never ever could be like him. Always looked up to him. One of those stories.
37:00 18 year old kid joined an active military so he can send his family money so they can get educated does well enough to get put in with FFL paratroopers What a legend, hope hes still alive today
i served and had training with the Legion in Fr. Guyana (i was NOT in the legion we only were trained for 4 months by them!) and i speak and understand french but it was a hell the first days for people from the US/Germany etc :D so i was ordered to translate from French to English and German :)
but i think they don't use that kind of sport anymore it's more the "Luc Léger" Test. you need to run from one line to another ... i a short time and the times go faster and faster so at be beginning you have maybe 20 seconds to run 50 meters, next you have 18 seconds to run that 50 meters, next 15 etc etc etc... it is really a heavy test as they DON'T tell you how much you need they only take the best ones so you need to be in the group of the Best
@@kevinfrancaissfkk8072 I passed the asvab my sophomore year of high school (I got the absolute minimum required to join). I was a fucking idiot back then and they still would have taken me in if I was 18 at the time lol.
At the 40 minute Mark they learn the one lesson of military life. no matter how clean you can clean your rifle someone can always find carbon or other dirt and grime in it.
That’s cause the damn gun powder fairy always sprinkling some kind of grime in the damn guide rails or some shit when you ain’t looking. I could grab any firearm I have that I swear I cleaned up down left right inside and out and I’ll STILL find something.
unholy7 And then you find yourself wondering things like “How did I get here? Why did I choose this life? I wonder would it’s like to be in bed instead cleaning the fucking rifle”
I've just served 11.4 years in the British Army, I didn't want to leave but I came to the end of my contract. I can still soldier and need further adventure. My folks were obviously concerned at first but I've managed to talk them around. So I'm enlisting in the foreign Legion, new years day 2020, I'm excited!
@@taylorc2542 like I said before I was coming to the end of my 12 year contract and you needed to promote to a certain rank to be allowed to stay in for the full 22 year career, unfortunately my face didn't fit so I didn't promote and couldn't stay. I hope I've answered your question. I want to continue with a military career and the Legion is the only viable option.
Even BCT of US Army and any other army on tape is more intense than this video like damn Edit: fixed what I wanted to say as some ppl thought other things
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'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'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'd ask if they'd heard from Rick. He'd always reach up and sorta finger that vicious and jagged scar before shaking his head no. 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
@Hugo Jeanne The thing is i dont think Rick ever was judged for thoses things and in my book that is correct. The legion can't refuse you if you don't have any criminal records, and anyway it was not a crime in my book. Just revenge on an abusive piece of shit. The legion is a refuge for people like Rick.
@Hugo Jeanne If the crime was done before 18 years old... he could get his record wiped clean when becoming an adult. They do that in the French code... a Kid cant be trialed for ''adult'' crime and vice-versa... so if you screwedup in your youth... at 18 you start fresh new... but if you do a crime after 18... you are done for
During WWII, my Grandfather was in a town in France for a week or so. The British soldiers were very young and didn't know any better, they went to the pub at night and drinks were really expensive. He said then a group of French Foreign Legion guys came to the town and took the young British soldiers under their wing and suddenly the drinks became very cheap. He said that the FFL guys were as scary as their reputation.
Many of the foreign legion members even after the training and service, they find themselves on the battlefield but on opposite sides, they are still brothers and will protect each other. That is the Legion.
@@you-cf7df During Balkan wars in 1990, serbs who joined legion before the war were sorta like buddies with croats who also were in the legion. They fought on opposite sides but allowed each other to escape with each share of loot during the war. After all they are brothers in the battlefield
@@mrvic3952 I don't even want to know if this story is true or not, but "brotherhood" in an army (especially an army of mercenaries) is just an illusion to make the pawns more comfortable.
I watched another good FFL documentary on UA-cam. Theres a scene where they made Christmas cribs, in a competition. And one of the Legionnaires who had passed out of training and was in his Regiment, still couldnt speak a word of French to the reviewing General. 26:34 in this good documentary: ua-cam.com/video/_HYUkn-qSKA/v-deo.html
@@perfection4749 Either that, or we should try to take individuals on their merits when possible or if not, at least try not to stereotype entire races and countries (I'm not American) regardless of what we're told by lamestream or anyone else, it makes all involved look pretty shoddy when we do that, imo
Do you have any fucking clue how many criminals make up many the majority of militaries? Militaries are littered with criminals. Anyone who tries to contradict petty crimes with military has no firsthand experience with either.
Babylon falling, But not even to that extent; the US as well as other countries sometimes give an ultimatum to either be imprisoned or to join the army. Beliefs are subjective so I try not to have certainty in my convictions, but I believe they look for criminals because their lack of cultural morals as well as their lack of discipline make them easier to control even though there's no basis to my hypothesis besides correlation. Factually, though, there are many criminals in many militaries. Regardless of that, once personnel in general get out they often resort to criminal or questionable tactics because they've never been a legal member of society without the military taking care of them.
@@saints360row Don't be too sure, partner. I joined the Royal Navy at 18 to get out of what was partly my own drug use and partly living in a very deprived area. When I left, I not only had a great CV for many potential employers but I had learned a great deal of discipline and life lessons which have served me well. Having said that, of course, I would NEVER encourage my daughter to join the military, purely because I am acutely aware of the way they are looked upon in predominantly male professions.
I have worked with these guys before. There was several units attached to my unit (Delta Company, 344th Military Intelligence Battalion) for a NATO exercise. It was a mixed bag. Most were really good soldiers but several I met had a severely over inflated opinion of themselves in the scheme of things. Maybe that's what is beaten into them. But they wouldn't run with us, they kept separate and ran in their own formations, they would not eat with us and basically kept to themselves. Which again is probably what any special unit would do in any army. Overall though I would definitely want them on my side in a fight.
@Good Fella il y a des étrangers mais aussi beaucoup de français qui se présentent à la légion , de dire qu'il n''y a pas de français c'est de ne riens connaitre sur le sujet !
@@usulebis7281 Il n'a rien dit sur le fait qu'il n'y avait pas de Français dans la Légion. Il ne critiquait pas la Légion, il faisait simplement état de son expérience. Désolé pour mon français, ce n'est pas ma langue maternelle.
Having read the opinions of people whove been in the Foreign Legion, I think id take any other allied army over them to be my battle lmao. They still act like its 1934 and youre in the Russian army. Beatings, cliques among whatever nation youre from, little to no deployments, very seldom combat drills. Theyre very good at propaganda though, and Im sure theyre tough as nails. But theres a reason we dont train like that anymore, imo.
33:26 takes me back to September of 1994 when I graduated US Army Infantry Basic Training at Ft. Benning GA. We marched about 15-16 miles from our final field exercises to our barracks. Upon arrival we were presented with our blue Infantry cords & crossed rifle insignia. It felt pretty good.
I went through Army BCT at Fort Jackson in 98-99. I am fully aware that Benning would have been tougher. Ours ended similarly though with a long night time march back from a 3 day FTX. This was not OSUT, but there was a bonfire and all the Cadre was out there. It wasn't festive, but rather more solemn and it was the first time we were addressed as Soldiers. I was a Reservist, but proud to be there and proud to serve throughout my enlistment.. I was 27 at the time, old for a recruit, but no regrets.
My wife's father did 10 years of legion. Afterwards he slowly went crazy, fading away until he "disappeared". Now, a guy who put a few beehives near my house did 10 years too. He lives alone in a caravan, miles from any house. He told me : "After the legion, I can't really live with people anymore."
@@kartofff I suppose they have experienced a very hard life in the legion, and they are tired of useless conflicts with civilians who believe they are tough.
My brother is doing his classes in the Police Nationnal. One of the students is an ex legionnaire who served for 11 years. The guy is strong like a bear, always stay alone and don't talks a lot. He must have seen some bad shit.
My grand father was a legionnaire. He fought in the Algerian war, he told me the terrible things they had to go through that made them tough as stone. They had a saying "marche ou crève" (keep going or die).
I had an uncle who was in the foreign legion for 27 yrs! Started out in the fishing business and joined bc he could not find any other work! -rank NCO equivalent - name :Chalifoux !
that's mad, because this means he was in at least one war or at least many real battles with bullets flying and everything - 27 years in the Legion is like 10 lifetimes anywhere else! But why would he not try his luck as a french speaking civilian? After 5 years he's a French citizen though - did he not want to take his chances in France? I would -
He would get a job everywhere in france, also as a private contracter, with earnings like 1k per day. Also He would get Pension from the Legion Like 1.5k+
Delighted for them Men doing all that and getting in. I watched in 2 part's,so I kinda get the feel good things and am talking to the soldier. Congratulations !
The narrator clearly states no serious criminal record. However, some grievences would be excepted. As in the SAS... "Born again men", as the narrator said quoting another. So, totally feasible. The problem I have with the documentary is it was cut short and about half way through the initial recruits progress seemed abandoned...
Not sure why they did had this kind of problem. I always thought average foreigners who seek adventures life always had good chance becoming French Foreign Legion
@Novitrix i mean for some countries its obvious for others a little less. In the US for exemple i would understand the choice. As much as itd be hard for them to go for another country because of their deeply rooted patriotism for most people who are below middle class life in France after the service would be much easier than life in the US after a service
@Novitrix I don't know about this dude, but the Legion is known for accepting rejects of other countries because of slight criminal record or petty medical pseudo-reasons (bad teeth, lazy eye, etc)
When I was young I wanted to join the Legion. I wound up joining the US military and eventually worked alongside the Legionnaires in Africa. While I have the greatest respect for the Legionnaires as my brothers in arms, I am also glad I did not join their ranks.
J ai connu un Allemand qui a fait la légion après la guerre il a fait l Indochine , l Algérie et après a fini mercenaires avec Bob Denard au Katanga un grand homme malheureusement qui n est plus la rip
My knowledge of the French Foreign Legion began when I was 7 years old, in French Morocco, in 1954, at Media Plage (White Beach, on the Atlantic). They camped a half kilometer North East, from my family home. My father was a US Air Force Captain, stationed at Sidi Slimane Air Base, near Rabat.
The best narration of a documentary I've ever heard. Well done! I worked in T'Chad for ESSO Oil Exploration. The Legion was responsible for airbase security. Very sharp troops! The U.S. should have our own Legion.
@@charlesburroughs9770 I beg forgiveness Charles! My Dad, Marines, S.W. Pacific, Marshalls & Marianas. Me, Army, Vietnam. I don't know about all that "Hey diddle diddle straight up the middle" stuff though. :) Semper Fi. I know I'm not allowed to say that but my Dad would've said it to you. I sang the Marine hymm to him one night while I was laying in bed. I was 8 or 9 years old. He said "Thank you son." Thanks Charles...for the memory!
@Bill Callahan I am also an Army Vet, not from the same era...joined under President Reagan in '84...but I served overseas as a contractor with lots of Marines!!! Thank You for your Service!!!
Lol.Don't get me wrong, the Marine Corps is tough but you should look more into the Legion and more training videos they've got to do some things we didn't have to , and they're rules for the first five years they're in. It's pretty crazy.
A guy my dad grew up with joined the French Foreigin Legion. My dad said he came back a changed man. He said the leaders beat the shit outta him for 6 months because he couldn't speak french. He was there for 8 years.
Yeah that was a great documentary that was, they say that only 10-15 out of 100 applicants actually get into the foreign legion and a lot of it is based on your character with motivation, the legion officers apparently have a keen sense of reading peoples faces like tracing paper in the interview....
10:41 Medals: leftmost, Overseas Medal (with theater named on clasp), second from left on top (red/blue/red) "National Defence Medal" with branch name clasp, below commemorative NATO mission medal, rightmost "French commemorative medal" with mission/theater name clasp
The *French were in Vietnam long before Americans* had even heard of it: so if anything, *Americans should* be adapting themselves to *French cultural references.*
@@coreymesham-pritchard1988 it fucks you up. Every strict training fucks you up. They need a killing machine, not an individuality so the training is created to destroy the person you are and create a highly disciplined soldier. It's very hard to go back to being normal after such training.
It's bullshit. For some people, yeah, milk not good. However I train as hard as the FFL and I'm powered on chocolate milk. Soda, white bread, and sugar in all its forms is crap. Just eat primarily vegetables (mainly in the form of soups) and meat all day. Besides that though I consume a lot of dairy and my genetics are fine with that. Obviously the FFL doesn't recommend it because they take in a lot of recruits that can't handle that well but I'm Dutch. Oh also, do NOT brink coffee or wine. I never do that.
To every one who watched this Video and sit behind your keyboards slagging them off. You have no idea what you are talking about. I have first hand experience with the Legion and to a man, I'd rather have them with me than against me. Great bunch of soldiers, super professional, super motivated and all round what a soldier should be. Disciplined, hard and Inteligent. Big up the Legion.
My first deployment was to Africa back in 2007. On our none duty days, we often did a rifle range in a remote area. When we were close to the range area, there were cliffs on either side of us. On one cliff was an obstacle course about 100feet up with French words on it. Yea, an obstacle course on a cliff. Dudes are crazy
Retired from the Army after 20 years. If I was a younger man, would definitely give it a go. The selection process and schools are definitely a young man's game.
The majority of French people fought bravely in WW2 but found themselves in an impossible situation, yet they as a nation did not give up the fight. The Foreign Legion are another formidable band of soldiers who deal in death or glory.
@@didierpaya9069 Probably an american...Nothing against them maybe I'm wrong, but jeez they often take the biscuit. I mean white flags and so on. Major in military history I guess, glad they were here nonetheless but hey as we did if you keep the reasoning.
@@Joetheshow445 no choice when you're facing a nation trained as fuck for 7 years before invading your country. Leaders were forced to sign Armistice. What to do ? To continue a lost battle, and see civilians die ?
Journalist: 'What does the Legion meant to you?' Officer Lopez: 'Beaucoup.' Translator: 'So much, it's a way of live, it's twenty years it's a whole life...'
Respect to these men. Fighting for their nation they act in an intelligent and compassionate way. They are known to be creative and independent thinkers who use their talents to bring good to the people of this world. 👍🤗❤️
Kenneth Bartlett You clearly didn't learn anything in the war because a man's bravery is not measured by how many pink hearts you your chest. Are you more of a man than some bold fat man who has normal job goes home looking after his family and provides making minimum income?
Duh ! Eddie, I enlisted in the US Army at age 17, stayed for 20, moved up the ranks to Captain, wounded twice doing my job, not asking anyone to do what I wouldn't do. After the Army, I got into law enforcement (police for you) until I was injured going to a call for help . No I wasn't some bold (I guess you meant bald fat man) and yes I took a couple of low paying jobs, but they don't pay the bills or support a wife and four kids. What I learned about bravery wasn't from some stupid war, it was being there when needed and work hard always improving myself and getting a better paying job. Ah Eddie, are you that fat "bold guy" working and a low paying job ? Normally I wouldn't respond to some dipshit like you but I just had to take a stand, and no I wont respond again....get a life Eddie and lose some weight maybe the wife can stay home and be a housewife.
Kenneth Bartlett Thanks for picking that spelling mistake, I was typing on my phone. I'm not fat nor "Bald", not unemployed on minimum income either!! At 17 you listed to serve because you had no life and like most from trailer park you run to uncle Sam. At 18 I was working on the Stock Exchange floor in Sydney. I'm a Credit Analyst now and I think I have done well for my self living a life that you will never see so please don't assume nor persume!! In two posts you wrote in you bragged ,maybe it's because you never achieved anything else and like most men that have come from poverty you so desperately seek people's affection and attention. Purple heart or pink heart means nothing to civilized people , it only matters to people from your class!!! I bet you have those medals on when you go the mall in uniform!! lol
jslfc S You are out of your mind!! All you have to do is turn on news and watch youtube to see the mess Europe is in. Australia is not for everyone, we Aussies are not like other's and that's why you don't have this country having the same mess. You don't have to blackmail me , we have and accept people that love our land and other Aussies and our way of life.. We don't change for you, you come here abd change for us.
jslfc S So i am right!!! I was right in my first statement to which you disagreed? We have had issues as no one can safe guard the entire country but we have strong laws by deporting. Keep in mind that Australia is bigger than Europe so we don't worry much with economy booming and alot of jobs and average home in Sydney being 1.3 million. We live well and live proud and whilst you watch in envy how we live we just continue loving life in the beautiful land . Have a great day or night or day and night,who knows how you live in 6 months light and 6 months dark and putrid weather
What happens to a vast majority of recruits, is that they simply become disengaged from wanting to make it to the battalion. Courses are long and brutal lasting many months, as the reality of being away from home for the first time, outweighs the promises on the recruitment posters. I remember the platoon ahead of us in Wainright, Alberta, started out with something like sixty-five guys, and only five or six graduated sixteen weeks later. Personally, I was just starting my third year, when I left the service. I had seen way too much, and experienced way too much. All I can say is that if you enlist and you make it, congrats. If you enlist and you don t make it through? Don't feel bad, a lot of guys ahead of you have been in the same boat. Just be proud that you had the balls to do, what few other men can
I remember a few of these guys tagged along on a few missions in Afghanistan. I remember being in awe at first. It was like this mystical creature you’ve always heard of but never saw. It was really cool
I like that.i joined the united States Marine corps right out of high school.it gave me pride, direction, endurance.you can't control who you were born of but you can escape poverty abuse neglect and make your reputation.i wouldn't quit no matter what they did to me.semper Fi.
Eric Panissidi Typical first year marine, would walk into a machine gun and has no idea how to do something as simple as protect the English language that you are immersed in, every day, for at least 18 years now. That's solely based on how you just murdered it with that attempt at a paragraph. One piece of advice; have any sergeant in your chain of command look over your dd93 and your sgli papers. You can't have mistakes on those, brother. You die, and they won't know who to contact or pay! Also, do any service member a favor if you're going to claim to be a brother in arms in the military, and try not to communicate like a damn caveman for Christs sake.
My friend in the army recalled during the jungle training with the stretcher 2 men died. Drowned during the training because they couldn’t keep him up out of the water. It had flooded. Crazy shit .
My good friend spent 6 years as a french legioner ! Now he is working in Paris police as an officer. He has a lot of special operations behind his back. Most of them in cote d evoar
It's funny you say that, in when I got out, it never crossed my mind, and I was in the US ARMY but not in the Special Forces. Now, I wish I had done it. When I was a kid, I wanted to join the French Foreign Legion. Now I wish, I would have made the attempt to join the French Foreign Legion. I always regret not joining the Special Forces unit, when they had s shortage of my MOS, so they were recruiting with my MOS. I already earned my Air Assault wings and wanted to go to Airborne school .Problem was, they wanted me to reenlist 4 more years, and I had already been in 4 years. I guess at that time, I was already seeing the light of being Honorable discharged.
Yeah but the FFL are not a substitute for SF hopefuls. The FFL is literally an expendable force. They are given bottom of the barrel equipment and training. The pride of being a member of the legion is centered squarely on how dangerous it is.
@@Mostopinionatedmanofalltime You wrong. They are the most popular troops in France. During the July 14 parade, the legionnaires are the ones who receive the most applause. We are very proud of them. I agree however that they should diserved a better recognation from the state.
As a 12B in fort leanorwood (Missouri) our first week before OSUT we had over 20-30 drop outs mostly for emotional reasons. During BCT we started with 190 in my company and only ended with 90 graduates. You’re either highly motivated, Running from your past or patriotic to make it through for a combat MOS.
This translator/commentator is one of the best I've ever heard, he not only translates excellently but captures the affectations and little quirks of each recruit, great job.
Definitely your right an unsung hero for sure.
Any narration that’s not done by Stephen Hawking is a plus.
@@TowGunner I'd be pretty amazed if he'd do a narration. It's kind of tough for him you know, being dead and all.
I would totally party with this guy, but only if he would follow me around and narrate my every move...
I was thinking that as well, his translation is awesome
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.
Automatic Slim for sure
Oh dude no doubt about it. They will break you at their basic training. I mean drag you all the way down until youre numb to it.
Military training has been largely sanitized. Nothing compared to what it was.
Oh yeah
I was about to same something similar. The instructors seemed so nice. I don't remember nice instructors. I was not in the FFL, but I was Infantry for a different country.
It was terrifying enough for me to walk into my local Army Recruiting office and enlist. These guys have all my respect for traveling across continents and volunteering to serve in a foreign military where they know little of the language or culture. The austere nature of their existence in this film is fairly common to most boot camp environments, but the transformation from anonymous immigrant to being accepted into a brotherhood of arms must be quite an amazing feeling.
It is funny in 1994 I was a police officer with the Maui Police Department and having a lot of mental/personal problems and was thinking about joining the FFL....this is before i had access to the internet and due to lack of information I never even came close to attempting joining....if had todays internet I might have attempted to join.....I am glad i did not.....in 2000 i went back into the military part time in the reserves and got my life together somewhat....walked away with a pension....
@Munroe Henry why u keep posting this comment?
@Munroe Henry what do u mean?
Why was it terrifying to enlist ?
Just so you know I served 7 yrs US Army
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.
what happend bro
@@resared8538 failed the commision
@@sebastianlar6653 What is the «comission»
@@delyanangelov832 after you have passed all the tests, the people who interviewed you meet up and they decide who stays and who goes home, without giving a specific reason in case of rejection
@@sebastianlar6653 Fuck man thats brutal... I’ll give it a try after 6months preperation
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.
Jason L
Do you consider yourself World smart Jason?
I consider myself relatively informed, and I've always seen France as somewhat of an enigma and a paradox. On the surface they seem like most industrialized nations, but their willingness to think outside of the box (the French Foreign Legion, their extensive use of nuclear power, socialism) has always impressed me. France has a lot of problems, but they seem more willing than other nations to take radical steps to solve these problems.
Pretty smart, IMO. They're not recruiting guys to run the central bank, they're recruiting guys to kick ass. The FFL wants people who aren't going to let technicalities get in the way of their asskicking.
Gra Inc I agree; one of the few instances where I'd support illegal immigration.
I agree with Gra Inc . That level of motivation, given all the many hurdles that guy had to go thru just by getting there illegally, to JOIN A ACTIVE MILTARY Unit like the Legion, IS impressive. Thats not like the zillion and one other illegals out there in the World, THIS GUY says, Yeah, I'm here illegally, but I WILL PROVE MYSELF AND OFFER MY LIFE TO YOU IN EXCHANGE FOR MY LEGALITY. THAT is the difference between Men like him, and shitbags who are just tryin to scam another Country into giving them a Free Ride for nothing. Much Respect.
"Here, no playstation. Here, Famas."
Thats not a bad trade
Best recretuiment line ever!
Loll where did they say that?wich minute?
21:43
as a left handed person im vermently against bulfycking pups most would shred my face and my countrys main rifle is a right handed only bullpup shame im a very good shot not blowing my own trumpet but i used to shoot .22lr prone match the olympic disapline one and scored 98% to 80% on a bad day and the few farms i do pest control for i regularly takw 250yard head shots on rabbit using the farmers savage .17hmr
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.
Hahaha, u are doing it right mate, just drink a lot of water. That a good thing to do.
Same here bud
Because your brain has been hacked by youtube recommendations. It shows you what they want you to think about. The more you click the recommendation videos, the more prone you become to click them. Stop watching youtube immediatly and enlist in the foreign legion already...joke
Don't feel bad about it, i've now discovered every female porn star the internet has to offer and i've also got an RSI injury and gone blind in my left eye :*(
They're not looking for you English now. Forget about it. Why don't you join the British Army? You wimps will probably all desert. And look and that a kid with a meme as a profile picture. They're not looking for PlayStation and Xbox players. They're looking for men who are sporty, mature and actually go outside.
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.
These young men have worked so hard to achieve the title Legionnaires. Best wishes and Good luck to all of you in your career
criminals and low iq idiots. and in the end they get french citizenship. wtf.
@@nutzlos5198 citizenship for protecting clowns like you
@@BB-nd1rp This is hands down 10x harder than what I went through in Marine basic. The crucible is a joke to these guys.
@@SgtEhhh 😂😂😂
But at least Gen'l Burger stated a year ago that as Commandant he has two priorities: 1) getting rid of all CSA paraphernalia on Marine bases, 2) promoting as many female "combat commanders as possible."
The guy training them in the jungle is a legion legend. His attitude is what the legion is all about.
Please can you say me his name? I know that is a Spanish volunteer and his last name is Lopez
He’s a fucking nobody just like the rest of the French foreign Legion, they are worse than Air Force reserve😂
@@irishsavage8715
You sure know a lot about being a nobody , living on that useless potato island that cannot even produce potatoes .
@@irishsavage8715
here, ive got that attention you want
@@irishsavage8715 stop lying to yourself. you like men.
I met a lot of them when I got deployed to Africa. They're tight, well-trained, and as reckless as Marines. Top-notch men.
Jason Sams would you say it’s like the French marine corps
USMC is overrated
@@MrGameWithFame Says the POG
Way better than Marines
@@oopsiepoopsie2898 it's neither the French marine corps, nor the most elite French troops. Troupe de marine are the French marines, and elite troops are force spéciales, commandos parachutistes and commandos alpins
One of my old Scottish neighbours from Edinburgh is ex-Foreign Legion. Served in the 60's. When i knew him, a very well travelled, hardened, absolutely unique fantastic man. Never ever could be like him. Always looked up to him. One of those stories.
37:00
18 year old kid joined an active military so he can send his family money so they can get educated
does well enough to get put in with FFL paratroopers
What a legend, hope hes still alive today
We need man like him
He committed suicide.
@@lotharschramm5000 Source? actually link something
@@lotharschramm5000 liar
17 ans mini
I was thinking of joining but on hearing it is not a holiday camp I don't think I will bother now.
When they told me that I can not be called "Rambo", I started thinking "what's even the point then?" and left the recruitment office.
@Munroe Henry Is it ok to not speak any french at all when signing up? Do they teach you all you need to know during training?
@@ThePhobosAnomally You actually went there?
@@theswede5402 Pratar du svenska?
@@roskcity Ja visst.
Theorised first day:
Trainer: "French yelling"
Me: "Confused screaming"
i served and had training with the Legion in Fr. Guyana (i was NOT in the legion we only were trained for 4 months by them!) and i speak and understand french but it was a hell the first days for people from the US/Germany etc :D so i was ordered to translate from French to English and German :)
but i think they don't use that kind of sport anymore it's more the "Luc Léger" Test. you need to run from one line to another ... i a short time and the times go faster and faster so at be beginning you have maybe 20 seconds to run 50 meters, next you have 18 seconds to run that 50 meters, next 15 etc etc etc... it is really a heavy test as they DON'T tell you how much you need they only take the best ones so you need to be in the group of the Best
All you need to know at first is when the trainer is yelling "ALLEZ VOUS!", You run in the direction he's pointing.
@@slappy8941 That has extended my French knowledge by two words. Now I know four by heart. And the other two are hello and thank you.
Me: [bumps guy next to me] "Dude... Did you understand any of that?"
Fellow Recruit: [responds in Swahili]
Me: "OK... never mind."
"Those who have a mental aptitude of a mollusk...you will get no further." 😂😂😂
*The US Army entered the chat*
...really ? you will be generals !!!!
@@kevinfrancaissfkk8072 I passed the asvab my sophomore year of high school (I got the absolute minimum required to join). I was a fucking idiot back then and they still would have taken me in if I was 18 at the time lol.
The truth is that they dont take dumb people but they dont take smart people neither, you just dont have to be too dumb
It's mollusc
At the 40 minute Mark they learn the one lesson of military life. no matter how clean you can clean your rifle someone can always find carbon or other dirt and grime in it.
That’s cause the damn gun powder fairy always sprinkling some kind of grime in the damn guide rails or some shit when you ain’t looking. I could grab any firearm I have that I swear I cleaned up down left right inside and out and I’ll STILL find something.
That’s the fucking truth
Star chamber on the m4/m16 gets them every time
unholy7 And then you find yourself wondering things like “How did I get here? Why did I choose this life? I wonder would it’s like to be in bed instead cleaning the fucking rifle”
Staff sergeant plus white gloves. One finger dirty before entering the room inspection. They do not yet know they are doomed.
I've just served 11.4 years in the British Army, I didn't want to leave but I came to the end of my contract. I can still soldier and need further adventure. My folks were obviously concerned at first but I've managed to talk them around. So I'm enlisting in the foreign Legion, new years day 2020, I'm excited!
Best of luck !
@@SuperSpoooky thank you my friend
Why not stay in the British Army and make a career of it?
@@taylorc2542 like I said before I was coming to the end of my 12 year contract and you needed to promote to a certain rank to be allowed to stay in for the full 22 year career, unfortunately my face didn't fit so I didn't promote and couldn't stay. I hope I've answered your question. I want to continue with a military career and the Legion is the only viable option.
@@leecountffl9826 I understand, bon voyage!
This is such a sanitized/family-oriented version of military training in the French Foreign Legion.
Even BCT of US Army and any other army on tape is more intense than this video like damn
Edit: fixed what I wanted to say as some ppl thought other things
Were you a legionnaire?
@@thatlithuanianboi6812 not anymore shark attack is gone
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'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'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'd ask if they'd heard from Rick. He'd always reach up and sorta finger that vicious and jagged scar before shaking his head no.
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
@Hugo Jeanne The thing is i dont think Rick ever was judged for thoses things and in my book that is correct. The legion can't refuse you if you don't have any criminal records, and anyway it was not a crime in my book. Just revenge on an abusive piece of shit. The legion is a refuge for people like Rick.
@Hugo Jeanne If the crime was done before 18 years old... he could get his record wiped clean when becoming an adult. They do that in the French code... a Kid cant be trialed for ''adult'' crime and vice-versa... so if you screwedup in your youth... at 18 you start fresh new... but if you do a crime after 18... you are done for
This is interesting. Roughly, where in Chicago is the store? I'd love to meet this guy.
so rick spoke french lol?*
@@CHI-Town_WhiteBread right, I'm in chicago too it's be dope to talk to someone from our area who served.
During WWII, my Grandfather was in a town in France for a week or so. The British soldiers were very young and didn't know any better, they went to the pub at night and drinks were really expensive. He said then a group of French Foreign Legion guys came to the town and took the young British soldiers under their wing and suddenly the drinks became very cheap. He said that the FFL guys were as scary as their reputation.
3:40 "ivory coast croation" there's a combo you don't hear every day.
Yea hahahah, but you can see that he has Croatian blood. He's a warrior.
What the fuck is a croation
Create your own croutons.... Voila... Craotion
They all seem to speak French no English speakers
That guy is dodgy probably a Mossad spy 🕵️♀️
Many of the foreign legion members even after the training and service, they find themselves on the battlefield but on opposite sides, they are still brothers and will protect each other.
That is the Legion.
Can you elaborate?
@@you-cf7df
During Balkan wars in 1990, serbs who joined legion before the war were sorta like buddies with croats who also were in the legion. They fought on opposite sides but allowed each other to escape with each share of loot during the war. After all they are brothers in the battlefield
@@mrvic3952 I don't even want to know if this story is true or not, but "brotherhood" in an army (especially an army of mercenaries) is just an illusion to make the pawns more comfortable.
@@you-cf7df
Comfortable for what? And why do you think someone who served for the Legion would later be a pawn?
WTF?
For not knowing any French before they joined everyone is speaking French fluently within 24hrs
I watched another good FFL documentary on UA-cam. Theres a scene where they made Christmas cribs, in a competition. And one of the Legionnaires who had passed out of training and was in his Regiment, still couldnt speak a word of French to the reviewing General.
26:34 in this good documentary: ua-cam.com/video/_HYUkn-qSKA/v-deo.html
Is that true
No there not 😂 being shouted at in french doesn’t help you learn anything in 24hrs probably takes them 3months to comprehend orders properly
👑💜👑
Hahahahaha
United States Marine Corps
I served from 1977 to 1981
I saw these guys at camp Pendleton in 1981 and other Marines gave them mad respect
i hear they hate americans because you people are so lazy
@@rabby77777 I hear there are some unecessarily offensive people on youtube
I hear the rest of the world believes what the lamestream media says about Americans!! Because the rest of the world must be dumb!
@@perfection4749 Either that, or we should try to take individuals on their merits when possible or if not, at least try not to stereotype entire races and countries (I'm not American) regardless of what we're told by lamestream or anyone else, it makes all involved look pretty shoddy when we do that, imo
@@perfection4749 yep and Americans are so intelligent they elect a nut job
I think a year in the Foreign Legion would serve many of our repeat offending petty criminals aged 18-25 far better than a year in jail.
yea, give them a military training and a weapon. sounds like a plan.
Do you have any fucking clue how many criminals make up many the majority of militaries? Militaries are littered with criminals.
Anyone who tries to contradict petty crimes with military has no firsthand experience with either.
Babylon falling, But not even to that extent; the US as well as other countries sometimes give an ultimatum to either be imprisoned or to join the army. Beliefs are subjective so I try not to have certainty in my convictions, but I believe they look for criminals because their lack of cultural morals as well as their lack of discipline make them easier to control even though there's no basis to my hypothesis besides correlation.
Factually, though, there are many criminals in many militaries. Regardless of that, once personnel in general get out they often resort to criminal or questionable tactics because they've never been a legal member of society without the military taking care of them.
@@saints360row Don't be too sure, partner. I joined the Royal Navy at 18 to get out of what was partly my own drug use and partly living in a very deprived area. When I left, I not only had a great CV for many potential employers but I had learned a great deal of discipline and life lessons which have served me well.
Having said that, of course, I would NEVER encourage my daughter to join the military, purely because I am acutely aware of the way they are looked upon in predominantly male professions.
Gavin Dowds, I didn't say all.
I have worked with these guys before. There was several units attached to my unit (Delta Company, 344th Military Intelligence Battalion) for a NATO exercise. It was a mixed bag. Most were really good soldiers but several I met had a severely over inflated opinion of themselves in the scheme of things. Maybe that's what is beaten into them. But they wouldn't run with us, they kept separate and ran in their own formations, they would not eat with us and basically kept to themselves. Which again is probably what any special unit would do in any army. Overall though I would definitely want them on my side in a fight.
@Good Fella There were no sheep there. Just wolves of various types.
@Good Fella il y a des étrangers mais aussi beaucoup de français qui se présentent à la légion , de dire qu'il n''y a pas de français c'est de ne riens connaitre sur le sujet !
There training is extremely hard and arduous but it’s not good training. Having said that, these guys are extremely “tough”.
@@usulebis7281 Il n'a rien dit sur le fait qu'il n'y avait pas de Français dans la Légion. Il ne critiquait pas la Légion, il faisait simplement état de son expérience. Désolé pour mon français, ce n'est pas ma langue maternelle.
Having read the opinions of people whove been in the Foreign Legion, I think id take any other allied army over them to be my battle lmao. They still act like its 1934 and youre in the Russian army. Beatings, cliques among whatever nation youre from, little to no deployments, very seldom combat drills.
Theyre very good at propaganda though, and Im sure theyre tough as nails. But theres a reason we dont train like that anymore, imo.
"I dreamt of wearing the white kepi and now I do."
* is wearing a green beret *
🤦🏻♂️
33:26 takes me back to September of 1994 when I graduated US Army Infantry Basic Training at Ft. Benning GA. We marched about 15-16 miles from our final field exercises to our barracks. Upon arrival we were presented with our blue Infantry cords & crossed rifle insignia. It felt pretty good.
Brian Cross whooooooooo cares!!!!!!
Same for army 2014. Putting on the cross cannons and red cord felt great. I was an FO
I went through Army BCT at Fort Jackson in 98-99. I am fully aware that Benning would have been tougher. Ours ended similarly though with a long night time march back from a 3 day FTX. This was not OSUT, but there was a bonfire and all the Cadre was out there. It wasn't festive, but rather more solemn and it was the first time we were addressed as Soldiers. I was a Reservist, but proud to be there and proud to serve throughout my enlistment.. I was 27 at the time, old for a recruit, but no regrets.
My wife's father did 10 years of legion. Afterwards he slowly went crazy, fading away until he "disappeared". Now, a guy who put a few beehives near my house did 10 years too. He lives alone in a caravan, miles from any house. He told me : "After the legion, I can't really live with people anymore."
Well why?
@@nayanmipun6784 Don't know. Some looks tell you that some things are better left unasked. :)
@@kartofff I suppose they have experienced a very hard life in the legion, and they are tired of useless conflicts with civilians who believe they are tough.
Civilian life is dull
My brother is doing his classes in the Police Nationnal. One of the students is an ex legionnaire who served for 11 years. The guy is strong like a bear, always stay alone and don't talks a lot. He must have seen some bad shit.
My grand father was a legionnaire. He fought in the Algerian war, he told me the terrible things they had to go through that made them tough as stone. They had a saying "marche ou crève" (keep going or die).
Tell us more about it
@@amberland7491 Not sure if you're being sarcastic or not.
"Marche ou crève" is also a saying in some french families I wonder if your parents used it ? My mom sure did when my siblings and I were younger
There's a chance that your grandfather killed mine
@@maxmaximilian2189 No idea of the probability of this happening, but if that's the case, you have my deepest condolences.
*Much respect France, from a former 82nd Airborne soldier, your training is outstanding 👌*
Hope you didn't serve in Nam where America got beat like an ugly stepchild......
"Your mission is to survive another day." I love that shit.
"Don't die today" SGT G
Dead maybe ,,,,
That was a superb documentary of the modern Legion. Excellent work and credit all round.
You do the quadruple of everyone else. I admire your incredible works on a daily basis. Salute!
Excellent documentary. Much respect to the Legionaries, and also admiration for the French Foreign Legion as an elite combat force.
I had an uncle who was in the foreign legion for 27 yrs! Started out in the fishing business and joined bc he could not find any other work! -rank NCO equivalent - name :Chalifoux !
chalifoux is the name of a french village near montferand auvergne...
nam lacrymae they give you a French name if you’re not french
that's mad, because this means he was in at least one war or at least many real battles with bullets flying and everything - 27 years in the Legion is like 10 lifetimes anywhere else! But why would he not try his luck as a french speaking civilian? After 5 years he's a French citizen though - did he not want to take his chances in France? I would -
He would get a job everywhere in france, also as a private contracter, with earnings like 1k per day. Also He would get Pension from the Legion Like 1.5k+
@@jessiepinkman7736 france is so fucked up place nowadays so i would come back too
Having taken a close look into legionnaires training, i would say with 100% certainty this is a watered down G rated look at it!
I worked alongside some legion personnel way back. Good men, great soldiers.
That Gamba, took on a river crossing in clothes and boots without being able to swim. Hard as nails!
Delighted for them Men doing all that and getting in. I watched in 2 part's,so I kinda get the feel good things and am talking to the soldier. Congratulations !
"So why are you here? You have no problems?" LMAO
sounds like the Foreign legion only accepts people with a troubled past or record
The narrator clearly states no serious criminal record. However, some grievences would be excepted. As in the SAS...
"Born again men", as the narrator said quoting another.
So, totally feasible. The problem I have with the documentary is it was cut short and about half way through the initial recruits progress seemed abandoned...
Heard you guys needed some help.
Not sure why they did had this kind of problem. I always thought average foreigners who seek adventures life always had good chance becoming French Foreign Legion
That Zubert seems too nice for the Legion
I find the Legion, their culture, and methods fascinating. It's impressive.
@D Legionnaire lmao. Legit or are you FKing with him? Because I will watch that shit
It's so edulcorated and sanitized in translation, it's just enough to get the gist of it...
The pay "tradition" was a SOP in the Royal navy for hundreds of years until we went monthly pay direct to the bank.
i was in kabul, those wells go all the way to those mountains in the background, dug by hand!
I wanted to join badly in the late 80s...but my old man turned over the kitchen table and said WTF? So went Marine instead.
@Novitrix i mean for some countries its obvious for others a little less. In the US for exemple i would understand the choice. As much as itd be hard for them to go for another country because of their deeply rooted patriotism for most people who are below middle class life in France after the service would be much easier than life in the US after a service
You were better off the Marines, no language barrier and they have to try to see you dont die unless permitted. In the FFL you might just die
jessie pinkman now that‘s complete bullshit
@Novitrix I don't know about this dude, but the Legion is known for accepting rejects of other countries because of slight criminal record or petty medical pseudo-reasons (bad teeth, lazy eye, etc)
@@jjrj8568 not anymore.
Honneur et fidelite
Vive la LEGION ETRANGERE. .🔥
Brings back lots of memories. I spent 21 years in the Army. The assessment for any elite unit seems very similar regardless of the Nation.
When I was young I wanted to join the Legion. I wound up joining the US military and eventually worked alongside the Legionnaires in Africa. While I have the greatest respect for the Legionnaires as my brothers in arms, I am also glad I did not join their ranks.
Why is that?
Why do you feel glad for not joining the legion?
J ai connu un Allemand qui a fait la légion après la guerre il a fait l Indochine , l Algérie et après a fini mercenaires avec Bob Denard au Katanga un grand homme malheureusement qui n est plus la rip
The Aussie running a haka in the French foreign legion was pretty funny.
Were they sure he wasn’t from New Zealand
That's cool man. I like how they give alot of these guys at 2nd chance at life society and purpose.
LOL to the dude who crossed the border illegally and still made it to the legion
He's probably gonna die chief. A lot of them do
@@ruskibot7745 A lot of them don't lmao
What balls, crossing into a foreign land to join the baddest of them all
A lot of them go illegaly over the border
@@briank8697 You may want to take a look at BUD/S training, the hardest trang anywhere on the planet.
My knowledge of the French Foreign Legion began when I was 7 years old, in French Morocco, in 1954, at Media Plage (White Beach, on the Atlantic).
They camped a half kilometer North East, from my family home. My father was a US Air Force Captain, stationed at Sidi Slimane Air Base, near Rabat.
You were 7 back in 1954? That would make you 72 years old. Well 73 now
21:34 "if you have fear, you cannot do anything" very wise words
The best narration of a documentary I've ever heard. Well done! I worked in T'Chad for ESSO Oil Exploration. The Legion was responsible for airbase security. Very sharp troops! The U.S. should have our own Legion.
The USA does, and they are the U.S Marine Corp!!!
@@charlesburroughs9770 I beg forgiveness Charles! My Dad, Marines, S.W. Pacific, Marshalls & Marianas. Me, Army, Vietnam. I don't know about all that "Hey diddle diddle straight up the middle" stuff though. :) Semper Fi. I know I'm not allowed to say that but my Dad would've said it to you. I sang the Marine hymm to him one night while I was laying in bed. I was 8 or 9 years old. He said "Thank you son." Thanks Charles...for the memory!
@Bill Callahan I am also an Army Vet, not from the same era...joined under President Reagan in '84...but I served overseas as a contractor with lots of Marines!!! Thank You for your Service!!!
@@charlesburroughs9770 No need to thank Charles. It should be expected of every American! My best to you!
@@billcallahan9303 Semper Drunk.
In the dutch schools, my teacher always said to me:'if you dont try you best you will end up in the foreign legion' scared me when i was a kid 😂
Dutch ball trying your best at something does not mean you will beat Roger Federer in tennis.
Lucifer911 yes, but it was more like 'always try your best' thing.
Same here in Finland :D
@TheGhost yeah me to.
They are well payed you know, for an european or american it's not very much but for them it's a lot of money
I'm a Marine, and have to say. These are some bad Mo Fo's. Much respect given to you guys.
Deng, I was thinking a Marine would find this soft...
Lol.Don't get me wrong, the Marine Corps is tough but you should look more into the Legion and more training videos they've got to do some things we didn't have to , and they're rules for the first five years they're in. It's pretty crazy.
I was a Navy Infantry Corpsman and the jungle training in this video is far tougher than anything we ever did
@@cypheir Marines are pussies
@@cypheir dont think so, Legion is the hardest training, much harder than any US fighting force
A guy my dad grew up with joined the French Foreigin Legion. My dad said he came back a changed man. He said the leaders beat the shit outta him for 6 months because he couldn't speak french. He was there for 8 years.
I love this unit, please never change! Bravo.
Really enjoyed this documentary. Excellent narrator, one of the best. Granted, the beatings and violence were not shown, but still tres bien.
Yeah that was a great documentary that was, they say that only 10-15 out of 100 applicants actually get into the foreign legion and a lot of it is based on your character with motivation, the legion officers apparently have a keen sense of reading peoples faces like tracing paper in the interview....
Awesome
10:41 Medals: leftmost, Overseas Medal (with theater named on clasp), second from left on top (red/blue/red) "National Defence Medal" with branch name clasp, below commemorative NATO mission medal, rightmost "French commemorative medal" with mission/theater name clasp
Why do you want to join the legion ?
I want to meet Jean claude van dam.
Jean-Claude Van Dam *FAILED* the entrance examination! BAD LEGIONNAIRE!!
French metal jacket
The *French were in Vietnam long before Americans* had even heard of it:
so if anything, *Americans should* be adapting themselves to *French cultural references.*
The french pulled out when they found out there were former SS Nazi types in the legion. Hurt their fucking pride. Bitches.
so let's talk about Werner Von Braun ...
@@willdaberby7908 talk away.
@@willdaberby7908 What does he have to do with the French?
watching this makes me wish I could go back to boot camp
and then I would immediately regret it
No doubt lmao
Boot camp: Future excitement, present misery, and past fond memories.
See every shit hole on planet earth
yeah hell no .
Welcome to the Foreign Legion, you will be issued ONE croissant, ONE beret and ONE stripey shirt. Mime training begin promptly at 0300 hours!
Hilarious. But they'd still find 50 ways to kill you with that croissant I'd bet.
ahahah
I joined up the FFL by mistake because i thought you said MEME TRAINING, thanks a lot
sir can i join ffl,because i m in Indian army ? and i will premature commiing home then i want to join ffl
Alot of my German family join the legion post WW2. My uncle was in the SS, then fought in Vietnam with the Legion.
SS? I wish the devil are die
Hell yeah
He'd have some stories...my word.
That guy is a Polish officer. Like the drill 👍💪
Konrad U who
@@squakrock the guy training them
Ciekawe
Bravo my brothers..the fire of valor and honor will receive you well in the other life....Bravo!
I like how they spoke Polish, English, and French to the recruits haha.
A friend of mine joined the legion years ago.he passes all tests and served for several years.I think he only became more paranoid after this
How come?
@@coreymesham-pritchard1988 it fucks you up. Every strict training fucks you up. They need a killing machine, not an individuality so the training is created to destroy the person you are and create a highly disciplined soldier. It's very hard to go back to being normal after such training.
"no chocolate, no milk otherwise you will completely lobotomize yourself." This explains a lot about me.
So that's what happened to the millennials- No soda either. Water and Black coffee is the best.
yet they drink wine..
Gemini Girl Because the milk is from an animal.
It's bullshit. For some people, yeah, milk not good. However I train as hard as the FFL and I'm powered on chocolate milk. Soda, white bread, and sugar in all its forms is crap. Just eat primarily vegetables (mainly in the form of soups) and meat all day. Besides that though I consume a lot of dairy and my genetics are fine with that. Obviously the FFL doesn't recommend it because they take in a lot of recruits that can't handle that well but I'm Dutch. Oh also, do NOT brink coffee or wine. I never do that.
Good. I'm on like day 4 now of no milk and I'm insanely hungry but I'm staying off of it now until my skin heals up.
To every one who watched this Video and sit behind your keyboards slagging them off. You have no idea what you are talking about. I have first hand experience with the Legion and to a man, I'd rather have them with me than against me. Great bunch of soldiers, super professional, super motivated and all round what a soldier should be. Disciplined, hard and Inteligent. Big up the Legion.
Shut the fuck up a nation full of crying sissy’s if America invaded France it would steam roll them.
@@averagejoegamming209a3 Whats your problem lmao?
@@averagejoegamming209a3 You cannot Streamroll france if they surrender.
My first deployment was to Africa back in 2007. On our none duty days, we often did a rifle range in a remote area. When we were close to the range area, there were cliffs on either side of us. On one cliff was an obstacle course about 100feet up with French words on it. Yea, an obstacle course on a cliff. Dudes are crazy
Djibouti?
@@robcarroll7518 yep
@@Bstonz85 I damn near died on that obstacle course
Retired from the Army after 20 years. If I was a younger man, would definitely give it a go. The selection process and schools are definitely a young man's game.
The majority of French people fought bravely in WW2 but found themselves in an impossible situation, yet they as a nation did not give up the fight. The Foreign Legion are another formidable band of soldiers who deal in death or glory.
They surrendered to the Nazis
@@Joetheshow445 They signed an armistice, not a surrender, period.
@@Joetheshow445 keyboard hero or armchair historian ?
@@didierpaya9069 Probably an american...Nothing against them maybe I'm wrong, but jeez they often take the biscuit. I mean white flags and so on. Major in military history I guess, glad they were here nonetheless but hey as we did if you keep the reasoning.
@@Joetheshow445 no choice when you're facing a nation trained as fuck for 7 years before invading your country. Leaders were forced to sign Armistice.
What to do ? To continue a lost battle, and see civilians die ?
I envy these men, because my experience in the US Army wasn't nearly this fun.
But you have some experience i wasnt been in army at all!
Journalist: 'What does the Legion meant to you?'
Officer Lopez: 'Beaucoup.'
Translator: 'So much, it's a way of live, it's twenty years it's a whole life...'
he finished the sentence later moron c'est un facon de vivre c'est ma vie
Respect to these men. Fighting for their nation they act in an intelligent and compassionate way. They are known to be creative and independent thinkers who use their talents to bring good to the people of this world. 👍🤗❤️
SALUTE..... Cpt US Army retired Vietnam Vet with two purple hearts, and I am in awe of these brave men.
Kenneth Bartlett
You clearly didn't learn anything in the war because a man's bravery is not measured by how many pink hearts you your chest.
Are you more of a man than some bold fat man who has normal job goes home looking after his family and provides making minimum income?
Duh ! Eddie, I enlisted in the US Army at age 17, stayed for 20, moved up the ranks to Captain, wounded twice doing my job, not asking anyone to do what I wouldn't do. After the Army, I got into law enforcement (police for you) until I was injured going to a call for help . No I wasn't some bold (I guess you meant bald fat man) and yes I took a couple of low paying jobs, but they don't pay the bills or support a wife and four kids. What I learned about bravery wasn't from some stupid war, it was being there when needed and work hard always improving myself and getting a better paying job. Ah Eddie, are you that fat "bold guy" working and a low paying job ? Normally I wouldn't respond to some dipshit like you but I just had to take a stand, and no I wont respond again....get a life Eddie and lose some weight maybe the wife can stay home and be a housewife.
Kenneth Bartlett
Thanks for picking that spelling mistake, I was typing on my phone.
I'm not fat nor "Bald", not unemployed on minimum income either!!
At 17 you listed to serve because you had no life and like most from trailer park you run to uncle Sam.
At 18 I was working on the Stock Exchange floor in Sydney.
I'm a Credit Analyst now and I think I have done well for my self living a life that you will never see so please don't assume nor persume!!
In two posts you wrote in you bragged ,maybe it's because you never achieved anything else and like most men that have come from poverty you so desperately seek people's affection and attention.
Purple heart or pink heart means nothing to civilized people , it only matters to people from your class!!!
I bet you have those medals on when you go the mall in uniform!! lol
jslfc S
You are out of your mind!!
All you have to do is turn on news and watch youtube to see the mess Europe is in.
Australia is not for everyone, we Aussies are not like other's and that's why you don't have this country having the same mess.
You don't have to blackmail me , we have and accept people that love our land and other Aussies and our way of life..
We don't change for you, you come here abd change for us.
jslfc S
So i am right!!!
I was right in my first statement to which you disagreed?
We have had issues as no one can safe guard the entire country but we have strong laws by deporting.
Keep in mind that Australia is bigger than Europe so we don't worry much with economy booming and alot of jobs and average home in Sydney being 1.3 million.
We live well and live proud and whilst you watch in envy how we live we just continue loving life in the beautiful land .
Have a great day or night or day and night,who knows how you live in 6 months light and 6 months dark and putrid weather
Very interesting but should be labelled “ Almost full documentary “.
So annoyed.
Thank you for giving me a heads up 10min in so I don't waste another hour
Yep, I was going to download, you saved me the data.
Sex Pistols, good choice :)
Thanks for that - I'm out.
What happens to a vast majority of recruits, is that they simply become disengaged from wanting to make it to the battalion. Courses are long and brutal lasting many months, as the reality of being away from home for the first time, outweighs the promises on the recruitment posters. I remember the platoon ahead of us in Wainright, Alberta, started out with something like sixty-five guys, and only five or six graduated sixteen weeks later. Personally, I was just starting my third year, when I left the service. I had seen way too much, and experienced way too much. All I can say is that if you enlist and you make it, congrats. If you enlist and you don
t make it through? Don't feel bad, a lot of guys ahead of you have been in the same boat. Just be proud that you had the balls to do, what few other men can
I remember a few of these guys tagged along on a few missions in Afghanistan.
I remember being in awe at first. It was like this mystical creature you’ve always heard of but never saw.
It was really cool
Awesome film , I really enjoyed it a lot . These MEN are Warriors !!!!!!
I like that.i joined the united States Marine corps right out of high school.it gave me pride, direction, endurance.you can't control who you were born of but you can escape poverty abuse neglect and make your reputation.i wouldn't quit no matter what they did to me.semper Fi.
Amen~!
Should have stayed in school longer to improve your English.
You should move out of your mothers house and contribute.
Eric Panissidi Typical first year marine, would walk into a machine gun and has no idea how to do something as simple as protect the English language that you are immersed in, every day, for at least 18 years now. That's solely based on how you just murdered it with that attempt at a paragraph. One piece of advice; have any sergeant in your chain of command look over your dd93 and your sgli papers. You can't have mistakes on those, brother. You die, and they won't know who to contact or pay! Also, do any service member a favor if you're going to claim to be a brother in arms in the military, and try not to communicate like a damn caveman for Christs sake.
Kilo Bravo give him the benefit of doubt, he is a jarhead after all.
Can’t believe my grandpa was a general... wish i met him but that explains why my dad is the way he is.
I served 22 years in the US. Marines and loved it for about 10. I would’ve loved the FFL if I had I joined. So much is the same.
My friend in the army recalled during the jungle training with the stretcher 2 men died. Drowned during the training because they couldn’t keep him up out of the water. It had flooded. Crazy shit .
This is what I miss about being in the military- the camaraderie.
Much respect from Ireland.
Well WTF I just sat through this just to have it cut short before it actually ended.. really? Badass video anyways! 👊🏻🤘🏻
Basically been sent to The "Nightswatch"
Sajid Hussain lmao seriously
Actually ...it make sense .
yeah but you can leave after 5 years and a lol at a french institution that would ever require its members to be celibate, well a non-religious one.
I joined the legion in 2004 most of these were in basic training around the same time as me. I remember some of them quite well.
My good friend spent 6 years as a french legioner ! Now he is working in Paris police as an officer. He has a lot of special operations behind his back. Most of them in cote d evoar
I worked with these guys in A'stan. I'm former U.S.Army Special Forces, wish I'd have signed up with these cats when I got out.
It's funny you say that, in when I got out, it never crossed my mind, and I was in the US ARMY but not in the Special Forces. Now, I wish I had done it. When I was a kid, I wanted to join the French Foreign Legion. Now I wish, I would have made the attempt to join the French Foreign Legion. I always regret not joining the Special Forces unit, when they had s shortage of my MOS, so they were recruiting with my MOS. I already earned my Air Assault wings and wanted to go to Airborne school .Problem was, they wanted me to reenlist 4 more years, and I had already been in 4 years. I guess at that time, I was already seeing the light of being Honorable discharged.
Yeah but the FFL are not a substitute for SF hopefuls. The FFL is literally an expendable force. They are given bottom of the barrel equipment and training. The pride of being a member of the legion is centered squarely on how dangerous it is.
@@codygreene9067 but they are given french citizenship if they suffer great trauma, expendable but respected
Good luck, swift journey .
@@Mostopinionatedmanofalltime You wrong. They are the most popular troops in France. During the July 14 parade, the legionnaires are the ones who receive the most applause. We are very proud of them. I agree however that they should diserved a better recognation from the state.
I admire you guys. I'm a U.S. vet and I have respect for you guys. Awesome
liar
@@leod-sigefast Very likely another keyboard soldier claiming to be something.
As a 12B in fort leanorwood (Missouri) our first week before OSUT we had over 20-30 drop outs mostly for emotional reasons. During BCT we started with 190 in my company and only ended with 90 graduates. You’re either highly motivated, Running from your past or patriotic to make it through for a combat MOS.
Faites plus de vidéos de recrutement comme celle-ci pour cette année 2023❤