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Does the French Foreign Legion still exist? Are they still accepting recruits?

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sciencetoy

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I fantasize from time to time about leaving it all and going somewhere and changing my name etc and starting a new life. Won't do it - I'd miss the kids - but I can't help thinking about it.

I haven't heard about the French Foreign Legion in ages. It used to be a military unit that anyone, anywhere could join, they would accept anyone without asking any questions and then you'd get a new name and identity. Great way to disappear. Supposedly they were great fighters.

Anyone know anything about this?
 
If I DID have information pertaining to the FFL, I wouldn't be authorized to share it without clearing it with my Freedom Foreign Legion commander.
 
Originally posted by: Growltiger
French and "great fighters" should not be used in the same paragraph 😉
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But the Foreign legion isn't made (well, at least not exclusively) of Frenchmen (hence the "foreign" in the name).
 
Originally posted by: sciencetoy
I fantasize from time to time about leaving it all and going somewhere and changing my name etc and starting a new life. Won't do it - I'd miss the kids - but I can't help thinking about it.

I haven't heard about the French Foreign Legion in ages. It used to be a military unit that anyone, anywhere could join, they would accept anyone without asking any questions and then you'd get a new name and identity. Great way to disappear. Supposedly they were great fighters.

Anyone know anything about this?
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join & leave your b.s. middle class existence behind - it's only 5 years.

I'd miss the kids
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who's going to pwn at school: the kid who says "my dad's an accountant" or the kid who says "my dad's in the Foreign Legion?"

oh, & send us a postcard.
 
You could also seek psychiatric help to face what you're running from. Everybody wants a new identity becasue they hate who they are. It's why we dream of buying a new car. You've seen the ads. WOW I wish that was me. The trouble is, wherever you go is where you are. The trick is to be there.
 
Originally posted by: Growltiger
French and "great fighters" should not be used in the same paragraph 😉
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It's fun to pick on the French sometimes, but don't forget, if it wasn't for them, we might not have won our revolutionary war.
 
Originally posted by: BDawg
Originally posted by: Growltiger
French and "great fighters" should not be used in the same paragraph 😉
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It's fun to pick on the French sometimes, but don't forget, if it wasn't for them, we might not have won our revolutionary war.
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And if it wasn't for us they would have been slaughtered by Hitler.
 
ARRRRRRGGGGHHHH!!! Another dream destroyed - I'm too old for the Legion.

From their website:
between the age of 17 and 40 years old (Parental or legal tutor authorization is required for minors),
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I guess that makes me officially a geezer.
 
It doesn't sound so bad, you get a pension after only 15years. Of course there is the possibility of getting killed... but hey, the French don't seem interested in fighting anyone.
 
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