FRENCH FOREIGN LEGION RECRUITMENT

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  • @booifojoe
    @booifojoe5 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @GUNSHIPFLEX

    @GUNSHIPFLEX

    5 жыл бұрын

    Automatic Slim for sure

  • @dmo544

    @dmo544

    5 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @joemonroe9456

    @joemonroe9456

    5 жыл бұрын

    Military training has been largely sanitized. Nothing compared to what it was.

  • @sheldon-cooper

    @sheldon-cooper

    5 жыл бұрын

    Oh yeah

  • @godzilladestroyscities1757

    @godzilladestroyscities1757

    5 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @bravskii10
    @bravskii104 жыл бұрын

    "Here, no playstation. Here, Famas."

  • @dogguy8603

    @dogguy8603

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thats not a bad trade

  • @pedroalmeida5216

    @pedroalmeida5216

    4 жыл бұрын

    Best recretuiment line ever!

  • @dilbert9794

    @dilbert9794

    4 жыл бұрын

    Loll where did they say that?wich minute?

  • @bravskii10

    @bravskii10

    4 жыл бұрын

    21:43

  • @weirdscience8341

    @weirdscience8341

    4 жыл бұрын

    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

  • @VanlifewithAlan
    @VanlifewithAlan4 жыл бұрын

    I was thinking of joining but on hearing it is not a holiday camp I don't think I will bother now.

  • @ThePhobosAnomally

    @ThePhobosAnomally

    4 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @theswede5402

    @theswede5402

    3 жыл бұрын

    @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?

  • @roskcity

    @roskcity

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@ThePhobosAnomally You actually went there?

  • @roskcity

    @roskcity

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@theswede5402 Pratar du svenska?

  • @theswede5402

    @theswede5402

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@roskcity Ja visst.

  • @williamjameslehy1341
    @williamjameslehy13414 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @Mrbastientoon

    @Mrbastientoon

    4 жыл бұрын

    Hahaha, u are doing it right mate, just drink a lot of water. That a good thing to do.

  • @jasonmclaren8752

    @jasonmclaren8752

    4 жыл бұрын

    Same here bud

  • @Marco81blues

    @Marco81blues

    4 жыл бұрын

    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

  • @Darren77771

    @Darren77771

    4 жыл бұрын

    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 :*(

  • @huntingandfishing3090

    @huntingandfishing3090

    4 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @jasonl8326
    @jasonl83266 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @brianmcnellis5512

    @brianmcnellis5512

    5 жыл бұрын

    Jason L Do you consider yourself World smart Jason?

  • @jasonl8326

    @jasonl8326

    5 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @jackuzi8252

    @jackuzi8252

    5 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @jasonl8326

    @jasonl8326

    5 жыл бұрын

    Gra Inc I agree; one of the few instances where I'd support illegal immigration.

  • @steelblueflame

    @steelblueflame

    5 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @FassinTaak
    @FassinTaak5 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @wkdravenna

    @wkdravenna

    5 жыл бұрын

    Definitely your right an unsung hero for sure.

  • @TowGunner

    @TowGunner

    5 жыл бұрын

    Any narration that’s not done by Stephen Hawking is a plus.

  • @crusaderofthelowlands3750

    @crusaderofthelowlands3750

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@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.

  • @peterglen8396

    @peterglen8396

    5 жыл бұрын

    I would totally party with this guy, but only if he would follow me around and narrate my every move...

  • @marcomartins3563

    @marcomartins3563

    5 жыл бұрын

    I was thinking that as well, his translation is awesome

  • @bobbyricigliano2799
    @bobbyricigliano27994 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @US_ARMY_25_INF._DIV.

    @US_ARMY_25_INF._DIV.

    3 жыл бұрын

    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....

  • @temka7447

    @temka7447

    3 жыл бұрын

    @Munroe Henry why u keep posting this comment?

  • @temka7447

    @temka7447

    3 жыл бұрын

    @Munroe Henry what do u mean?

  • @TheInfantry98

    @TheInfantry98

    3 жыл бұрын

    Why was it terrifying to enlist ?

  • @TheInfantry98

    @TheInfantry98

    3 жыл бұрын

    Just so you know I served 7 yrs US Army

  • @sebastianlar6653
    @sebastianlar66532 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @resared8538

    @resared8538

    2 жыл бұрын

    what happend bro

  • @sebastianlar6653

    @sebastianlar6653

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@resared8538 failed the commision

  • @delyanangelov832

    @delyanangelov832

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@sebastianlar6653 What is the «comission»

  • @sebastianlar6653

    @sebastianlar6653

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@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

  • @delyanangelov832

    @delyanangelov832

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@sebastianlar6653 Fuck man thats brutal... I’ll give it a try after 6months preperation

  • @stevejohnson6111
    @stevejohnson61115 жыл бұрын

    These young men have worked so hard to achieve the title Legionnaires. Best wishes and Good luck to all of you in your career

  • @nutzlos5198

    @nutzlos5198

    5 жыл бұрын

    criminals and low iq idiots. and in the end they get french citizenship. wtf.

  • @BB-nd1rp

    @BB-nd1rp

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@nutzlos5198 citizenship for protecting clowns like you

  • @SgtEhhh

    @SgtEhhh

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@BB-nd1rp This is hands down 10x harder than what I went through in Marine basic. The crucible is a joke to these guys.

  • @isaacw9357

    @isaacw9357

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@SgtEhhh 😂😂😂

  • @teller1290

    @teller1290

    3 жыл бұрын

    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."

  • @46danz
    @46danz4 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @ethanpattison5623
    @ethanpattison56234 жыл бұрын

    Theorised first day: Trainer: "French yelling" Me: "Confused screaming"

  • @alainbecker3502

    @alainbecker3502

    4 жыл бұрын

    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 :)

  • @alainbecker3502

    @alainbecker3502

    4 жыл бұрын

    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

  • @slappy8941

    @slappy8941

    4 жыл бұрын

    All you need to know at first is when the trainer is yelling "ALLEZ VOUS!", You run in the direction he's pointing.

  • @ethanpattison5623

    @ethanpattison5623

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@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.

  • @runi5413

    @runi5413

    4 жыл бұрын

    Me: [bumps guy next to me] "Dude... Did you understand any of that?" Fellow Recruit: [responds in Swahili] Me: "OK... never mind."

  • @JohnSmith-qq8ok
    @JohnSmith-qq8ok3 жыл бұрын

    The guy training them in the jungle is a legion legend. His attitude is what the legion is all about.

  • @ATH420

    @ATH420

    2 жыл бұрын

    Please can you say me his name? I know that is a Spanish volunteer and his last name is Lopez

  • @irishsavage8715

    @irishsavage8715

    2 жыл бұрын

    He’s a fucking nobody just like the rest of the French foreign Legion, they are worse than Air Force reserve😂

  • @snowhuskybaalkaii8621

    @snowhuskybaalkaii8621

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@irishsavage8715 You sure know a lot about being a nobody , living on that useless potato island that cannot even produce potatoes .

  • @jamiesnack

    @jamiesnack

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@irishsavage8715 here, ive got that attention you want

  • @bobbyjoe1111

    @bobbyjoe1111

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@irishsavage8715 stop lying to yourself. you like men.

  • @HolysMoly
    @HolysMoly2 жыл бұрын

    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

  • @TalibFaridy11

    @TalibFaridy11

    2 жыл бұрын

    We need man like him

  • @lotharschramm5000

    @lotharschramm5000

    Жыл бұрын

    He committed suicide.

  • @HolysMoly

    @HolysMoly

    Жыл бұрын

    @@lotharschramm5000 Source? actually link something

  • @raiden6156

    @raiden6156

    Жыл бұрын

    @@lotharschramm5000 liar

  • @joelavice8177

    @joelavice8177

    6 ай бұрын

    17 ans mini

  • @ssgus3682
    @ssgus36825 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @darianruttenberg4035

    @darianruttenberg4035

    5 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @dustinadams2818

    @dustinadams2818

    4 жыл бұрын

    That’s the fucking truth

  • @unholy7324

    @unholy7324

    4 жыл бұрын

    Star chamber on the m4/m16 gets them every time

  • @dustinadams2818

    @dustinadams2818

    4 жыл бұрын

    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”

  • @sabre22b

    @sabre22b

    4 жыл бұрын

    Staff sergeant plus white gloves. One finger dirty before entering the room inspection. They do not yet know they are doomed.

  • @Zopf-international
    @Zopf-international4 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @holy_braille
    @holy_braille4 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @oopsiepoopsie2898

    @oopsiepoopsie2898

    4 жыл бұрын

    Jason Sams would you say it’s like the French marine corps

  • @MrGameWithFame

    @MrGameWithFame

    4 жыл бұрын

    USMC is overrated

  • @alphaomega8373

    @alphaomega8373

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@MrGameWithFame Says the POG

  • @bernardtapie1092

    @bernardtapie1092

    4 жыл бұрын

    Way better than Marines

  • @homasas4837

    @homasas4837

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@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

  • @davidrosenthal9044
    @davidrosenthal90445 жыл бұрын

    3:40 "ivory coast croation" there's a combo you don't hear every day.

  • @iu7773

    @iu7773

    4 жыл бұрын

    Yea hahahah, but you can see that he has Croatian blood. He's a warrior.

  • @tomh.5750

    @tomh.5750

    4 жыл бұрын

    What the fuck is a croation

  • @hreyes499

    @hreyes499

    4 жыл бұрын

    Create your own croutons.... Voila... Craotion

  • @bluenose007

    @bluenose007

    4 жыл бұрын

    They all seem to speak French no English speakers

  • @thehunter6567

    @thehunter6567

    4 жыл бұрын

    That guy is dodgy probably a Mossad spy 🕵️‍♀️

  • @jamesfarrell8339
    @jamesfarrell83395 жыл бұрын

    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

  • @rabby77777

    @rabby77777

    5 жыл бұрын

    i hear they hate americans because you people are so lazy

  • @LunaticAsylum01

    @LunaticAsylum01

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@rabby77777 I hear there are some unecessarily offensive people on youtube

  • @perfection4749

    @perfection4749

    5 жыл бұрын

    I hear the rest of the world believes what the lamestream media says about Americans!! Because the rest of the world must be dumb!

  • @LunaticAsylum01

    @LunaticAsylum01

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@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

  • @rabby77777

    @rabby77777

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@perfection4749 yep and Americans are so intelligent they elect a nut job

  • @rhythmtapper
    @rhythmtapper4 жыл бұрын

    "Those who have a mental aptitude of a mollusk...you will get no further." 😂😂😂

  • @kevinfrancaissfkk8072

    @kevinfrancaissfkk8072

    4 жыл бұрын

    *The US Army entered the chat*

  • @newlifenowife3522

    @newlifenowife3522

    3 жыл бұрын

    ...really ? you will be generals !!!!

  • @kevray

    @kevray

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@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.

  • @nico-zt9od

    @nico-zt9od

    3 жыл бұрын

    The truth is that they dont take dumb people but they dont take smart people neither, you just dont have to be too dumb

  • @dannyevans8328

    @dannyevans8328

    23 күн бұрын

    It's mollusc

  • @leecountffl9826
    @leecountffl98264 жыл бұрын

    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!

  • @SuperSpoooky

    @SuperSpoooky

    4 жыл бұрын

    Best of luck !

  • @leecountffl9826

    @leecountffl9826

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@SuperSpoooky thank you my friend

  • @taylorc2542

    @taylorc2542

    4 жыл бұрын

    Why not stay in the British Army and make a career of it?

  • @leecountffl9826

    @leecountffl9826

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@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.

  • @kevinhicks3102

    @kevinhicks3102

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@leecountffl9826 I understand, bon voyage!

  • @reidplombon3604
    @reidplombon36045 жыл бұрын

    "Your mission is to survive another day." I love that shit.

  • @benfrank1583

    @benfrank1583

    2 жыл бұрын

    "Don't die today" SGT G

  • @kirstinetermansen2213

    @kirstinetermansen2213

    2 жыл бұрын

    Dead maybe ,,,,

  • @dannycrockett9878
    @dannycrockett98784 жыл бұрын

    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

  • @maksdorleans8051

    @maksdorleans8051

    3 жыл бұрын

    @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.

  • @vonb2792

    @vonb2792

    3 жыл бұрын

    @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

  • @CHI-Town_WhiteBread

    @CHI-Town_WhiteBread

    3 жыл бұрын

    This is interesting. Roughly, where in Chicago is the store? I'd love to meet this guy.

  • @happiestTurkeyPvP

    @happiestTurkeyPvP

    3 жыл бұрын

    so rick spoke french lol?*

  • @serbocaine3916

    @serbocaine3916

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@CHI-Town_WhiteBread right, I'm in chicago too it's be dope to talk to someone from our area who served.

  • @valuedhumanoid6574
    @valuedhumanoid65744 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @valuedhumanoid6574

    @valuedhumanoid6574

    2 жыл бұрын

    @Good Fella There were no sheep there. Just wolves of various types.

  • @usulebis7281

    @usulebis7281

    2 жыл бұрын

    @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 !

  • @ahf5471

    @ahf5471

    Жыл бұрын

    There training is extremely hard and arduous but it’s not good training. Having said that, these guys are extremely “tough”.

  • @marcoslaureano5562

    @marcoslaureano5562

    10 ай бұрын

    @@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.

  • @vangoghsseveredear

    @vangoghsseveredear

    4 ай бұрын

    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.

  • @F15ElectricEagle
    @F15ElectricEagle4 жыл бұрын

    This is such a sanitized/family-oriented version of military training in the French Foreign Legion.

  • @thatlithuanianboi6812

    @thatlithuanianboi6812

    3 жыл бұрын

    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

  • @roskcity

    @roskcity

    3 жыл бұрын

    Were you a legionnaire?

  • @mdcclxxxi8509

    @mdcclxxxi8509

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@thatlithuanianboi6812 not anymore shark attack is gone

  • @brucet7965
    @brucet79655 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @mrvic3952
    @mrvic39524 жыл бұрын

    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

    @you-cf7df

    3 жыл бұрын

    Can you elaborate?

  • @mrvic3952

    @mrvic3952

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@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

  • @you-cf7df

    @you-cf7df

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@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.

  • @mrvic3952

    @mrvic3952

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@you-cf7df Comfortable for what? And why do you think someone who served for the Legion would later be a pawn?

  • @brianmaitai7685

    @brianmaitai7685

    6 ай бұрын

    WTF?

  • @E-D-E2704
    @E-D-E27044 жыл бұрын

    Why do you want to join the legion ? I want to meet Jean claude van dam.

  • @icomment2226

    @icomment2226

    Ай бұрын

    Jean-Claude Van Dam *FAILED* the entrance examination! BAD LEGIONNAIRE!!

  • @user-zr4qy7mj4p
    @user-zr4qy7mj4p4 жыл бұрын

    Honneur et fidelite Vive la LEGION ETRANGERE. .🔥

  • @stephenburke4223
    @stephenburke42235 жыл бұрын

    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 !

  • @Improveng1
    @Improveng15 жыл бұрын

    That was a superb documentary of the modern Legion. Excellent work and credit all round.

  • @lightninglord1
    @lightninglord13 жыл бұрын

    You do the quadruple of everyone else. I admire your incredible works on a daily basis. Salute!

  • @Auros2525
    @Auros25254 жыл бұрын

    I worked alongside some legion personnel way back. Good men, great soldiers.

  • @briancross7835
    @briancross78355 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @910BMX

    @910BMX

    4 жыл бұрын

    Brian Cross whooooooooo cares!!!!!!

  • @bomcstoots1

    @bomcstoots1

    Жыл бұрын

    Same for army 2014. Putting on the cross cannons and red cord felt great. I was an FO

  • @bobbyricigliano2799

    @bobbyricigliano2799

    Жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @kathyborthwick6738
    @kathyborthwick67385 жыл бұрын

    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 !

  • @justsceptic3085

    @justsceptic3085

    4 жыл бұрын

    chalifoux is the name of a french village near montferand auvergne...

  • @squakrock

    @squakrock

    4 жыл бұрын

    nam lacrymae they give you a French name if you’re not french

  • @jessiepinkman7736

    @jessiepinkman7736

    4 жыл бұрын

    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 -

  • @dennisams4763

    @dennisams4763

    4 жыл бұрын

    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+

  • @jounaas

    @jounaas

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@jessiepinkman7736 france is so fucked up place nowadays so i would come back too

  • @19Edurne
    @19Edurne3 жыл бұрын

    It's so edulcorated and sanitized in translation, it's just enough to get the gist of it...

  • @v.german11b
    @v.german11b3 жыл бұрын

    Excellent documentary. Much respect to the Legionaries, and also admiration for the French Foreign Legion as an elite combat force.

  • @ecosse1982
    @ecosse19825 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @dimvw484

    @dimvw484

    5 жыл бұрын

    yea, give them a military training and a weapon. sounds like a plan.

  • @saints360row

    @saints360row

    5 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @saints360row

    @saints360row

    5 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @ecosse1982

    @ecosse1982

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@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.

  • @saints360row

    @saints360row

    5 жыл бұрын

    Gavin Dowds, I didn't say all.

  • @cortneyholt8389
    @cortneyholt83895 жыл бұрын

    i was in kabul, those wells go all the way to those mountains in the background, dug by hand!

  • @shimizu67
    @shimizu674 жыл бұрын

    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).

  • @amberland7491

    @amberland7491

    4 жыл бұрын

    Tell us more about it

  • @shimizu67

    @shimizu67

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@amberland7491 Not sure if you're being sarcastic or not.

  • @pookpook3891

    @pookpook3891

    3 жыл бұрын

    "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

  • @maxmaximilian2189

    @maxmaximilian2189

    3 жыл бұрын

    There's a chance that your grandfather killed mine

  • @shimizu67

    @shimizu67

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@maxmaximilian2189 No idea of the probability of this happening, but if that's the case, you have my deepest condolences.

  • @imkyle4life
    @imkyle4life2 жыл бұрын

    21:34 "if you have fear, you cannot do anything" very wise words

  • @rsconrado
    @rsconrado5 жыл бұрын

    That guy is a Polish officer. Like the drill 👍💪

  • @squakrock

    @squakrock

    4 жыл бұрын

    Konrad U who

  • @roskcity

    @roskcity

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@squakrock the guy training them

  • @steviewonder2k694

    @steviewonder2k694

    2 жыл бұрын

    Ciekawe

  • @davidpratthk
    @davidpratthk5 жыл бұрын

    The pay "tradition" was a SOP in the Royal navy for hundreds of years until we went monthly pay direct to the bank.

  • @darkstar2315
    @darkstar23154 жыл бұрын

    I love this unit, please never change! Bravo.

  • @agustintellez136
    @agustintellez1364 жыл бұрын

    That's cool man. I like how they give alot of these guys at 2nd chance at life society and purpose.

  • @kartofff
    @kartofff4 жыл бұрын

    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."

  • @nayanmipun6784

    @nayanmipun6784

    4 жыл бұрын

    Well why?

  • @kartofff

    @kartofff

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@nayanmipun6784 Don't know. Some looks tell you that some things are better left unasked. :)

  • @racouline719

    @racouline719

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@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.

  • @KonEl-BlackZero

    @KonEl-BlackZero

    4 жыл бұрын

    Civilian life is dull

  • @monsieurg8256

    @monsieurg8256

    4 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @EzraB123
    @EzraB1236 жыл бұрын

    "So why are you here? You have no problems?" LMAO

  • @Evangelion543

    @Evangelion543

    5 жыл бұрын

    sounds like the Foreign legion only accepts people with a troubled past or record

  • @kevinm973

    @kevinm973

    5 жыл бұрын

    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...

  • @rexbentley8332

    @rexbentley8332

    5 жыл бұрын

    Heard you guys needed some help.

  • @HappiKarafuru

    @HappiKarafuru

    5 жыл бұрын

    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

  • @johnstdominic9887

    @johnstdominic9887

    5 жыл бұрын

    That Zubert seems too nice for the Legion

  • @benjaminbauer2947
    @benjaminbauer29472 жыл бұрын

    Alot of my German family join the legion post WW2. My uncle was in the SS, then fought in Vietnam with the Legion.

  • @idoido5380

    @idoido5380

    Жыл бұрын

    SS? I wish the devil are die

  • @sinaa.2102

    @sinaa.2102

    Жыл бұрын

    Hell yeah

  • @sayerma

    @sayerma

    6 ай бұрын

    He'd have some stories...my word.

  • @milescorporosus4058
    @milescorporosus40583 жыл бұрын

    "I dreamt of wearing the white kepi and now I do." * is wearing a green beret *

  • @11Senad

    @11Senad

    Ай бұрын

    🤦🏻‍♂️

  • @dirtydave2691
    @dirtydave26916 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @vukken99
    @vukken996 жыл бұрын

    Bravo my brothers..the fire of valor and honor will receive you well in the other life....Bravo!

  • @StarrTile
    @StarrTile4 жыл бұрын

    *Much respect France, from a former 82nd Airborne soldier, your training is outstanding 👌*

  • @brianmaitai7685

    @brianmaitai7685

    6 ай бұрын

    Hope you didn't serve in Nam where America got beat like an ugly stepchild......

  • @mitchellstiles8817
    @mitchellstiles88174 жыл бұрын

    I'm a Marine, and have to say. These are some bad Mo Fo's. Much respect given to you guys.

  • @cypheir

    @cypheir

    4 жыл бұрын

    Deng, I was thinking a Marine would find this soft...

  • @mitchellstiles8817

    @mitchellstiles8817

    4 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @twonulator

    @twonulator

    4 жыл бұрын

    I was a Navy Infantry Corpsman and the jungle training in this video is far tougher than anything we ever did

  • @bernardtapie1092

    @bernardtapie1092

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@cypheir Marines are pussies

  • @dennisams4763

    @dennisams4763

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@cypheir dont think so, Legion is the hardest training, much harder than any US fighting force

  • @jeffk3037
    @jeffk30375 жыл бұрын

    Having taken a close look into legionnaires training, i would say with 100% certainty this is a watered down G rated look at it!

  • @bouyant8659
    @bouyant86594 жыл бұрын

    THANK YOU FOR SHARING GENTLEMEN

  • @Birch37
    @Birch374 жыл бұрын

    For not knowing any French before they joined everyone is speaking French fluently within 24hrs

  • @notmenotme614

    @notmenotme614

    4 жыл бұрын

    I watched another good FFL documentary on KZread. 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: kzread.info/dash/bejne/kXyNt82nXdS5e6Q.html

  • @dhilipdp6064

    @dhilipdp6064

    3 жыл бұрын

    Is that true

  • @tonykelevra2483

    @tonykelevra2483

    3 жыл бұрын

    No there not 😂 being shouted at in french doesn’t help you learn anything in 24hrs probably takes them 3months to comprehend orders properly

  • @bullterror5

    @bullterror5

    3 жыл бұрын

    👑💜👑

  • @thebrigadeboys2926

    @thebrigadeboys2926

    3 жыл бұрын

    Hahahahaha

  • @MrGuitars8
    @MrGuitars85 жыл бұрын

    Awesome film , I really enjoyed it a lot . These MEN are Warriors !!!!!!

  • @mickypeach6681
    @mickypeach66816 жыл бұрын

    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....

  • @jamescooperervin2321

    @jamescooperervin2321

    5 жыл бұрын

    Awesome

  • @macvena
    @macvena2 жыл бұрын

    I find the Legion, their culture, and methods fascinating. It's impressive.

  • @bomcstoots1

    @bomcstoots1

    Жыл бұрын

    @D Legionnaire lmao. Legit or are you FKing with him? Because I will watch that shit

  • @billcallahan9303
    @billcallahan93034 жыл бұрын

    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

    @charlesburroughs9770

    4 жыл бұрын

    The USA does, and they are the U.S Marine Corp!!!

  • @billcallahan9303

    @billcallahan9303

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@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!

  • @charlesburroughs9770

    @charlesburroughs9770

    4 жыл бұрын

    @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!!!

  • @billcallahan9303

    @billcallahan9303

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@charlesburroughs9770 No need to thank Charles. It should be expected of every American! My best to you!

  • @Zedzian23

    @Zedzian23

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@billcallahan9303 Semper Drunk.

  • @matthiashepworth6583
    @matthiashepworth65835 жыл бұрын

    Really enjoyed this documentary. Excellent narrator, one of the best. Granted, the beatings and violence were not shown, but still tres bien.

  • @TechSgtBerry
    @TechSgtBerry4 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @warspite7452

    @warspite7452

    3 жыл бұрын

    You were 7 back in 1954? That would make you 72 years old. Well 73 now

  • @johno2866
    @johno28663 жыл бұрын

    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. 👍🤗❤️

  • @Kyanzes
    @Kyanzes3 жыл бұрын

    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

  • @user-ov7kv8oi8f
    @user-ov7kv8oi8f5 жыл бұрын

    The legion experience it is all what you read in books all life but in reality Big respect They give you principles to live a 's a real man

  • @frankbarbiera8565
    @frankbarbiera85656 жыл бұрын

    French metal jacket

  • @Suite_annamite

    @Suite_annamite

    5 жыл бұрын

    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.*

  • @painkillerjones6232

    @painkillerjones6232

    5 жыл бұрын

    The french pulled out when they found out there were former SS Nazi types in the legion. Hurt their fucking pride. Bitches.

  • @willdaberby7908

    @willdaberby7908

    5 жыл бұрын

    so let's talk about Werner Von Braun ...

  • @painkillerjones6232

    @painkillerjones6232

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@willdaberby7908 talk away.

  • @painkillerjones6232

    @painkillerjones6232

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@willdaberby7908 What does he have to do with the French?

  • @UncleBoratagain
    @UncleBoratagain4 жыл бұрын

    That Gamba, took on a river crossing in clothes and boots without being able to swim. Hard as nails!

  • @Bstonz85
    @Bstonz85 Жыл бұрын

    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

  • @robcarroll7518

    @robcarroll7518

    Жыл бұрын

    Djibouti?

  • @Bstonz85

    @Bstonz85

    Жыл бұрын

    @@robcarroll7518 yep

  • @robcarroll7518

    @robcarroll7518

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Bstonz85 I damn near died on that obstacle course

  • @maximusmeridius1272
    @maximusmeridius12725 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @joshuaziegler9820

    @joshuaziegler9820

    4 жыл бұрын

    Why is that?

  • @ghost_1153

    @ghost_1153

    2 жыл бұрын

    Why do you feel glad for not joining the legion?

  • @alainderien5156

    @alainderien5156

    2 жыл бұрын

    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

  • @1908d2
    @1908d24 жыл бұрын

    This is what I miss about being in the military- the camaraderie.

  • @glenr5461
    @glenr54614 жыл бұрын

    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...'

  • @MuslimMan377

    @MuslimMan377

    4 жыл бұрын

    he finished the sentence later moron c'est un facon de vivre c'est ma vie

  • @jeffholliday5239
    @jeffholliday5239 Жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @terryteed1903
    @terryteed19035 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @averagejoegamming209a3

    @averagejoegamming209a3

    4 жыл бұрын

    Shut the fuck up a nation full of crying sissy’s if America invaded France it would steam roll them.

  • @53strat55

    @53strat55

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@averagejoegamming209a3 Whats your problem lmao?

  • @aviatorraj7820

    @aviatorraj7820

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@averagejoegamming209a3 You cannot Streamroll france if they surrender.

  • @kenzpenz
    @kenzpenz6 жыл бұрын

    SALUTE..... Cpt US Army retired Vietnam Vet with two purple hearts, and I am in awe of these brave men.

  • @edstarnoneed5556

    @edstarnoneed5556

    6 жыл бұрын

    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?

  • @kenzpenz

    @kenzpenz

    6 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @edstarnoneed5556

    @edstarnoneed5556

    6 жыл бұрын

    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

  • @edstarnoneed5556

    @edstarnoneed5556

    6 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @edstarnoneed5556

    @edstarnoneed5556

    6 жыл бұрын

    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

  • @TheRealMediaMan
    @TheRealMediaMan2 ай бұрын

    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

  • @mrgreenelander4952
    @mrgreenelander4952 Жыл бұрын

    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

  • @slappy8941
    @slappy89416 жыл бұрын

    I envy these men, because my experience in the US Army wasn't nearly this fun.

  • @bbssssssssssssssssss

    @bbssssssssssssssssss

    5 жыл бұрын

    But you have some experience i wasnt been in army at all!

  • @ericpanissidi6761
    @ericpanissidi67616 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @FresnoJoe2

    @FresnoJoe2

    6 жыл бұрын

    Amen~!

  • @hughjaanus6680

    @hughjaanus6680

    6 жыл бұрын

    Should have stayed in school longer to improve your English.

  • @007Hutchings

    @007Hutchings

    6 жыл бұрын

    You should move out of your mothers house and contribute.

  • @kilobravo2373

    @kilobravo2373

    6 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @aldooze

    @aldooze

    6 жыл бұрын

    Kilo Bravo give him the benefit of doubt, he is a jarhead after all.

  • @b19931228
    @b199312284 жыл бұрын

    Hope they all find a better life after enlistment ends... Can't imagine join a foreign arm forces thousands of miles away voluntarily, they must REALLY wanted out of whatever the hell's going on back where they came.

  • @cheapshot7244

    @cheapshot7244

    4 жыл бұрын

    Ghastly Gibbus normally that is the case

  • @KLK01

    @KLK01

    4 жыл бұрын

    Well they do become citizens after the 5 years. Or get shot and become a citizen. Nothing beats becoming a french citizen and part of the EU. Well that's my opinion.

  • @areyoustupid.....

    @areyoustupid.....

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@KLK01 hahaha that's funny.... at least I hope you were joking. Cant think if anything worse than either if those

  • @tronaboron2064

    @tronaboron2064

    4 жыл бұрын

    Not necessarily, many are looking for deeper experience of life in a rigorous setting! Some people are just built that way!

  • @weatherwithaphone1042

    @weatherwithaphone1042

    3 жыл бұрын

    If you don’t have the hope 100% you’re gonna quit If you have have the hope all of the effort you put in you won’t give up

  • @DouEditz
    @DouEditz2 жыл бұрын

    Can’t believe my grandpa was a general... wish i met him but that explains why my dad is the way he is.

  • @SharonD369
    @SharonD3696 жыл бұрын

    Very interesting but should be labelled “ Almost full documentary “.

  • @pekkamustonen6654

    @pekkamustonen6654

    6 жыл бұрын

    So annoyed.

  • @carpetfarmer

    @carpetfarmer

    6 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for giving me a heads up 10min in so I don't waste another hour

  • @Visionery1

    @Visionery1

    6 жыл бұрын

    Yep, I was going to download, you saved me the data.

  • @russellmartinkenny5796

    @russellmartinkenny5796

    6 жыл бұрын

    Sex Pistols, good choice :)

  • @simondisawari4185

    @simondisawari4185

    6 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for that - I'm out.

  • @hank1556
    @hank15565 жыл бұрын

    watching this makes me wish I could go back to boot camp and then I would immediately regret it

  • @dylanleamananderson7811

    @dylanleamananderson7811

    5 жыл бұрын

    No doubt lmao

  • @reddyforlenny9389

    @reddyforlenny9389

    4 жыл бұрын

    Boot camp: Future excitement, present misery, and past fond memories.

  • @shadowbanned4149

    @shadowbanned4149

    4 жыл бұрын

    See every shit hole on planet earth

  • @wanderknight69

    @wanderknight69

    4 жыл бұрын

    yeah hell no .

  • @ericthiel4053
    @ericthiel40537 ай бұрын

    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.

  • @irishrodha3828
    @irishrodha38284 жыл бұрын

    Much respect from Ireland.

  • @JeffSpehar-ov1cn
    @JeffSpehar-ov1cn5 жыл бұрын

    Lonely people, but some turn out to be good soliders and honorable men.

  • @mike62mcmanus

    @mike62mcmanus

    5 жыл бұрын

    And victims od P.T.S.D. I bet.

  • @tomh.5750

    @tomh.5750

    4 жыл бұрын

    They train and fight. Honor has little to do with this. It is an army of foreigners tougher and better trainded then Frances actual army, sent to places where they wouldn't send their own.

  • @mike62mcmanus

    @mike62mcmanus

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@tomh.5750 There is honour in their History and this is one of the most amazing examples of it in the F.F.L. kzread.info/dash/bejne/Y6anubp_YJqxpdo.html

  • @tomh.5750

    @tomh.5750

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@mike62mcmanus history showed time and timw again that the french foreign legion is a force to be reckoned with. A powerful army isn't necessarily an honorable one, in my humble opinion there is honor in fighting and dying doing so but fightingas a foreigner for a nation that doesn't dare to make use of their actuall military is.. Questionable in terms of honor, at best. Then again what is honor and does it even matter? From what i know and see here people who join the ffl do so because they lack any other purpose or because they seek the challenge of being part of one of the best military forces there is. Some do it not because of the money the legion pays but because having served in the legion looks amazing on a resume if you want to go into private security, which is where the big money is. You may hear the veterans say its been an honor to serve but were you to ask them 5 years earlier honor would be the last thing on their mind and the last thing they expected, not in all cases but in most.

  • @53strat55

    @53strat55

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@tomh.5750 Is the FFL seriously one of the best ways to get into private millitary?

  • @hreyes499
    @hreyes4994 жыл бұрын

    Aptitude of a mollusk? Mollusk been around for a million years... They know how to improvise adapt and overcome.

  • @timothycochran4463

    @timothycochran4463

    4 жыл бұрын

    The first Marines?

  • @boblogIIIfan

    @boblogIIIfan

    4 жыл бұрын

    Mollusks arnt really good at shooting people though

  • @jessiepinkman7736

    @jessiepinkman7736

    4 жыл бұрын

    now I'm imaginig a mollusk pointing a finger out from under his shell and saying all that

  • @trebor9711

    @trebor9711

    4 жыл бұрын

    But can they count to Ten?🤚😂🤚

  • @bernardtapie1092

    @bernardtapie1092

    4 жыл бұрын

    We talk about one single mollusk , not the whole specie

  • @yorkyleefairbank
    @yorkyleefairbank6 ай бұрын

    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.

  • @MG-jd6kt
    @MG-jd6kt4 жыл бұрын

    The Aussie running a haka in the French foreign legion was pretty funny.

  • @ryanfarndale871

    @ryanfarndale871

    4 жыл бұрын

    Were they sure he wasn’t from New Zealand

  • @robertharrison4967
    @robertharrison49675 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @Joetheshow445

    @Joetheshow445

    Жыл бұрын

    They surrendered to the Nazis

  • @saechabashira8380

    @saechabashira8380

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Joetheshow445 They signed an armistice, not a surrender, period.

  • @didierpaya9069

    @didierpaya9069

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Joetheshow445 keyboard hero or armchair historian ?

  • @jean-christophefouquet9553

    @jean-christophefouquet9553

    11 ай бұрын

    @@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.

  • @ZaneS1W

    @ZaneS1W

    10 ай бұрын

    ​@@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 ?

  • @scottfree9129
    @scottfree91296 жыл бұрын

    In the Marine Corps Boot Camp, when you are bone tired I would always recall what my father told me and that is, its mind over matter, you don't mind and it don't matter.

  • @scottfree9129

    @scottfree9129

    5 жыл бұрын

    whywouldyou wanttokillthecook?? I agree however when the shit hits the fan, you will always revert back to the training you have received and this will keep you alive. Its always a good day when you wake up in the morning and your still alive.

  • @vodkacannon

    @vodkacannon

    5 жыл бұрын

    You dont matter and it doesnt mind

  • @stephenburke4223

    @stephenburke4223

    5 жыл бұрын

    Words of a wise man.

  • @hreyes499

    @hreyes499

    4 жыл бұрын

    Me... I look forward to portside shower up... Starboard side ahine them up

  • @shawnfinnegan64

    @shawnfinnegan64

    4 жыл бұрын

    Shut up ya dumb boot

  • @JoseMontes-zx1fr
    @JoseMontes-zx1fr Жыл бұрын

    Faites plus de vidéos de recrutement comme celle-ci pour cette année 2023❤

  • @RedRaaz
    @RedRaaz4 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @marcoburdi3369
    @marcoburdi33695 жыл бұрын

    I admire you guys. I'm a U.S. vet and I have respect for you guys. Awesome

  • @leod-sigefast

    @leod-sigefast

    4 жыл бұрын

    liar

  • @Jepp912

    @Jepp912

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@leod-sigefast Very likely another keyboard soldier claiming to be something.

  • @andresmdc78
    @andresmdc785 жыл бұрын

    LOL to the dude who crossed the border illegally and still made it to the legion

  • @ruskibot7745

    @ruskibot7745

    5 жыл бұрын

    He's probably gonna die chief. A lot of them do

  • @JohnDouille

    @JohnDouille

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@ruskibot7745 A lot of them don't lmao

  • @briank8697

    @briank8697

    4 жыл бұрын

    What balls, crossing into a foreign land to join the baddest of them all

  • @chriscro4615

    @chriscro4615

    4 жыл бұрын

    A lot of them go illegaly over the border

  • @TheJer1963

    @TheJer1963

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@briank8697 You may want to take a look at BUD/S training, the hardest trang anywhere on the planet.

  • @davidhutchinson5233
    @davidhutchinson52334 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @heatea5255

    @heatea5255

    4 жыл бұрын

    @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

  • @jessiepinkman7736

    @jessiepinkman7736

    4 жыл бұрын

    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

  • @nordri8782

    @nordri8782

    4 жыл бұрын

    jessie pinkman now that‘s complete bullshit

  • @jjrj8568

    @jjrj8568

    4 жыл бұрын

    @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)

  • @bernardtapie1092

    @bernardtapie1092

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@jjrj8568 not anymore.

  • @doodahman2995
    @doodahman29954 ай бұрын

    Here after watching Navy Seal, French Legionerre Taylor Cavanaugh interview on Mike Drop

  • @el_aleman
    @el_aleman5 жыл бұрын

    Good documentary....I do admire the Legion as a fighting force. ..yes, they do fight for a host country......but one thing saw from the Legion (in Djibouti) is they are about as tight knit as a unit can be, and they take care of their own..and their training is practically non-stop...

  • @Quick045
    @Quick0456 жыл бұрын

    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 😂

  • @imirish4702

    @imirish4702

    6 жыл бұрын

    Dutch ball trying your best at something does not mean you will beat Roger Federer in tennis.

  • @Quick045

    @Quick045

    6 жыл бұрын

    Lucifer911 yes, but it was more like 'always try your best' thing.

  • @hateislove3947

    @hateislove3947

    5 жыл бұрын

    Same here in Finland :D

  • @kristjansepp5108

    @kristjansepp5108

    5 жыл бұрын

    @TheGhost yeah me to.

  • @unusualsuspect1262

    @unusualsuspect1262

    5 жыл бұрын

    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

  • @TheCaesarion
    @TheCaesarion3 жыл бұрын

    I want to leave the U.S and do this. I have started my training. I’m super excited to push down this journey.

  • @petervushaj2161

    @petervushaj2161

    3 жыл бұрын

    I plan on doing the same. Ill be spending the entire rest of the year at the track and vigorously working on my calisthenics. I'v been through the FDNY academy and the PT was tough, I could only imagine how the legionnaire bootcamp will be. I really want to do this and want the legion to be the next chapter in my life. If you want to keep in touch lmk, both being Americans starting our training around the same time. Ill happily exchange emails if you're interested.

  • @TheCaesarion

    @TheCaesarion

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@petervushaj2161 where are you from I can help You learn french

  • @EliteBadFrog

    @EliteBadFrog

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@petervushaj2161 @Troll good luck to you both!

  • @GhostCrowGamer
    @GhostCrowGamer2 жыл бұрын

    I really respect the recruiter who has a heart of a Lion and the Strength of a Tiger.

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