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 Posted: 28-Jul-2002 23:33 Post subject: Want to Join the French Foreign Legion? |
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Well now you can!
http://www.info-france-usa.org/atoz/legion/index.asp
What a hoot. I was looking at their pay chart. How much si a Euro when converted to Dollars by the way?
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Alexander
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| Posted: 28-Jul-2002 23:42 Post subject: RE: Want to Join the French Foreign Legion? |
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Ugh. France... 
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| Posted: 28-Jul-2002 23:49 Post subject: RE: Want to Join the French Foreign Legion? |
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My sentiments exactly, but we got to give the FFL props.
Jumping into Dien Bien Phu just to fight to the last man required some big brass ones.
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Vagabond
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| Posted: 29-Jul-2002 00:51 Post subject: RE: Want to Join the French Foreign Legion? |
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since reading a siries about the legion in a future sci fi setting that used traditional legion info n tactics i have a higher respect for the legion.
book: legion of the damned, by blood alone.
two good books, theres four in the series.
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ComStar
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| Posted: 29-Jul-2002 01:04 Post subject: RE: Want to Join the French Foreign Legion? |
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Don't even mess with the FFL in sci/fi. Read The French Foreign Legion: A Complete History of the Legendary Fighting Force
by Douglas Porch. It's a long book (like 900 pages) but well worth the read.
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Nightmare
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| Posted: 29-Jul-2002 10:10 Post subject: RE: Want to Join the French Foreign Legion? |
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As for the Euro-to-Dollar conversion rates, right now they should be pretty close to one for one.
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Vampire
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| Posted: 29-Jul-2002 12:50 Post subject: RE: Want to Join the French Foreign Legion? |
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Why don't you join? Disliking France is a bonus, actually, I cannot think of a better way of screwing la France than getting cadet into her army 
It's a pity the Spanish Legion doesn't take foreigners anymore, if I had one, I'd sold you my sister so you could marry her and get the nationality papers for enlisting
Vampire, the ever opportunist
[ This Message was edited by: Vampire on 2002-07-29 12:53 ]
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Clan Ghost Bear
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| Posted: 29-Jul-2002 16:47 Post subject: RE: Want to Join the French Foreign Legion? |
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The 13th Demi Brigade of the FFL in French Indo-China were some mean M-F's. Of course it helps that they were mostly composed of ex-Nazi's, but what the hell. The Viet Minh were scared sh*tless by them.
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