Female question about the FFL?

[John777]

Difficult to know, but it remains obvious that most of the virtual warriors here actually have no whatsoever intentions of joining.

They are in reality more than satisfied with just talking about it, and is seems like in some cases it almost makes them feel like they have already made it.
At least that is what I deduct from some of the postings.

I hate to go against you Stoeng, I know of two guys on here that have listened and gone, one failed, one made it. Sure some just talk, but some really go.

[RadioTex]

Stoeng did not say ALL--he said MOST. And he is correct.

[flash010]

dissagee all you want the adj tells it how it is and he said most not all

[SeanG]

I hate to go against you Stoeng, I know of two guys on here that have listened and gone, one failed, one made it. Sure some just talk, but some really go.

Fcuk me 2 guys out of how many on here, aint brill mate
Listen to Adj he is on the ball.

[John777]

Right you are gentlemen.

[Murph]

For a lot of us there was no internet. Was a question of hitching a lift with a couple of truck drivers down to Marseilles and see what happens. Reading a forum like this I wouldn't have hitched but flown straight away without wasting any time.

[Paris.Pete]

For a lot of us there was no internet. Was a question of hitching a lift with a couple of truck drivers down to Marseilles and see what happens. Reading a forum like this I wouldn't have hitched but flown straight away without wasting any time.

I think that the Internet plays a big part as to why guys do or do not join the Legion these days...there is so much rubbish around on the net now about the Legion or any Military, i mean all the info that they need is here on the net yet people still ask dumb questions, are they stupid or so insecure that they need a stranger to tell them that they will or will not be welcomed with open arms into the family that is the French Foreign Legion? I for one would of prefered to know nothing and just gone and find out for myself, for me the internet has taken away the (unknowness) of the Legion and im not so happy about that. Most of the Anciens just needed the Legion and one way or another they got there, to a life unknown.
Respect

[marinefather]

I want to know how many tell there family. not knowing still burns me.

[RMD]

I'd like to think of the interaction I have with you all on cervens.net as an education. I remember communicating with two members in the chat-box shortly after activation. We were arguing, & I made several silly comments about one member's nationality. These comments were removed by a Moderator the very next day. Now, this may be a small thing, but it got my attention & after that I took the forum rules a little more seriously & of course, the Articles. Especially Article 2.

Anyone can log-on, ask a question, receive an answer, & leave feeling a little better informed. But for those who recognize it, there is the opportunity for so much more, so In my humble opinion I think it's insight & an education that most hope to find on cervens.net. I would stop short of calling it 'experience', but an experience it is. & I think you need to interact a little more in order to get that. But don't, as Stoeng suggest many do, consider it as acceptance already.

This is the world we live in today, the information, an answer is always there, you've just got to ask the question. I'm not saying that this is good, or bad, I'm just saying that I & my entire western generation know nothing other than to be able to ask one question & to receive hundreds of answers in 0.05 seconds. But too many wannabe's treat cervens.net as a substitute Google & waste a very valuable resource.

Can any one Legionnaire honestly say that if he knew of a valuable source of information regarding the Legion, in his days before knocking on that door, that he would not have given it one good look?

[Bags]

Bags, I thought you were married to an ancien--am I mistaken?

No I was married to a British soldier for 15yrs.....for my sins

Bags

[Hroflr Grimm]

.....for my sins

Hahaha, nice.

[Bags]

I was just wondering and if this is a blonde question...I'm sorry.

When someone decides to joins the FFL Anonymously, is it totally Anonymously? or do the FFL keep some sort of record when the guy first enlists? or do they have to fill in a next of kin? only asking because what if the guy is seriously wounded and then dies....will his next of kin be informed? or will the FFL not notify anyone? and then no one will ever know what happened to him?

Bags

[Ex-Pongo]

I was just wondering and if this is a blonde question...I'm sorry.

When someone decides to joins the FFL Anonymously, is it totally Anonymously? or do the FFL keep some sort of record when the guy first enlists? or do they have to fill in a next of kin? only asking because what if the guy is seriously wounded and then dies....will his next of kin be informed? or will the FFL not notify anyone? and then no one will ever know what happened to him?

Bags

When you are in Selection you get made to write down a NOK. if the worst should happen, the FFL have someone to inform. What happens if you have no-one I don't know.

[Stoeng]

Yes they keep some kind of record, and any "anonymous" that dies immediately gets back his real identity and is buried with his real name.

Next of kind is informed if relevant

[Sparrow]

Interesting thread... For me... Yes I did read up allot about the legion before I joined, and yes I did ask questions on this forum, publicly and private. But before I asked questions, I did try to find the answer in old posts. I learned allot, and I THOUGHT I knew what to expect, but the truth is that I didn't have slightest clue what I was about to unleash onto myself! My personal experience is that yes the traditions stay the same, but in the end it all depends on your chef de section and the cadres. There is not one section going through Castel that have the EXACT same experience as the others! Ive heard many stories from allot of different legionnaires and not one of them were the same story... Yes everyone has to meet the same standard, but how the guys get there is all a different story.

It really is a hard thing to explain, you have to experience it for yourself to fully understand and appreciate it. But all in all it is the most awesome experience of my life and I simply LOVE it, but I would never do it all over again! I prepared myself mentally for the worst to come, and still got through with scars and bruises, but I got through and I have NO regrets. In the end everybody joins for his own personal reasons, and we learn to respect that of everyone and not judge anyone, because we all have one thing in common... We are brothers in arms! The rest is pretty much up to yourself, and what you make of it.