Le petit caporal
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Lean mean and green..tak hied, Ged
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Papillon
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If you put it of any longer you could do 3 years in the Irish Guard’s then be fit and healthy for the Legion and be paid and have military experience, if your prepared to waste 12 months why not? Must be me don’t take it personal but think back in the day we saw the Legion as a bolt hole or a saviour now it looks more like folks booking a safari but whatever the outcome stay safe and we have had some good Irish lads in the Legion and I’m certain their still is.
I want to be fit enough where I'm not one of the weakest physically. Plus I need some more life experience! Have none to state in the interview LOLIf you put it of any longer you could do 3 years in the Irish Guard’s then be fit and healthy for the Legion and be paid and have military experience, if your prepared to waste 12 months why not? Must be me don’t take it personal but think back in the day we saw the Legion as a bolt hole or a saviour now it looks more like folks booking a safari but whatever the outcome stay safe and we have had some good Irish lads in the Legion and I’m certain their still is.
I agree with you, bar man is a great job, and I've always appreciated you, but it's not preparation for the legion.
Please don't tell me that there are no laboring jobs going around your neck of the woods.Once you finished a hard days graft, then you can go on a run. Or get up an hour earlier out of that nice cozy warm bed (especially during the winter) you can then say that you are ready to try out for the legion.
It's always the little spotty sapper or some crap hat that blows you away when SHTF, never said boo to a Goose beforehand and then boom, blows you away with his performance when it counts. Section signallers are also sneaky beaky warriors and often shine come to think of it but make a shite brew, whats that all about?. Hey ho.
Times might have changed Chef but it was almost compulsory for all young paddy lads to do 1 of 2 things. 1. Get over to the UK or Germany and get on a well paying site labouring or on the tools if they knew the job or 2. bugger off to Madrid and join the Legion with the rest of their Wild Geese brethren. Might be showing the age there. Mmm. Does Espana even take Irish lads any more?. Who knows....... Times, them are a changing.I agree with you, bar man is a great job, and I've always appreciated you, but it's not preparation for the legion.
Once you finished a hard days graft, then you can go on a run. Or get up an hour earlier out of that nice cozy warm bed (especially during the winter) you can then say that you are ready to try out for the legion.
No, for the Spanish legion. It was my back up plan when i joined. Nowadays they only take a few Spanish speakers from south America. I knew someone who did his three years with them before joining the French. He was a Brit.
I won't say what he said about them (nothing bad) but it would be second hand.
Perhaps your rightIf you put it of any longer you could do 3 years in the Irish Guard’s then be fit and healthy for the Legion and be paid and have military experience, if your prepared to waste 12 months why not? Must be me don’t take it personal but think back in the day we saw the Legion as a bolt hole or a saviour now it looks more like folks booking a safari but whatever the outcome stay safe and we have had some good Irish lads in the Legion and I’m certain their still is.
I will ask around. There is none being advertised but I'm sure someone will know one goingI agree with you, bar man is a great job, and I've always appreciated you, but it's not preparation for the legion.
Once you finished a hard days graft, then you can go on a run. Or get up an hour earlier out of that nice cozy warm bed (especially during the winter) you can then say that you are ready to try out for the legion.
Papillon
Legionnaire
Big difference between the Spanish Legion and the French buddy, but what I heard they do spend a lot of time road building in Spain
Half me relatives done the same!
Le petit caporal,
Lean, mean, and green killing machine trained in the controlled application of maximum violence.
In my dreams- now decrepitude, grouchiness and having to pee too often are taking charge. You have to laugh at it.
Where and what has happened to the Forum Mascot- Dusaboss ? Has he sneaked off and joined up ?
All the best- Chas.
Lean, mean, and green killing machine trained in the controlled application of maximum violence.
In my dreams- now decrepitude, grouchiness and having to pee too often are taking charge. You have to laugh at it.
Where and what has happened to the Forum Mascot- Dusaboss ? Has he sneaked off and joined up ?
All the best- Chas.
Papillon
Legionnaire
Makes a change from a Game BoyLast time I heard from him, he was in love.
Likewise Joe. I knew a guy too (Diago - S. American I think) who did his time there before joining up. My memory is fading now but as Pap says it seemed to be more general skivvy work than soldiering.
That's what my mate told me too. He said that he was on an island, I forget which, a lot of kiff floating around.
Yes the kiff rings a bell too. I think it was Cpl Ch Garcia (serious drinking partner) that was the expert on that subject.
Anyway - it's not the same and that's all that matters.
Papillon
Legionnaire
Their was a guy in the REP that was ex Spanish Legion if memory is correct did not rate it one bit
Still think road building and general Spanish jobs that was cheap labour just not much soldiering and a uniform like a Christmas pantomime queen
The Spanish legion uniforms are a funny sight!!
Yes - that was another major concern of course. Not very sexy...
This is a half decent read for any US guys, and paints a fairly balanced picture I think for most wanabees. It's not that old - 3/4 years so still valid.
www.stripes.com
Americans struggle to meet the French Foreign Legion’s high bar
The French Foreign Legion’s selection process is notoriously harsh, and only one in nine candidates will ever don the Legion’s trademark white kepi. Here’s a look at what it takes to get in.
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