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What happens if someone in your family back home passes away while you're in the legion? Can your family call the legion that will inform you and would you be allowed to fly back home to attend the funeral if you're not on a operation or how does that work?

Hello gentlemen, greetings, I’m going to the gates of Aubagne on 30/03. in the other post, the comrade spoke about the belongings, and my doubt is about the money I’m taking in hand, in this case just over 2,500€. My savings from long working days, I wonder if it is worth taking this value in...

Greetings everyone. Do you monsieurs recommend a place to leave my belongings while going for the recruitment? I mean, if i bring my Notebook, some of my equipment (Like IFAK), some clothing and spare money - being those stuff thats not requested by the Legion and has no use until you can...

hello everyone, i was wondering if anyone could tell me more about the diferent courses for mechanic in the 1REC. thank you

hi, i hope everyone is having a good day/night/evening. maybe a bit of an odd question, but .. my father passed away in 2015. he has told me a few things about his time at the legion, but not much given that i was very young. the conversation arose with my mom earlier today, who told me a bit...

Hello everyone, i was wondering if you could do diferent specialization or courses, for example i am a mechanic in the 1°rec and also a combat medic or something like that, being 2 or more specialities together. thank you

1 - What's the working/service schedule over there? 2 - Is there any Legion member with long hair or is mandatory for everyone to shave their hair?

Is it possible for a South African to head for Reunion Island to join up or is that strictly for locals over there?

Ive allways wondered if you would be allowed to take an MP3 or a music device with you when working out etc. I listen to a lot of music and it is my passion. I know you cant have a smart phone of course but how about some kind of music device to help you when working out or reading ? Regards Will

Hey, Is any kind of active medication allowed in legion? Like are you able to get any kind of medication while you are serving? Is there anyone with active medication that they have to take every morning?

Hello I am going to try join the legion in a couple of months, but i use this thing called "snus". Is this allowed in the legion? Should i bring it with me when i am going to France or will they disqualify me because of it? I dont think they even know what "snus" is in France, but what du you think?

hey im 17 y/o. i live in landlocked state thats no river or any pool in it in 3rd world country. what should i do ? i dont have any skill to swim ngl. seems french foreign legion need to provide that i can swim in 2.5m pool for test to hop in. can i join ? hopefully to hear from yall...

Good Morning Everyone, My name is Tika, and first and foremost I would like to say thank you for accepting me into the forum. So a little introduction from me. I’m 26 years old and hail from the US of A. I’ve been interested in the Legion for a few years now, and just recently decided that the...

This somewhat applies to covid, but I think is good enough for its own thread. Is it worth arriving with records of all your vaccinations? When I enlisted I was given the standard vaccines, and as a cadet I was given even more vaccines(I was supposed to travel to Asia for a sort of cadet...

First, as a custom, I will introduce myself: (This is an open forum. You do not have to say anything personnel about yourself. However, if you should give your true name and any personnel details such as medical, psychological or criminal problems, this may jeopardize you chances when you try to...

Hey everyone, Is still a thing to salut Sgt and above, I have heard that’s the norm?

First my English is bad please forgive me. I hope you understand my question. I search French Legion for long time because I want be a French Soldier but ı see some Turk comments. I'm Turk. First Turk say: ''I was French Legion Soldier but ı was quit because I see racist persons. My commander...

Hello everyone, I’m new here. You can call me Zun. I got two opportunities to chose between, either join the French Foreign Legion by knocking on the door and do my best, or I can join the Swedish Army in September. Does anyone know who gets a better military ”education” and experience between...

I was recently disqualified from the regular army due to some kind of deviation in my nose, i was told to get surgery to fix it and then i can re-apply. I'm thinking about not going back to army but instead i would like to try FFL, would it be possible to join FFL after the nose surgery?

My question is pretty much sumed up on the title. What types of discharges are there? How many times can you try? What is the wait time between discharges if you haven't been dumped permanently? Thanks for your answers.