The following story has been published in a local Spanish media around February 2016.
SUMMARY:
In February 2016, a Spanish guy called Alejandro, 19 years old, goes into the selection in Aubagne. He gets into the center at 8:15 in the morning. He is there cause he likes the Legion, he has tried joining the Spanish army a couple of times, but he has never succeded (nowadays, in the Spanish Army there is a ratio of 36 people for every vacancy).
Once in Augbane, Alejandro does the firsts tests: iq, brain tests and medical examniation, and he passes them. So, he is waiting in a room along with other candidates for the next tests. Suddenly, a corporal comes and say to the EV's that all the vacancies are full and there is no place to stay in the barracks in Aubagne, so they have to go, stay outside and wait for a call to come back in. Alejandro says “no poblem, but the Legion has to pay me the hotel, according to the regulations published on the website.†The Legion responds there's no way that this is going to happen.
Then, Alejandro leaves Aubagne and goes back to Spain. He says he will never try again and he will focus in joining the Spanish Legion.
I translate you the full article that you cand find, here:
http://www.laverdad.es/murcia/carta...-contra-legion-francesa-20160228012851-v.html
The dream of Alejandro Ros, a neighbor of San José Obrero of 19 years, to enter the Spanish Legion knew no limits. That is why, after two years of trying and staying at the gates by the bill, he saw an alternative and left for France to join the French Foreign Legion. An illusion that turned into a nightmare after passing the first phase of selection in Aubagne, a city near Marseille.
Alejandro, who chose this military body because he had always admired him and considered him a “fighter and eliteâ€, left on February 7th to that French city. On day 8 he took a taxi from the hotel where he was staying to go to the recruiting center in Aubagne. He showed up at 08:15 in the morning, and then performed the first phase tests with the eleven people who were also present that day. “Most of those who were there were Algerians and South Americans†says this cartagenero. In the first trial, which included psycho-technical, psychological tests and a medical study, Alejandro obtained the apt qualification.
But without a "logical" motive, his selection process became paralyzed. The young man explains that when he was waiting in a room to go to the second phase, a corporal first told him that all the squares were already occupied. "I was told that I had to wait at a hotel in Marseille to call me when they had free seats. I told them that nothing happened, but that in that case, they had to pay for my stay, because this was stated in the statutes ».
Alejandro denounces that he was thrown into the street without further explanation than a "we are not going to pay you. I take orders from the chief. " At that moment, he felt abandoned with the disappointment of not having been able to enter his legion. "Something that was not my fault, because I was fit. But they did not want to comply with what they had spread on their website, "he says
After this denial, the road back home became more complicated. "I had to get back on the road, next to the high-speed trains and I did not have enough money to take a taxi."
The foreign legion stated that the personal belongings of the recruits were: three white shirts, three underpants, three pairs of socks, one pair of sports shoes and fifty euros as the maximum money. He, despite these instructions, took 200. But he invested almost everything in the hotel and in the taxi to the military base.
After more than two hours, he arrived in Marseilles and went to the police to report what had happened. "They told me they could not do anything, they just gave me the buses I had to take to get to the airport."
Once there, he got in touch with his family, who bought him a bus ticket to go home. "It was the cheapest alternative. The trip lasted thirteen hours and after all that had happened I was anxious to get to my neighborhood. "
Despite not having achieved its purpose, Alexander does not abandon his dream of joining the Legion. "I feel disappointed by the French army, but it is an experience more than life. Now I will try harder in the Spanish Legion. The only thing I do not want is for this to happen to someone else. "
Well, here we have another experience from a EV. I think the guy is a moaner and he sucks a bit. What do you think? Have you ever heard of something similar?
SUMMARY:
In February 2016, a Spanish guy called Alejandro, 19 years old, goes into the selection in Aubagne. He gets into the center at 8:15 in the morning. He is there cause he likes the Legion, he has tried joining the Spanish army a couple of times, but he has never succeded (nowadays, in the Spanish Army there is a ratio of 36 people for every vacancy).
Once in Augbane, Alejandro does the firsts tests: iq, brain tests and medical examniation, and he passes them. So, he is waiting in a room along with other candidates for the next tests. Suddenly, a corporal comes and say to the EV's that all the vacancies are full and there is no place to stay in the barracks in Aubagne, so they have to go, stay outside and wait for a call to come back in. Alejandro says “no poblem, but the Legion has to pay me the hotel, according to the regulations published on the website.†The Legion responds there's no way that this is going to happen.
Then, Alejandro leaves Aubagne and goes back to Spain. He says he will never try again and he will focus in joining the Spanish Legion.
I translate you the full article that you cand find, here:
http://www.laverdad.es/murcia/carta...-contra-legion-francesa-20160228012851-v.html
The dream of Alejandro Ros, a neighbor of San José Obrero of 19 years, to enter the Spanish Legion knew no limits. That is why, after two years of trying and staying at the gates by the bill, he saw an alternative and left for France to join the French Foreign Legion. An illusion that turned into a nightmare after passing the first phase of selection in Aubagne, a city near Marseille.
Alejandro, who chose this military body because he had always admired him and considered him a “fighter and eliteâ€, left on February 7th to that French city. On day 8 he took a taxi from the hotel where he was staying to go to the recruiting center in Aubagne. He showed up at 08:15 in the morning, and then performed the first phase tests with the eleven people who were also present that day. “Most of those who were there were Algerians and South Americans†says this cartagenero. In the first trial, which included psycho-technical, psychological tests and a medical study, Alejandro obtained the apt qualification.
But without a "logical" motive, his selection process became paralyzed. The young man explains that when he was waiting in a room to go to the second phase, a corporal first told him that all the squares were already occupied. "I was told that I had to wait at a hotel in Marseille to call me when they had free seats. I told them that nothing happened, but that in that case, they had to pay for my stay, because this was stated in the statutes ».
Alejandro denounces that he was thrown into the street without further explanation than a "we are not going to pay you. I take orders from the chief. " At that moment, he felt abandoned with the disappointment of not having been able to enter his legion. "Something that was not my fault, because I was fit. But they did not want to comply with what they had spread on their website, "he says
After this denial, the road back home became more complicated. "I had to get back on the road, next to the high-speed trains and I did not have enough money to take a taxi."
The foreign legion stated that the personal belongings of the recruits were: three white shirts, three underpants, three pairs of socks, one pair of sports shoes and fifty euros as the maximum money. He, despite these instructions, took 200. But he invested almost everything in the hotel and in the taxi to the military base.
After more than two hours, he arrived in Marseilles and went to the police to report what had happened. "They told me they could not do anything, they just gave me the buses I had to take to get to the airport."
Once there, he got in touch with his family, who bought him a bus ticket to go home. "It was the cheapest alternative. The trip lasted thirteen hours and after all that had happened I was anxious to get to my neighborhood. "
Despite not having achieved its purpose, Alexander does not abandon his dream of joining the Legion. "I feel disappointed by the French army, but it is an experience more than life. Now I will try harder in the Spanish Legion. The only thing I do not want is for this to happen to someone else. "
Well, here we have another experience from a EV. I think the guy is a moaner and he sucks a bit. What do you think? Have you ever heard of something similar?
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