Foreign Legion: the Secrets of a Selection
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 26 ก.ย. 2024
- Every July 14 in Paris, during the parade on the Champs-Élysées, the soldiers of the Foreign Legion are among the most anticipated. Of these soldiers, we know above all the feats of arms in the most dangerous theaters of operation on the planet. For months, we have followed the scenes of their selection and training. These new recruits learn to fight, to live together and, above all, to unite. But at each step, the aspiring legionnaires risk elimination. Director: Frédéric Cristea
As an American pmc I was at camp lemonade. Had a bad experience with some locals that tried to take me for money. I was able to rock my way out the window and running down the street carrying my laptop and backpack. A legionare jeep passed me and asked me if I needed a ride. Their were about 5 guys left that were chasing me. The legionares took care of them and saved my butt. Great bunch of guys
What i love about the legion, men who could not communicate and could possibly be enemies under other circumstances become both allies, brothers and unquestionable loyalty. Every single man there is a volunteer. There are no conscription. Every man chose the legion.
So it is in the French, British American and many other countries. We all volunteered. I just kept volunteering for eleven years LOL
@@tombats6428 11? Lol, that's a lot man, did you get in?
3 more months then I'll be joining the Legion as well, wish me luck brothers
will be joining you soon as well, God with you!
Ill be seeing the two of you over there im also heading out there in four months
@@juanmontemayor627 please explain to me. Get visa first and go knocking on the door & Ask? I'm in California and really need something to challenge me I want to take off this year asap
Tonoc.e5906 yeah bro ive heard that with your I. D., Social, and your birth certificate, and your passport you're all set to go to either both locations. Im in Texas. Right on the border.
@@tonoc.e5906 hit me up few days before you leave it be cool to set out with another American
It's a lot better today compared when i did it. Government did a heavy crackdown after people died during training and just brutal punishments being thrown around. You had beatings and 2-3 hours of sleep during basics with people hallucinating and what not . We had more than one just breaking and more than one person being sent to a mental felicity. You can train great soldiers without breaking them. Glad to see it has moved forward and i hope it's not just because cameras are around.
What did you do to be accepted?
@@SunnyDays_StaryNightsJust do as youre told.
You can get rid of unwanted recruits by forcing them out also
What regiment were you in?
I was there in 2017. I only saw beatings when people really fucked up or answered back. Group punishment was still there, but a fist to the stomach once or twice a week really didnt bother me.
We had one guy breaking mentally during the farm, but he was shaky from the start. The training is hard, the discipline is hard and, food is scarce and sleep is rare, but everyone but 2 guys in my group finished the Kepi blanc march.
I think we had 4-5 hours of sleep every night at the farm, night patrol duty included. It was manageable.
I would recognise my countryman's accent anywhere...
Considering that your second language is English...well spoken...
Afrikaans being your first language...
Now French too...
Awarded the white Kepi...
Proud of you...
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LOTS of South Africans in the FFL
@YK Jo ...Thank you...I did not know that...The FFL have commanded my respect and interest since childhood...🇿🇦
Yeah many 🇿🇦🍾
@@heinheath7867 are you still active, the South African?
Nah finished 25/10/22
Fantastic documentary of this previously mysterious French army,and total credit to its very high standards of discipline and kinsmanship.
41:26 nice to see that spud from trainspotting is in legion now and recovered from his heroin addiction^^
brilliant
I served for the korean army special force from 1996 to 2001. Huge respect for these guys.
@serbonresurrected816 yes i am
@serbonresurrected816 thank you. Where u from?
@serbonresurrected816 oh i have one Ak rifle from your country. Nice to meet you
Mă cac pe respectul tau pt criminali
a great force really impresive thier leaders lead from the front. Awesome shows great instruction and fantastic leadership and training no question in combat a well oiled machine
Loved this documentary insightfulness into the French Foreign Legion.
Massive Respect for all Nationalities.
Who pass out as Legionaries.
25:56 "I like the bed. This is fucking 5 stars" meanwhile they're sleeping out in the cold 🤣 top tier mentality
That’s exactly what I would say in the cold when I was on my ruck hikes when going through training for the us marines 😂
Having worked in the Algeria, France, and Germany. I met many French, Algerian, veterans. Also lots of German legionaire vets. We had lots of laughs and much information to exchange. As I am Scottish, we all had a dam good drop to drink,,, oh Don't forget some good Danish legionare , I met in Paris. We all had a great time. VIVE LA FRANCE.
Germans escae ging to prison
There were times when as much as 40% of the Legion was composed of Germans. During WW1 and WW2 people wondered if these German Legionnaires would fight for France. The Legion was their country.
@@roberteaston6413 Nazi, SS and other troops had two choices, Go to trial and prison or go to Indo-China
@@johnmontgomery4923 In 2008 while working at Wye Road Safeway in Sherwood Park, Alberta I met a man who been kicked out of the Canadian Army for stealing. He told me that he was thinking of joining the French Foreign Legion. Not as serious as being a Nazi war criminal but it tells me why some men join the Legion.
@@roberteaston6413 But the french needed bodies. Plus trained.I don´t know that being kicked out of one into another will fly.
I see good soldiers here . Nothing more , or less . They are good , capable men .
i see traitors
They are just in their first weeks. No one can be good at something in a short time.
@@thierrymilan2039 Besides the real training doesn't start until l'affectation, when you get to your regiment. Castelnaudary is very, very basic, also because they have to waste so much time with the course de francais, etc.
@@geezerp1982ridiculous
Château de Puivert (Puivert Castle), scene of the movie "The ninht gate" by Roman Polanski, starring Johnny Depp. It must be a privilege to spend the night on that historical spot. The Legion has that privilege.
Wow!!! Just noticed that a few minutes ago!! Thought i was the only one to notice that!! And that's an amazing movie. The ninth gate. Polanski is a genius filmmaker.
My father served w/ the Legion...Indochina....1951--53...I still have his Maroon Beret, w/ Silver Clasp..
I have only my bf's shirts from 2REP ♡
French Foreign Legion soldiers wear green berets, not red.
@@scottlahey2243 exactly, the paras wear red/maroon, but not the legion paras. They also wear green, just the same insignia (winged dagger) instead of the flamme & granate.
The Vietcong sent 100.000 french pigs to hell.😄😄😄
my grand mother as well
it is good to see old broterhers ! Greetings from Finland !
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1983 to 1987, best year of my life.
Did you see any action?
Why didnt you join your own countrys military ?
@@geezerp1982 Some people do and then join the French foreign legion.
@@feonor26 why dont they join they own countries army ! to fight and take alliengence to some next mans country is DEFININTION OF HIGH TREASON ! the most evil and vilest crime in mankind
"tis worse then murder" - king lear
@@geezerp1982 Take a chill pill. France is an allied in NATO and as long as you're from an allied country it does not constitute as joining enemy forces. Some people have maybe been rejected by their own country's army and find a home in the FFL. Others are running from a difficult life and looking to start again.
No woke shit here. No feminism. No racism. Beautiful
Best Documentary always bringing the best 👌
The warrant officer is magnificent. He's one hell of a soldier, teacher and a great leader.
@Fight authority
The Foreign Legion can tear every Soldier of every Army appart. No Force can be as stong as the French Legion.
@Fight authority
Battle of Camerone: 2000 Mexicans vs 65 Legionnaires
Result: 40 dead French and over 300 Mexicans
@The_Gambler10 you speak quick but don't really know about the topic.
@A gigantic societal break down will happen And you base this on what? On the little bit of basic training you ese here? This is just Castelnaudary, it's Kindergarten essentially.
It's mostly ramassage (aka lots of punishment and disciplinary) and only VERY basic training + LOTS of PT to get your cardio and toughness up. Lots of drill and lots of learning French.
The REAL training doesn't start until you hit the regiment.
@A gigantic apocalypse will happen Who said anyone was better than anything? 😂 Are you like 12? Explain your brain rot?
Will be joining in the next few months, wish me luck
Best of luck and remember that their will be days and nights where you will think FUCK THIS, but just keep going and in years to come I guarantee you you will say it was the greatest desision you have ever made in your life and you will have friends who are the best friend s and loyal and will be there always.good luck
@@weeandyboywere you in mate? Would love to hear more. I’m in France and due to go in a few weeks.
@@Innate-Charismahow did. ist go, are you in?
@@thegreendragon843 No 39 is the limit
@philippseidel2933 if he did, he probably won't answer for a while 😂
That poor South African... he was in for a rude awakening. I thought the same thing, I was so filled with pride... then the bus took us back to Castelnaudary for the other 3 months of basic training and the ramassage commenced again immediately :D
He is done and out already, finished his 5 years and back out contracting now. Good mate of mine served together
@@bravobase6801 That's good to hear, usually after Castelnaudary the bs mostly ends anyway, so long as you're relatively well behaved.
I just had to laugh as it reminded me of myself with the whole "I'm part of the family now, no more engagé volontaire", only to have that illusion shattered swiftly. I mean he's not wrong, I meant more in the sense of now the ramassage really begins, because now they expect more from you.
Did you guys go through l'instruction together or did you meet at the regiment?
I’m a 26 South African male. I want to join and start a new life. I would appreciate if you could chat to me about your experience
Where u from ?
Comming soon🇳🇵⚔️🇨🇵
In the US Army the instructors cannot have anything in their hands and play with it, because the distraction it creates. I got gigged on this and for having my hat on the cargo pocket the first day. I also warned the students not to overeat. If anyone fell asleep, they would spent 15 min on the front leaning rest. Of course when I turned my back to them, they would put their knees down and I always made it clear when I was turning, so they can get up and think, they got over on me. Eventually I got their attention and they no longer fell asleep.
Faites plus de vidéos de recrutement comme celle-ci pour cette année 2023👌❤
After all this shit then they got a wake up call of note when they reached their combat regiments😂😂 months more of shit they never expected. This is only the first phase of training, basically an intro to drill and basic weapons handling, bit of tactics here and there but nothing too hectic. Once you reach your combat regiment you go through basic training or instruction as they call it. It's also possible to drop out at this stage. But it's much more tactical, you know how to march and how to sing like a knob. Now you go through the different weapons introductions and training. Much more specialised training and they weed you out once again for various specialist courses etc. If you're shit then say hello to the kitchen, if you're good then there some awesome options.
I'm waiting to join, wish me luck 2023!!!
Mee too
Hope you like doing lots of corvee...
You’ve either been in for a year now or you didn’t make it. Come back in four years when your contract is up and say hi lol
it is good see you brothers ! Greetings from Finland !
I love the South African at 1:54 😂
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Merci à cette chaîne de montrer aux américains que la guerre, c'est pas hollywood top gun
Sería chevere la familia poder ver ese momento de el kepi
Translation problems, they call their platoon leader 'mon adjudant' which means 'warrant officer', they mistranslated many times as sergeant or corporal.
Watching this reminds me of the Beau Geste movie ....
The translators tried their best. I'm hoping I never have to join the legion, but it's always an option. I hear they are 80% janitor 10% getting beat and 10% bread and wine.
Served in the 80's. A mop and a sponge are a big part of your first couple of years.
Everything is done in the Legion by the Legion.
beatings arent really a thing anymore. France is an European country in EU after all, rules have changed a lot since the couple of decades ago when beatings were a thing.
Tho the cleaning part is really a part of every military, you clean everything.
Served in the 90s - at war constantly, and much of the corvees pass to the junior guys a yr after Castel
@@fennoman9241 that's not entirely true, and the Legion aren't treated the same as regular French military
I look back to my days in basic training in the army at FT Benning and wow we ate good I loved the fruit bar and would eat grapes cantaloupe that Mellon and my cottage cheese along with scramble eggs you only have 5 min but it takes me 3 min to prep all my food for consumption then 2 min to get it in and it worked
Excellent...good boys....❤
That German Adjudant is one huge guy!!!
Must be an old film as am sure they don’t use the Famas rifle anymore
Best of the best
Wish me luck I'll be heading there in a month
How did it turn out?
pedagogical: a word i learned from a French legionnaire. I also find it odd that the Legion still issues the PASGT helmet.
tere is only one legion ,,,,,best of the best
@stanlystud1241 jealous you not one of them and never will be ?? Tell mummy were bubba Touch you 🤣 look for your safe space to Hugh your self
Ah.. la ferme de cuin, how I DO NOT miss this place.
I hated PT shorts lol.
kinda hated seeing that :)
Going to go out on a limb and say that this looks like an extremely watered down version of what their training was really like. Didn't even see anyone crawling through muddy rivers.
Yeah .. I was watching this and just thinking .. if these guys went through BUD/S their heads would pop off. There has to be more to this legendary outfit than this.
@@THE-X-Force it's just the first 4 weeks of training, there's 3+ more months of basic after that and only then do you get assigned to your regiment for further training, and lots of it.
Once they received their assignment in one of the foreign legion regiment they will start the real combat training. Eventually they will follow the jungle training in French Guyana and the desert training in Djibouti, some of the toughest environments in the world.
you cant compare navy seals to legioners@@THE-X-Force
@@THE-X-Force Yeah is just infantry training, not spec ops
Ils sont trop beau 😊
Next team.
Best of luck ..... you'll need it.
This is my dream ❤❤
I'm form nepal🇳🇵My Big dream joined french foreign legion ❤❤❤
I wish I had heard of this legion years ago all I’ve ever wanted to do was join the army I wish Canada still had the program that let’s you join the army before you go to jail ugh
That sounds like a horrible idea why would they want criminals in the army
After he gives me orders in French, id be like, "¿Que? 🤔 .... O, ¡si senor!" 👍 😂
Superb.
The english is great for Americans watching this. But it should have had english subtitles so Americans can start listening and becoming used to the French terms they will be hearing.
Best wishes 🎉
This gone be me next year🎉
One day ill join ffl❤
Me too it's my dream 😊
@@Nerfniffo bro were you from
@@kayooz949 guyana(south America)
The translation is completely idiotic. I don't know if it's google translate, but it is absolutely ridiculous.
看着感觉还不错啊
09:35 i wasn't ready for that 😂🤣😂
14:30 my guy needs hes own show. 😂
haha yea
First I’ll say there spacing when they were furring there blanks is no good to close to each other not only that why advance like it’s the 1800 in a line but with machine guns you stop the dude from taking cover to advance and keep going further you receive contact and line up and advance in a straight line but firing in that direction I machine gunner could of wiped that whole squad or a good grenade I do know it’s like there first training so I guess good job other wise I guess baby steeps
Need a little bit more spacing in their woodland assault. Grouping that close together, especially in the explosive-heavy modern battlespace, will lead to a squad being quickly wiped out/disabled. The old standard was 3-5 meter intervals, but with modern warfare I'd say you want to be closer to the 5m. However, pretty well done considering how new these recruits are.
They were just in their first weeks in the Legion, they will be more trained in one more year.
Exactly
I had appendix removal operation in 2003 can i qualify to join
Just dont tell them
@@AYOH-k1hSure ! They are stupid , they won’t see the scar ...
I always ran these in the army
I’m think about joining to escape library fines
To freedom for cossak nation and ye shall stand for his brothers 🇰🇪🇺🇦🇶🇦
LEGIO PATRIA NOSTRA 🇲🇫🇺🇲
MARCHE OU CRÉVE
Hyped, Bock, Angriff!
23:16 calling the kepi blanc " the white hat " is sacrilege
Exactly.
The march is 50k (31miles) and not 60k. It’s spread over two days.
In 1998 it was 60 kilometer, it was no hard motivation bring you everywhere.
My platoon did 60km back in 2003. Don't know how it is today.
We did 120 km
No offence, but marching 60km isn't hard. But then again, the legion is not an "elite force" either in that matter. A regular legionaire is more or less just a regular soldier. 2 REP and GCP is another story though.
Anyhow, it takes a certain person to go into the legion for 5 years.
@@74Darkman you were in ? What year ?
LMAO Foreign Legion: the Secrets of a Selection....Trust me you just turn up!
Did you turn up.
@@yan24to LOL
What's that supposed to mean
@@fleecejohnson6939 Turn up, you're in....
@@antonialeitz9179 gotcha
Narrator said 21 o'clock now such animal, it's 2100 hours !!
I can’t watch this without my English to English translations bwah
I wonder how many are criminals trying to disappear
8:38 this part with makes it feel like some kinda of surreal humor, specially with subtitles on
28:05 The guy with the face blurred, what is he doing with his hand?
Le petit déjeuner est très petit
"Nope Protocol" initiated...
Wonder why the South African didn’t join his army there not bad still got good units and special forces
And then he'll be picking boogers out of his noise forever whereas he has better changes to be deployed with the FFL and he sure as hell make a lot more money.
@@notundermywatch3163 nah they do get deployed actually the money part is true
No interest 😅
@@heinheath7867 ahh it’s you cool I understand I wanted to join the legion myself but o don’t like that March I hate drill hated it in the marines and I said I can’t do it again hope you enjoying it tho I know the military sucks 😂
Its not twenty one o clock, its twenty one hundred hours
I actually think the translator might just be AI. He/it pronounces "adjutant" as "a joot ent". Very weird.
More selective these days
In the empire days they couldnt recruit enough
Germans from pow camps
Just after ww2
To serve in indochina and algeria no questions asked!
Ex fallaschirmjaegar welcome
In foreign legion airborne
In early years french air force
Used ju52s for its airborne
Operations!
Prima data oricine din lume dar oricine înainte să aibă contact cu copii mei trebuie să vorbească cu mine G...
Wow, those sure are some short shorts lol
Almost 70 lbs on your back?!?
The voiceover doesnt match the subtitles..and the voiceover is terrible "The white piglet lies ahead"
" Get the guitar off " 😂
I was thinking the same - at least the portion that was clearly just literal translation - I couldn't figure out why they kept translating "its good". I was like, wtf?? Finally I figured it out. The French "C'est Bien" is technically "it's good" , although it's really meant as, "ok"
I love this
Change weight to front and back.
Abianto bon vojaz
Adakah itu semua gondolan wok²
Can someone PLEASE teach these kids how to properly cammo up!?!
knew one - not me nicest guy -
To all those below finding fault and talking the piss, have a go yourself.
Does their faces blurred mean they made it
Can’t believe he didn’t have to do pt for speaking English.
Amzing 🙂
I think the camera man is more stronger better to be a legion
How do i join the legion
Do your research pal...PLEASE
My dream