Marine Reacts (Part 4/4) to French Foreign Legion Training 

Wow...Speaks VOLUMES.

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Well .. he was Polish ... :)

A C H and driving and reliable camerade and funny and fearless Harts. Also when I had trouble with some Russians the Polish were with me so... not forgetting my VAB instructor “ACCELEEEEEEEEER PUTAIN AAAACCELEEEEEEREEE « Hahahaha

A C H never had one tiny lill problem with Polish/Moldavs/Ucranians can’t say the same with Russians I was in too close to the wall down time ;) I’m also “problematic” it says so in my dossier with a note not due to Alcohol ... I had 72 days in toll in Tchad due to a problem with a Russian .. he was not a closet he was a dressing room jeeeez ... any way... I’m from the best Regiment :D 1ere REC first in 4eme Esc, then ECS then 3eme .. 5 years 4 month avec Honneur et Fidelitet! You?

Lol it's like he's more jungleman than regular man... wonderful. He found his true home.

They weren't kidding when they said "you can take the Legion out of Guyana but you can never take Guyana of the Legion"

He's one tough dude

Thanks for you describribe how it was merci beacoup

Stabo 404y I FEEL your PAIN. I read your entry. My BEST Friend is from LYON. We Keep Contact by Facebook message. GARDER EN SECURITE MON AMI KEEP SAFE MY FRIEND

Merci à toi !

Ima rat boi ... merci est un honneur

merci pour ton service!!! Legio patria nostra.

lol, je comprend ca en tant que stoicien...:)

Kevan. Outstanding. They look like top shelf warriors. I need more British on the channel. They bring some good thoughtful comments.

@@JamesonsTravels definitely, it's in there ethos, as said in the videos, they all want to be a legionarie. With regards to some of the tattoos they have, the best and most extreme one I saw was the 7 flame granade which is on there capbadge tattooed on one of the lads head!

@@Kevin-ir7hi Side of his head? think I know the guy, there was another I know, that before his first deployment to afghan had a dotted line across his neck with 'cut here' written by it, there's also a book out by a photographer with tattoos of legionnaires, a year or two ago.

@@jhnshep the "cut here" does sound familiar, he looks like he was from somewhere in eastern Europe, a unit of a guy

@@marekjurimae7308 yes, in Estonia, on a nato deployment

This comment make me smile......Spain paid the french and the continental army in the last stages of the war.....and then the yankees fck us. Thanks USA!

Yes, if no French officers and military to give you hand in Chesapeake, you would just not exist today the way you do.. Happy you are here

@@edmondsoder5472 french officers payed with spanish silver from cuba....

@@jorgeguanche5327 maybe.. It is not the point.. Without french military no USA

@@edmondsoder5472 well...the spanish army pushing from the south was bigger than the french. The french navy was under spanish command. In the latest part of the war you find riots in the french navy and the continental army becouse they dont be payed. The spanish admiral send a ship to cuba and bring back a ton of silver..so yes...my point is on target. Youre welcome

Harry, Nice to hear a brother in the Legion appreciates it. Check out the new commentary I am doing on the commandos. Latest video. Thanks for stopping by.

Damn Dobs, checking the same video the same time 😂

The video being reacted to here is decades old. Is the training still the same today?

3reg is no joke.

You ever go the US Army Mountain Warfare School in Vermont - Only American Mountaineering school recognized by International Military Mountaineering Community. It's run the National Guard, all branches of the US Military go, and when you pass, you are awarded the Ram's Head badge.

"their courage conquer your own heart." that brought tears to my eyes.

Above the barracks entrances it said: "Legionnaire, you have come to die and we will take you where you can die."

Nous les admirons et ayant 4 enfants j essaye de leur inculquer l honneur .. la seule chose qui nous appartient et qui nous différencie des tordus de tous genres .. a chacun sa vie et sa mort ... Bien a vous

@@conantheseptuagenarian3824 yes that was real deep for me as well.

That’s exactly what a Halo Marine would say about the Spartans, and the mere fact this comparison is possible makes those soldiers excessively badass to me

Ummm, no. The multiple nationalities has nothing to do with communication. And, they don't learn each others language either, they only speak French. The FFL goes back to the days of Napoleon. It seems that the citizens of France were getting fed up with Napoleon's constant wars and sending their native sons off to die. So, Napoleon recruited foreign mercenaries from all over and the French citizens were happy once again. That's it in a nutshell, look it up and you'll see it's fact.

@@bryantbrewer3014 Wrong. Napoléon died in 1821, la Légion Etrangère was created in 1931, not to fight in Europe but in Algeria.

Wow. Some great experience there. Tomorrow we are doing a live stream and some FFL guys are coming. 12 est.

Would the FFL take an experienced (and university educated) civilian paramedic, and allow him to serve as a combat medic? The reason I ask is I would love to serve my country with the knowledge and skill-set I've developed, but they may not accept me for various reasons. I can't imagine not being a medic though.

This Corpsman says thanks.

You are speaking my language

To be fair it doesn't matter if he passes or not because jungle stage isn't a one time thing, those guys are doing them on a regular basis, I did 3 of those in a 5 years time frame with French marines and foreign legion is on an even more packed schedule than we were!

He will have actual swimming lesson back at the Regiment before doing it again.

Love that about them.

I was in the Congo during the crisis about 1960 or 1961.

I’m a Swede that joint the FFL in 92 and after jungle training in Guyana I ended up in Rwanda 94. Guyana was no hell, Rwanda was. But the training of the legion is the reason I’m still alive.

Sog?😮

Good guys and fun to watch training.

I can relate to the "wake up and get up" part, I went to boarding school where you would be beaten if you didn't get up as soon as the morning bell rang. I still wake up to the slightest bit of sound.

nice comment thank you

Not a soldier, 64 years woman. All my life to this day, I wake up and get up. Whatever the time. So this has nothing to do with being a civilian or a military. It is how you are.

LOL... yes it is so disturbing that so many people just don't realize that a hot shower is the height of luxury in about 85% of the world.

Yup 11 years as a cilviy an I still jumping out of bed I can't just lay there unless I'm sick or only got 3 or 4 hours of sleep instead of 5 or6

Yeah you had 1 REC, 2 REI, 6 REG and CRAP from 2 REP in Saudi/ Iraq during Desert Storm.

And i guess they a for hire ( many dollars ) if its in the state of France interest.

@@danstenberg760 Ok your opinion is your own... Don't forget FFL = 5 years contract with french army rules / 1200€ in France and about 2200€ in deployement... So far from 600$ per DAY of Silent Professionnals (ex Blackwater) contractors.

@@danstenberg760 They are a part of the French Army and not for hire... Extremt jävla låg nivå!

In the U.S. we have a very high respect for French forces (and pretty much the whole country), the French Foreign Legion, the GIGN, etc. Viva la France! 🇫🇷

ah ouais t'as la peau dure toi ! bravo

Merci, respect!

Damn, what a Warrior 😮

We have brass that maybe were infantry for 4 years doing the job.. Then manager who sit behind a computer.

Probably just want to keep you there longer to keep the money flowing into their pockets.

Can you compare them to each other? What about the HK?

i'd love to know the feeling of each one, being a french young man :) surely hk 416 is really good but i'm sure we'll miss famas

@@EreVR-jp8dd hk416 was a political choice, not a good choice

FAMAS is a wonderful weapon, the hk416 is more recent but we should have modernised our assault rifle instead of buying German stuff for political reasons. I'm ashamed that our army uses foreign guns while we did produce a real fine weaponry with the FAMAS. We should sue Hollande and his government for that effing treason

FAMAS was my service weapon, I own the civilian version of the 416. Both are accurate, reliable, unnecessarily complicated to strip….. but the FAMAS is quicker to bring into action and love the integral bipod. If I had to choose, it’d be FAMAS every time

Ayee I’m a combat engineer in the US Army we be lit in here brother thank you for your service

I'm former 1 REC, I might have been there with you ;)

Zlatko Sich he didn’t mean they didn’t know where France was literally

Thinking that it would be those from the U.S. who come up short with their Knowledge of European Geography or European History... [met a lot of those lads of the U.S Army 'Iron Brigade"/ Third Armoured Division, in the Local town in Germany near the Fulda Gap, in the Eighties, many just wanted to do their time, Keep safe on those Autumn Exercises in Bavaria and then just ... get out... with a skill or a Trade,or maybe also garner points for those College Credits.]

Yep

yeah that's silly, plenty of americans know where france, germany, etc. is

@@jakesteele4047 How many Europeans know where Utah or Idaho is? Im European and I dont, and I definately cant point every country on the map and I had the highest level education in Germany, so...

Thanks. Amazing warriors. Getting after it.

Right? It's silly. And I say that as a fellow soft civvie lol. Eating chocolate right now...

Good stuff the Legion is doing for France.

aren't they ditching it?

@@Darkpara1 yep they are.

The Military does a great deal for young men. Always good memories to look back on.

Nice to learn about military that is still mission and not PC.

worked as a secuirity guard not dam.

If don't mind me asking, what do you mean by "change step while walking with another person"?

Forza Alpino!!!

Wow. How was the training in the Legion compared to the Army?

Well, it was night and day! I went to Army basic after the first Gulf war! So, really there was nothing going on, for the most part. I did spent half my time in field, at NTC and JRTC. The other half of my time was spent being told to go hide in my room or cleaning motor pool! So, I loved serving my country...but I didn't learn much and I was bored to death! I learned so much from Legion! Everything was harder in Legion, I learned French pretty quick (easy when you get it wrong you got hit)! I was always training or on deployment! You see, in the Legion, you don't just have one job (mos). You get trained for everything! In the legion I was trained in infantry, airborne, demo skydiver, comms, cook, medic, urban commando, military skier, military Alpine, desert commando, elite shooter and was a fut-fut (something I hated, after Instruction, I stayed on as an "acting" CPL to train the next groups)...they did away with that, thank God! I had all that training and still didn't make CPL in 5 years! But, that's just how it is. You get busy and stay busy. It's not about rank or medals! I didn't get my first medal pinned on me until about 2 years in...in the Legion there is an old tradition that says, if an officer pins something on you, you can wear it! But you can o my have something pinned on you if you have been out of jail for 6 months. Haha. In my days, everyone spent time in jail...some more than others, haha. But jail in the legion is different than in the USA. For a better understanding, in the legion, at camp, if there is something that needs to be done...let's say lawn mowed or a ditch dug, or whatever...the legion would use it's prisoners instead of taking up the time of a combat unit. Allowing that combat unit to focus on training! So, you could be sent to jail for a bad locker, bad hair cut, not listening when enough or whatever they wanted! Sometimes the CCH (a rank) of the jail would call up units and ask for prisoners. So spot Inspections would happen or being asked to do something by one cadre but then another yelling at you for doing it, and then off to jail for 3 days. I trained with Brits, Americans, Canadians, Spanish, and Germans. I spent most of my contract with the 2rep (only airborne unit)! So, we earned alot of other wings. I was deployed twice, both times to Africa. In my days, the Legion spent a fair amount of time there! I marched down the Champs Elysees. I really enjoyed every day of the Legion, even the physical abuse (it's necessary when dealing with so many different cultures, nationalities, and beliefs)! After the Legion I came back to the US and joined AROTC. I thought I'd make a great officer. Haha, however, after my time in the Legion, I realized in the Army that my gruff and abrasive attitude wouldn't make it in politics, thus, I stayed just long enough to pass on to the Future Leaders of the Army, my experiences in two militaries. I still get a few thank you cards from those who served after college. I wish the us military would train like the Legion. But logistically and politically, I don't think it's possible. However, small units, more elite units could. With the right building blocks!

@@JamesonsTravels Also, something to keep in mind when it comes to training in Legion. The Legion, has ex military guys from every country! And they bring that experience with them into the Legion. So, every legionnaire benefits from those experiences and that training. Unlike the US military that has very strict forms of training and manuals. The Legion relies on its well formed cadre, with all their experiences to pass on to the next generation of Legionnaires. And each new legionnaire brings something new to the legion that is this absorbed into Legion. I brought my knowledge of air assault operations and other aspects of my Army training into the Legion. Not being tied to only one way of training, really opens up the possibilities for a better warrior! It really was a great time!

Hehe brought back alot of good memories from the FFL reading your story Jason. I also tried to enter into Norwegian Officers school after the FFL and 2 years of civilian life, passed all their tests with ease, but got kicked out for not being Politically Correct and for expecting the female soldiers under my command to be able to do their jobs just as well as their male team mates. There is no time out for crying or not being able to move with full combat gear and carry your share of extra ammo, when the first shot is fired and you have to react as an effective combat unit. Politics and social ideology has no place in operational combat units, you are there to do a hard job that requires every member to perform with ease together, trust eachother completely and not worry about when you have to pick up the slack from weakest link in the group and do their job aswell.. I have nothing against the motivated, strong and independent women who joins the military and atleast manages to pass the same average requirements which is expected of the male soldiers. But I have yet to personally meet one who has done that. Haha gotta excuse my rant, bothered me for a long time that I had to quit for not accomodating to their PC equality theater. Thanks for the stories mate, I enjoyed my time mostly with the 1st REC when they where still based in Orange. (Btw my senior instruction officer at Castel was the same one they showed in the french class at the "farm" in the video, he was adjutant-chef when I was there)

@@sigurdjean-paulmaire-esped7858 Hey JP, yeah it's not an easy transition to make. From the Legion into a political biased environment. I was so used to just doing whatever it took to get the job done in the Legion. To, having to take into consideration, others needs and desires. Hell, that's the job! Sorry to hear it didn't work out for you either. Ahh, 1REC! Now that unit has a lot of traditions! Most Calvary units do, I suppose! I never got a chance to even visit the REC. I did spend a very short amount of time with the 6 REG (when they were around). But, I followed all the English-mafia guys to the REP as soon as I could. For me, nothing beats jumping out of a plane!

People sleep peacefully because they have a steady supply of food and water. If food security goes all men turn rough and most will do violence on their own behalf. Society is a soft pillow of food and clean water with a side of stability.

Indeed. As long as both country are part of the EU, he could live and work forever in France without issue.

The total amount of legionnaires throughout history has mostly come from Germany because of that. Some nazis with nice crosses tattooed in the back 👌 Many had fought russians in the east front during the winter, I guess they were tough as shit. A few decades after, there was a wave of bandits from the collapsed USSR that joined the Legion. New life, new identity, but strong dudes. They participated in making the special aura of the Legion.

Well more than 2/3 of the English vocabulary comes from the French so not too surprising

@@MrCamille9999 Yeah we snub the French and pretend the words are directly from Latin but yeah...French, baby :)

Look like good men

Good way to describe them.

Great. Getting better at the process and I enjoy watching them. Hope that shows.

I was a early in the French Marine nationale, and i thingk that the abandon from the bullpup assault rifle is a error: yes the Famas had he's fails (the main is the long cleaning), but the G2 was pretty good in comparision with the basic F1...For the replacement from the Famas my personal choice was the Thales F90 (made by Litgow arms Australia): same advantages as the FAMAS but solve ALL the fails, the second choice was the VHS2 (Croatian mix between Famas and Steyr Aug)...The HK416 is based on a 1959 platform, a concept from other times and uses...

Salut @Yum Yum, merci pour les infos. Petite remarque, je voulais attirer ton attention au fait qu'il y avait une vidéo ta chaîne où on voit ta tête (C'est un peu chaud au niveau de la confidentialité), fais attention à toi et merci pour ton service ! :-)

@@leneanderthalien... Analyste, ancien marin qui traîne ses guettres sur ces vidéos... C'est toi Ludo? 😏

@@Raitei96 arf, merci beaucoup. De vieux dossiers où je troll mon meilleur ami... Un vegan. Je me suis rendu compte par ailleurs que toutes mes Playlist sont publiques etc etc... Ce qui peut être moyen niveau car je suis assez "profilable" politiquement entre autre... Bref...tu as mis le doigt sur une faille et je vais m'atteler à la corriger. Par ailleurs, cela m'a fait sourire que tu conclues "merci pour ton service", les militaires, entre-autres, souffrent d'un manque de reconnaissance de la part de nos compatriotes. Lorsque je me suis engagé, les jeunes engagés étaient tenus de sortir en tenue de cérémonie pendant leur classes le mercredi soir et le week-end... Cela donnait à Brest un réel cachet de "ville de marins", les femmes traversaient le trottoir pour toucher ton ponpon... Le folklore en somme. De nos jours, avec le terrorisme, c'est interdit. Mettre un drapeau (un pavillon😏) à ta fenêtre, c'est recevoir un avertissement du maire... Le monde à l'envers. On part se faire tirer dessus pour libérer des touristes qui n'ont pas compris que la bienpensance s'arrête aux frontières de l'Europe, on part mettre en taule des djihadistes qui iront chialer auprès de médecin sans-frontière qu'ils se sont pris une ou deux baffes lors de leur interpellation avant qu'un journalope pose cela dans un article du "monde", même djihadiste que tu capturera 1 ans plus tard de nouveau puisqu'il aura été libéré en échange de soldats Tchadiens. Nos femmes pleurent, ne dorment pas lorsqu'on part... Quelque part et un certain temps. La garderie ? Réponse du service social de la marine : "Vos maris touchent la prime para (730€), ça sert à ça." Bien sur connard, j'ai 2 hernies discales suite à une voile collée dans son pod parce qu'un connard d'électricien n'a pas surveillé la clim qui stockait mon parachute... Bref, ta formule très commune, aux États-Unis, me va droit au cœur et d'autant plus que tu es Français je présume... Force et honneur.

@@yumyum7309 Le commando Hubert. C'est la gloire... Ayant grandi à Toulon, pour nous, enfants, vous étiez (êtes) un mythe. Anciens, présents et futurs, gloire à vous.

I don't think they were legionnaires but just regular soldiers are you sure they were `?

@@manimani-zz9ze yes i'm pretty sure maybe not foreing legion but regular legion idk

They were regular french troops

@@manimani-zz9ze des chasseurs alpins..

Lol 😂

The US Army Green Berets. They may not garner the flash and headlines, or the braggadocio of other branches, as they are known as the "quiet professionals".

You can find both kinds of soldiers from any nation.

Merica, fuck ya, Merica! Kill them soy boys, fuck yea, lock them kids up in cages, hell yeah

One of my hated parts as well. Complain complain. I was like I get it brother I am next to you. Xyz sucks. Droning on.

In french we have these : "Hard Training, Easy War" "Entrainement Difficile, Guerre Facile"

I believe it was said by Gen. Patton.

@@arunj.gnanarathinam1412 Him too, yes. Quoting wise predecessors is a sign of wisdom in a man.

@@arunj.gnanarathinam1412 and put into extensive practice globally for decades++ by US Marines (the at times) not so quiet super professionals (deathly quiet while on patrol though) & louder than all creatures on the planet on weekends at any bar/pub/disco/club nationwide/worldwide, along with necessary bravado & toughness to match & back it up (worldwide). Result = Never Ever a Dull moment. :)

@@jeanlorkei429 Cest Vrai

It makes sense, I mean imagine what one of these FFL guys would think if he was told to drive trucks all day behind lines. All of that killer training for what? To be a truck driver for the army? I mean you can argue that orders are orders and duty and all that, but it's still wasted training and resources for the role.

Indeed, they are nothing like Black Water and all the "guns for hire" companies out there. You can't buy the services of the Legion. They are serving France and that's it. And as far as I know, they get the same pay as any other French soldier (more or less, I don't know the exact figures).

It's an older definition of the word. They don't just work for the highest bidder, but it's there in their whole attitude. They serve the Legion. The Legion serves France. They aren't citizen soldiers defending their nations interests or doing their patriotic duty. They are men being rewarded to do a job well. One of the rewards is to remake who they are into citizens of France.

@@DamnedSilly That's not what mercenary ever meant though, at any point in history. In many respects, trying to put a modern or medieval concept onto an idea coming from antique Rome isn't gonna help you understand. The Foreign Legion is _really_ a Legion, in the _Roman_ meaning of the term. It was modelled after it in its principles, though it didn't try to copy it: the FFL is an elite force, unlike the Roman Legion which was the main standing army of Rome (though they were undeniably of the highest quality for a regular army). The Legion was a means for non-Romans of the Empire to acquire citizenship through service. Sure, the FFL légionnaires serve the Legion, which serves France. But the Legion isn't some kind of mercenary army: it _is_ France, it incarnates it, not just its military values, but its republican values as well. That said, modern France has since strayed away from the warrior-citizen ideal, which creates a weird barrier between the average citizen and the naturalized légionnaire. Getting back to normal life is, hum, virtually impossible.

All war is about money A hole

I know the place looks terrible. Now i know I am to old for that sh-t

You are right, many french wish the choice for the replacement from the FAMAS was the Thales F90MBR but the politics take another choice (low cost...)

Bad choice of words there. I meant that in best way and i can see your point .

@@JamesonsTravels As i've seen all 4 parts i know right what you wanted to say, i just wanted to clarify for all the viewers 😊 keep it up

It isn't the thought that their training is easier. When you train alongside each other a bond is formed. Trying to form that bond under fire is not the best time.

I forgot to say i was RAF regiment based at RAF honington and he"cpt john derry" was stationed at milldenhall as part of a US UK exchange. Because of his way of being, getting stuck in with us, even at 1 point digging a fire trench with me and whilst on stag telling me about the ranger school. I was 16 at the time but the way he did things was a lot different from our own officers and because of that we would push ourselves harder because he was with us

HA!!