@White_ Wulf_ France was a champion to make civilian from other countries French not anymore it only works in the military now because they kept the same attitude while French governments since De Gaulle left are worse and worse and way too soft on immigrants to make them abandon there culture to the French one.
@White_ Wulf_ wtf where did you find these info it's total lies, you automatically gain the citizenship after 3 years of service in the army or if injured in combat so called French by blood spilled you are referring to and it's obviously not the only way.
Now, Mr. Gast, I have watched quite some of your videos and I noticed that many other youtubers read from a screen, but not you. You have your notebook for points, but you read from your head and from your memories. This is high quality personal content that is presented with passion.
In the UK we have suffered from "Positive discrimination" so as an example the BBC (British Boradcasting Corporation) will have a job vacancy but only allow Black and ethnic minority people to apply for the job because the BBC believe there should be more black and ethnic minorities working for them. The fact that BAEM people make up 9% of the UK Population but also make up 25% of the BBC employees so in fact BAEM people are over represented at the BBC..............It's all racism , whenever you ban people from applying for a job based on the colour of their skin is racism.Believe it or not Thomas here in the UK some people think banning white people from applying for a job is fine,ok and not in the slightest bit racist.. Thomas you have great integrity, common sense and understand the what honour means which are sadly lacking in much of todays society............... Thanks Thomas and hope you and your family enjoy your new lives in Sweden.
You are correct. The "new" racism is anti-White racism. Whites and particularly White men are being discriminated against in the worse way. Blacks are now being given positions they are not qualified for. It is shameful.
WHAT IF I TELL YOU GUYS THAT SOME COMPANIES IN BRAZIL ARE DOING THE SAME THING BBC DID. HIRING "BLACK PEOPLE" INSTEAD WHITE. BRAZIL IS A VERY ETHNICALLY MIXED COUNTRY. WE MIGHT HAVE ALL KINDS OF RACES HERE AND EVEN THOUGH LEFTISTS MILITANTS ARE PULLING THIS NARRATIVE ON US. I'M WHITE AND SOUTH BRAZIL WAS COLONIZED BY POLES , GERMANS UKRANIANS, ITALIANS . WE HAD THE INDIGENOUS OF DIFFERENT ETHNICIES TOO. PORTUGUESE COLONIZATION WAS THE ONLY THAT ALLOWED AND PROVOKED, IF I CAN SAY SO, THE MIXTURE OF RACES BECAUSE THERE IS A RUMOR THAT IF YOU MIX RACES YOU CAN HAVE STRONGER BREED . BRAZIL IS ALL ABOUT INDIGENOUS, BLACK AND WHITE GATHERED.
@@tobiasgriffin4263 Absolutely, invited to help build the country back up but the fact remains racism and inequality works both ways. So when we constantly hear about the inequality of opportunity for BAEM in the UK it's total and utter bollox.All we hear is about Afro Caribbean boys in the UK somehow being let down by the system when in fact it's white working class boys who get the shit end of the stick.. Add to that the likes of Stormzy who pays for 2 university scolarships for black students and the woke Universities are all in favour of it. Now if that was a white singer,rapper etc who did the same but for white boys only there would be uproar.. That is what I mean by the inequality we have which many in the BAEM Community are in favour of ,fucking hypocrites. Lewis Hamilton, theres another fuckwit who bangs on about equality and yet is quite happy to race and take the money in Saudi Arabi and Qatar where modern day slavery is rife......... Hypocrites..
Greetings Mon Adjutant from your brother Maréchel des logis-chef Davis. I'm happy to see your living well in your new home. As a true multi national fighting force that holds its allegiance to the Legion only, I feel that helps to keep the racism to a lower level than in most fighting forces.
I’ve enjoyed your insight and perspective. Strangely I never thought about what race you might be. But I was surprised when you said black. In my life experience the better you get to know a person, the more the color of their skin disappears before your eyes.
Well out Thomas and I agree! You are a tough Legionairre, a smart man and you have very good insight to life. I enjoy your videos and I learn a lot as well. I have my 13-year-old son watching your videos now. Your discussion in this video, I believe, is correct and the way it is and should be. May you and your family enjoy your new home in Sweden!
I joined in the 80's just like you Thomas and I never saw racism, we were all brothers no matter skin color and that is a fact. Everyone that talks about racism in the legion they have one thing in common, they never served in the legion. Welcome to Sweden I hope you will enjoy it and if you ever need some help with anything just send me a message on RU-vid and I will contact you. LPN! Edit: In 88 we had a Japanese legionnaire at Castel, he had to redo some time because he never made the Raid march.. He could not say more then 2 words in French after 4 months and couldn't climb the rope or basically anything, still they kept pushing him to stay. However I never know if he ever made it because I left Castel before him.
@@roky-wd9ib At the time I had no clue and neither did any of the others because for us then it was 1 in 12 that made it. However after Tomas explained about the Japanese Sergent I see something that might explain it. I would say that the only ones that got some upper hand of joining was the French guys for the reason that they needed to have a certain percentage of French speaking in every section. But the Japanese guy at that time was like a straw and I carried him on my back for the last +2 kilometers in the river walk of the Raid march and my friends had to carry my backpack and his shared among them. Still he got his Képi but he had to wave us off to our regiments while he had to stay with the next section to redo the Raid, not sure he made it and for sure he did not have the French language.
I cant remember if it was from the film blood diamond, or some other thing about the South African defence force. But someone said there is no apartheid in a foxhole. In war, you had better trust the person next to you, as they may well save your life, and you to save theirs
In Corsica in 1975 we had a Sergent Chef who made it very clear that he did not like Arabs. But this question is complicated because of the “waves” of Legion recruitment. There was in the 1950’s Germans, in 1980’s lots of Brits, 1990’s East European after the Wall came down. So different groups sometimes get ascendency.
The Legion only wants the best. Enlist at your own risk no matter what race you are and they will weed you out. I can say the same for the US Army in my own experience during the mid 1980s. There was some form of racism also but I didn't care. I enlisted in the US Army as an Airborne Infantryman to be a Paratrooper. To be a Paratrooper to start with. They only pick the best. My skin color didn't matter because I was a browned skinned Filipino. In Basic Training I was a squad leader, shot better, ran faster, and taught mostly White kids my age too fight hang on and be tough. As a recruit I experienced racism mostly from minority Black, and Hispanic recruits. Not so much from White recruits. Most of my friends are mostly Whites from the South. I look at a person who they are and take them as a person who likes me. I don't hate a person because of his race. I only hate on how you treat me. Anyone who hates me I will give them a chance to hate me by fighting with me. If I win you can think anyway you like about me but I will fight you again when you ask for it. If I lose you will get the same. I was born to fight, and that I will do. I had known many soldiers, NCOs, and Officers from other races. I don't give a shit because I know all people are different. I only remember the good and competent ones in my life.
this was a great video Thomas. I enjoyed listening. In a organization like the Legion, there isn't alot of room to be racist or hate other people beliefs. Some of the legions will still argue about these things, when given time. But when the chief gives the orders, everybody will work together and come to accept each other like family.
During my time if you didn’t like a guy it was because you didn’t like him ... nothing at all to do with origin , skin colour or religion .... good guys came from anywhere as did bad guys ....
Enjoy your new home in Sweden! I'm sure you will be happy. I'm am close to 80 years old and my friend there will always be racism if you look for it and always find some people who look for it. You speak to lack of racism. You were first cause you were best for job! Don't act crazy man! We don't need to find problems that do not exist .Your time and my time is all the time there is! When you open that door you bring dishonor on everything from the punishments etc. Be the good man you are...it is all that matters my friend do not get sucked into all of the BS in the outside world. Be the legionaire you are. US Navy Seals and Legionaires need no women!. Me myself and I...to Mr. Hon. Thomas Gasht! Wishing God's Blessings always! Tell us Thomas do you retire at 17 years with FFL and do you get a retirement check every Month from the FFL?
Thats right, till this day racism is a "normal" thing for those fuckin east guys in foreign legion. I know bunch of incidents envolved east animals there, included photos saluting hitler and similar stuff.
"Tomorrow to be Brave" is an AMAZING book! I'm only half way throuugh reading it and it is one of my favorite books so far... Seriously would make a great movie
Hi Thomas, I always waiting your video and information about FFL. I am from India and right now I am preparing FFL and learning swimming, so as soon as can join FFL.
You just need to show how hard you work, volunteer early for the right things and you will be rewarded. Unfortunately there are racists everywhere but you can build a good career here unhindered if you are a good soldier. At least in my company…
You are a great person. This can work in so much of life for anything. When you don’t teach hate and only show equality and camaraderie. Don’t forget it’s been different generations for different people. You may also be the best platoon leader they have met! Perhaps color is not it, maybe it language, response and different in cultures that don’t affect the average military that could affect the Legion who accept all who are able and willing!!!
Hello sergent chef I served 1988-1991 around the same time as you , I was in lieutenant Nicolas section , at castle naudary we had a black scottish sergent , tall tuff as nails man great lad good sergent , i ended up in toulouse military hospital with a hole in my stomach sent back to castles naudary where the colonel who happened to be a surgeon at toulouse military hospital an a colonel at castle naudary he gave me the opportunity to stay or be medical discharge and with a hole in my stomach best I leave you know that as much as I do , so I did but happy that I got my kepi before I went home . Sent back to Albanya then left , we are brothers we are family once a legionnaire all ways a legionnaire family
Not French Legion, but in my unit I served with people from all over the world like USA, Ethiopia, Azerbaijan, Russia and many more and we always had this cheeky racist jokes but it was never to hurt anybody because those guys are your brother in combat, it was just for laughs. And that's the way it should be, just a little bit of 'racism' is cool. Today you can't even say a color name in society cause people (most of them aren't even for this ethnicity) will be offended.
I'm from Guyana/British Guiana Mr Thomas it my dream to be a legionnaire. Saving for the trip to France. I'm preparing for anything that comes fitness,mental and the language etc. Have you ever seen or heard of any Guyanese there?
I served 26 years the the US Military, sadly racism is alive and well. I am Black and experienced racism everyday. I worked with lots of men and women who were not racist unfortunately the one racist in a unit brings disgrace to the whole unit.
Considering the history of maltreatment of black Americans in the USA, why did you enlist? If you wanted a military career, at that time, did you ever consider joining the French Foreign Legion instead?
The biggest racists I met in the military were the blacks, military life is a snap shot of our culture. Fast forward who are the biggest racist Iv met in civilian life… you guessed it
@@Venezolano410 joining the legion isn't a light choice to make. You leave your family and old life behind. If he wanted to serve his country then power to him.
@@Venezolano410 probably better training, career options, and much better pay in the US military. asides from staying in your home country and not starting all alone abroad.
@@donderstorm1845 He could have served in a foreign army that would have appreciated him and then return to the USA. Also why do you think that he would have received better training and pay? To me, it does make sense for black Americans to serve in the US military.
I was at st mere eglise a number of years ago and I asked a black 82nd airborne soldier why he was the only black soldier who had jumped that day, he replied “black men don’t jump out of planes”……his exact words!
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@chad dude of course, that’s why I’m looking at the legion because I’m so sick and tired of the civi life being the same way. It’s fucking ridiculous, I remember fresh out of mos,(about a month in) i was meant to have my Lance Corporal promotion that month. For the sake of story I was passed up meritoriously for a woman of color to fill a quota who had gotten there a month and week before me. If her merit was above mine that’s cool… but she gets Cpl before me and Lcpl? Fr?
@White_ Wulf_ roger that! Look what’s happening to the Marine LTC who dared as his leadership for accountability for the fucked up Afghan withdraw! He is in the brig, but to be fair he probably should have been quite after they ordered him to cease with the RU-vid video
Hello Thomas, sorry if you have already answered the question I am in normal fitness shape but want to train to be in better shape before joining. What are some goals you should be able to do apart from the minimum of 7 pull ups ? Thanks you for the great videos and motivation
I'm going to engage in FFL next August. I'm fixing my teeth in order to be aproved in the health sélection. What advises may you give me, Sir ? Thanks for your channel and valuable informations.
Unfortunately it is common in many organization. As for the female issue, it's not a good thing to have women as expendable (the Kurds are the exception and strange you hardly see men there).
Hi Thomas, you should watch Legionnaire starring Jean-Claude Van Damme. There was a black man in the movie who played the role of a legionnaire. Great movie.
My buddy Nicholas Warden served in the Foreign Legion, I believe 2nd Per. He did five years I believe. I went to Basic Training with him in the US Army.
The 1ere REC celebrated a black American with his image on a greeting card; showing him as a horse mounted kettle drummer. I'm almost sure I know of an (American made?) film with a black Legionnaire.
Don’t forget my first comment on this video was. That just last night on Thursday night, my chef the section who is retiring in within one month. Told me straight to my face in front of my friends that I actually was not a Polish person that I was a Nigger and that I was gay. Like I cannot make this up. This happened just last night after 10 months of service with four months on Corsica with a Lithuanian chef section. He told me right to my face that I was not a Polish person that I was a Nager who was gay. Again I do not think this is really racism but more ignorance. I have been Polish my whole life raised by my Polish family. Honestly my father is Sicilian and my mother is Polish so I have darker skin. All my life all Polish people have said something along those lines but it just hurts that this happened in the modern army yesterday night. 100% truth. Within 30 days our new chef the section is Tiesha so maybe it will get better but this guy told me this to my face last night in front of all my friends.
Really crazy how Women are allowed to serving in Frontline infantry knowing the harsh realty's of what will happen to them if captured by enemy forces.
Look up theUS Look up the words slang term “tokenism” ....token person.... and look up “ male chauvinism “ these may help you in the future. This is a different term used here in place of racism
Hey Tomas! Enjoy your Fall. My favorite time of year. I spent 2 years in Gelnhausen and its very much like where I grew up in Vermont (Vert Mont, south of Quebec, Canada). Also, for everyone, I am a racist. I believe that there are many groups that have their own culture and norms. I think this is good. I dont want everybody to be the same, so I guess I am racist. Doesnt mean I hate people for being of a different race. In fact, it can offer many advantages in the military. Have a great day everyone!
Exactly, When I visit japan, I enjoy the fact it's so different and full of japanese people with their very specific culture. Doesnt makes us racists I think.
@@TheKetsa Another place I hope to visit! The US Army has a hotel for retirees that is cheap and beautiful. I say I am racist. I like different races and think its fantasy and a shame to try to separate. Take care!
@@AndyWoohoo666 my thoughts exactly. I am Swedish so thats why Im curious about his stay since meeting him and/or getting first hand tips would be very good
@@davidcoburn9645 Min Tyska är rostig men jag förstår tillräckligt för att titta på den kanalen. Ja det stämmer, jag tjänstgjorde merparten på 1 REC/ 3:e skvadronen.
Plus one thing…. There is one Japanese soldiers I know his name was Katori…. He just deserted. So I don’t want to speak on his behalf publicly to the ranks. But honestly he deserted because there was a 37-year-old corporal foot foot who raped him in the bathroom. During our FTS this Japanese soldier who was really really good. What is the best at shining things. He had this sign your shoes. And even though he spoke a zero English and zero French he was the most disciplined soldier that memorized everything the best. Anyway some 37-year-old French foot foot who was prior service from the French army raped him in the bathroom. In front of half of our FTS. Anyway everybody knows about this. This happened in the FTS during summer 2021. But whatever I guess that’s the army I guess. I cannot do anything because the Japanese soldier deserted and the 37-year-old is on operation right now. But whatever it is still good in Corsica the Japanese guy was like 4 foot seven and the French guy was like 6 foot two and it was just really weird. Whatever I cannot say this to our chain of command but I tell you because you were the guy who talked me into this unit from the United States.
@chad we where confused we didnt know what to do , they where locked in a toilet and the guy who raped him was a coporal , nobody is going to believe the word of a legionnaire against a coporal
@chad Yes indeed. If that had happened at Parris Island, it would not have been pretty.From Day One, it is instilled that the guy next to you is your brother in arms, whom you can rely on no matter what.
How many black and other races make up the rank and file of your old unit? As to women taking up weapons, if it's a "people's war" like the Vietnamese vs. numerous foreigners and the Russians vs. the Germans in WW2, it's expected that women will pick up weapons.
I believe the word is "sexism" that the Legion doesn't allow women. And what is considered "black" in the Legion? You appear as "white". When I was in the military the only color we were to identify as was "green".
Thomas, would you like to talk a little bit about, medications, vaccines and all the similar stuff in FFl ? I would love to hear something about that..
@@gnaskant3428 lmao there isn’t a pill given everyday for parasites or disease prevention. In fact I haven’t even heard of many legionnaires falling ill or getting diseases. Seems like just being very active can help a lot with diseases.
Bonjour mon adjudant. I think that in the mind of the officiers, especially the young ones stepped in military tradition, there are values associated with origin, kind of stereotypes, not necessary associated to race, Japanese are to be samourai, Nepalese Gurkhas, German soldiers of WW2, South-Africans and white Zimabweans with the soliders of Rhodesia and Border wars. So maybe you were considered more as a German than as a black, unlike a black African.
@@jeffho1727 oh Man, in the rear with the gear! I hear you Jeff ho!,, so true, only color I see is green, as it should be. I read the comments, and it seems that in the 18 years I have been out (served 1983 -2003) it has got worse, and looks like it’s getting worse. Female Rangers? Female Marine Infantry, Transgender, and any other experiments the “woke” people think of. There is a reason no females in the FFL,….and it works. Is there prejudice in the Army? Absolutely, as an officer I saw it. To start if you didn’t go to West Point you weren’t “one of the guys” and it went on from there. During the time I served the racial tension was not strong, but during Vietnam and after it was. There has been since Roman Army, but when it comes down to it you fight and die for the guy next to you who wears the uniform you do, no matter the gender or race.
@@para55a2 yeah it was here as well but , as you allude to, it was against those who didn't fit in. I joined the ranks but with my wife and kid when the idea was, I we wanted you to have a wife, we would have issued one. So no boozing and bonding with the boys. Get along or get out.
Officers are recruited from the military academy and it's the best officers that gets recruited for the Legion. École spéciale militaire de Saint-Cyr is the name of the academy. Those that are promoted from the legion, a few have been they have to attend at Saint-Cyr and then they go back to the Legion.
@@davidrasch3082 I never attended Saint-Cyr but I have visited it later in my career after the legion, the academy is very strict and from those French officers I later met I've never heard about racism. Of course as we all know racism is everywhere but on a minor personal level. I think that the old time racism is on its way out. Regarding the legion, during my time there was no racism to talk about, sure you could find one or two morons here and there but they often learned that racism did not work because the legion is an institution that makes racism hard, at least on the soldier level. What Thomas brought up might be a different story, I only did my 5 yrs and not 17 and I might have found racism if I stayed longer. I do however returned to my country and have been back in the military since then. I think that in a modern military there is no place for racism or racists, that just not how the military is today afar from maybe some on a personal level, over here you get fired if you come out as an racist.
Bien venue en Suede Mon Adjutant 1983-1989 SML a Nîmes et la 13 😀, un peu sourd evidament.. Ya une sorte de racisme à notre Légion, les fenions sont cible 😂 LPN
Are you sure you were the first black in command in the 2eme rep. Pierre (toufik), black from lybia, sergeant chef. You must know him. He dis 1st gulf war and Balkans....
Never mind, I was thinking if we ever had it in 1 REC and I thought of Cie leader. Of course we had Sgt C as pl leader and though not in my squadron I think ( know ) we had black squadron leaders in the regiment.
A lot of racism in the West these days is more subconscious, being born from perceived or common stereotypes. Often these stereotypes get broken (or become less relevant), when we start to interact with each other more, especially when it’s demonstrated character is more to do with capability, rather than ethnicity etc.
@@Katmando376 Maybe because our armies are volunteer forces, and people of colour are a small percentage of our countries, and may go for certain roles
Давайте честно!легион это беспредел полууголовный!но единственное место где всем пофиг твое прошлое!было так!сейчас это частная контора и уже не легион! Больше села никто не палит и людей по найму не стреляет!удачи❤️
peut etre que vous etes le premier mais pas le dernier .j espére que les choses finissent avec le racisme surtout avec les personnes qui viennent se battre pour la france .je pense qu avec les nouvelles generations les choses peuvent changer.on a tous tellement d amis avec des origines mélangés surtout en france .
First thing is how many black guys were in the 2nd Rep When you were there? Also, why were you the first black platoon leader? Probably because there weren’t that many blacks to pick from in the the 2nd REP. Look at how many whites were in the 2nd REP, dis they all became platoon leaders? No! Same with all the blacks that were there… probably the reason you BEQ came the first black platoon leader because there weren’t that many blacks and you were the first to meet the standard to make it.
I JOINED IN 84 ,NO RACISM BUT IF YOU WERE A DICK HEAD YOU GOT THE SAME TREATMENT REGARDLESS OF RACE OR COLOUR , MY LT IN THE 1ER REC WAS A COSSAK EDUCATED IN THE UK WITH AN ADOPTIVE PARENTS WHO WERE FROM NEW ZEALAND . YAKOVLEV
Israeli Defence Force is a conscript army most women along with men are drafted join . Looking back at history conscript soldiers have poor performance during war and are badly motivated.
@@Katmando376 if women join the military they will be more likely to be r*ped , sexually harassed in barracks then in war time then they could get pregnant to avoid combat , period pain , women also cannot carry men that are twice there size in combat .
Oh man. Do people really think of this stuff? I found racist ideas only in selection and was not a part of that. Even in selection my best friends where a Nepal, an Arab and a natter Roma. Join and you will understand there is no room for racist ideals. What won’t be told to you is you are expendable. And if you went to where I did you will lean not ever ever call an older lady a Sinoreta She is a Sonora. And simple fears you have are minuscule piranha don’t want to eat you. Fear the fact you just won’t make selection. Fear the fact you will be tested harder than you can ever dream. One thing I will tell you. Learn right fast to be a thief. If stealing is not in your nature you won’t life a life
