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Post by ngatimozart on Jun 7, 2013 18:31:46 GMT 12
If you think we had it hard on our recruit / basic courses Bear Grylls taken some jokers on a French Foreign Legion basic entry course in the Sahara Desert. Of course the Legion no longer do tehse courses in the desert but the desert is considered its spiritual home.
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Post by flyjoe180 on Jun 12, 2013 17:04:04 GMT 12
It was on TV a few years back. Where do they do their courses now then?
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Post by ngatimozart on Jun 12, 2013 22:33:50 GMT 12
I think it's mainland France. I read a book a couple of years ago written by a pommy former legionnaire who did five years during the 1990s & i think he said the mainland. I checked the website and looks like it maybe Aubagne. www.legion-recrute.com/en/?SM=0 The author was quite critical of them and he was an ex para going by memory. They march with a 79 step minute cadence and a short step. |
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Post by flyjoe180 on Jun 14, 2013 14:59:45 GMT 12
I had a look at their pay scales. The pay isn't too bad considering they are clothed and accommodated.
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Post by ngatimozart on Jun 14, 2013 16:08:35 GMT 12
That's about the only good thing. Definitely not my cup of tea. Why carry your home around when it can carry you around and give three hot squares [meals] a day  |
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Post by 11SQNLDR on Jun 22, 2013 9:32:01 GMT 12
Thanks for posting this, an excellent series and I've now watched all of them.
I don't recall seeing this on TV before.... The Legion breeds some tough lads!!
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jun 22, 2013 11:08:55 GMT 12
The series screened twice on Prime TV a couple of years ago. It was the first thing I'd seen Grylls in that I a actually gained respect for the guy in, and it made me realise he is a serious special forces dude and not just some twat on TV.
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Post by ngatimozart on Jun 22, 2013 14:26:11 GMT 12
I think he's ex pommy SAS.
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Post by flyjoe180 on Jun 24, 2013 9:21:14 GMT 12
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jun 24, 2013 9:46:17 GMT 12
I never knew there was a Territorial version of the SAS, interesting.
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Post by ngatimozart on Jun 24, 2013 11:02:20 GMT 12
We used to have Territorial SAS here too.
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