Fighting for the French Foreign Legion Lochrie Alex
Fighting for the French Foreign Legion Lochrie Alex The author describes how he joined the French Foreign Legion, without being able to speak any French and very close to the age limit. We learn…
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Fighting for the French Foreign Legion Lochrie Alex
The author describes how he joined the French Foreign Legion, without being able to speak any French and very close to the age limit. We learn about the ethos and strict discipline of the Foreign Legion. He takes the reader through the vigorous selection procedure, the relentless recruit regime and then elite Second Parachute Regiment's training in Corsica.
Having won his kepi and paratroop wings he served across Africa and the Middle East, taking part in Operation DESERT STORM (fighting Saddam Hussein's Republican Guard), peace keeping operations in Sarajevo and Bosnia and in former French colonies such as Chad and the Central African Republic. He describes his fellow legionnaires drawn from many backgrounds and nations. He graphically describes the action and appalling conditions of the local population.
Accounts of life in the modern day Foreign Legion are rare indeed and this one
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