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I realised the other day that I have a lot of French Foreign Legion posts scattered about. Since one can never have enough of the FLL, I am writing a meta post, that pulls them all together. But before I do that, let me ask you a question: how many legionnaires fit into a portaloo? [...]

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Charlie Dave on Flickr has an absolutely excellent set of photos of soldiers. I am particularly enamoured with his series of Legionnaires (no surprise there, if you’ve read my Code of Honour …) and assorted other French men in uniform. Those will come later, and oh lala, I can tell you, there is something exceedingly [...]

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I’m not affiliated with them at all, I have just become a recent subscriber. I found the magazine Combat and Survival in a train station bookshop, figured why not give it a try and was most pleasantly surprised: a treasure trove of details for me as a writer!
They currently have a free preview of the [...]

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1. Legionnaire : you are a volunteer serving France faithfully and with honor.
2. Every Legionnaire is your brother-at-arms, irrespective of his nationality, race or creed. You will demonstrate this by an unwavering and straight forward solidarity which must always bind together members of the same family.
3. Respectful of the [...]

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Now this is an interesting one. The French Foreign legion is a part of the French Military Forces, simple as that, and thus governed by the same rules, regulations, policies and legislation, you might think. But what are those policies?
It’s not that easy. (Photo copyright © Defence Image Database, without permission.)
It was rather difficult to [...]

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The wedding bells are finally ringing for Jean – but if you think it is all sunshine and roses, you really don’t know Special Forces.
http://www.marquesate.org/special-forces-mercenaries40.html

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Join Dan and Vadim at Jean’s place for the wedding – and experience a very special stag night. :-p
http://www.marquesate.org/special-forces-mercenaries39.html
Enjoy!
Marquesate

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