Topic: French Foreign Legion

From 1988 to 1993, Australian lawyer David Mason served with the French Foreign Legion. With a desire to test his mental and physical endurance, he decided to join the French Foreign Legion. His descriptions of the physical demands of the training and ...
Bastille Military ParadeBastille Military Parade is a French military parade thathas been held on the morning of 14 July each year in since 1880. This is the oldest and largest regular military Bastille Day is not only celebrated in france.Britain has ...

Military looks command attention in NY's fashions

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Call it urban warrior, military chic or even drab fab.Commanding attention in the fashions for next spring and summer, unveiled this week in New York, are officer jackets, camouflage prints, brass buttons and cargo pants, all made softer ...
French Foreign Legion, steeled in far-flung wars, gets new mission: " The legion is our homeland.Home has been in many far-flung places for legionnaires during their storied 178-year history North Africa, the Far East, Mexico, and now the foothills of the Hindu ...
A "deranged" French Foreign Legion officer who gunned down two fellow French soldiers and a Togolese UN peacekeeper on Tuesday also killed a civilian, Chadian officials said.The Chadian civilian was shot and killed at around 6 pm (1700 GMT) after he ...