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French Foreign Legion (Légion Étrangère) – The Legion is a corps of the French Army. Formed in 1831, it is designed to foreigners willing to serve in the French Armed Forces. Legionnaires come from around the world and applicants must be aged between 17.5 and 39.5. [15]
The Foreign Legion is the only unit of the French Army open to people of any nationality. Most legionnaires still come from European countries but a growing percentage comes from Latin America and Asia. [62] Most of the Foreign Legion's commissioned officers are French with approximately 10% being Legionnaires who have risen through the ranks. [63]
The maintenance of overseas military bases enable the French Armed Forces to conduct expeditionary warfare, and often tend to be located in areas of strategic or diplomatic importance. In the French terminology, the "prepositioned forces" consist of the "sovereignty forces" based in the Overseas France and the "forces of presence" based abroad.
"The French are good, and their Foreign Legion is top-notch," a Green Beret with the Army National Guard told Insider. Inside the French Foreign Legion commando course that puts US troops to the ...
The Foreign Legion Recruiting Group (French: Groupement de recrutement de la Légion étrangère, GRLE) is an administrative unit of the Foreign Legion responsible for recruiting volunteers from around the globe. [1] The unit reports to the Foreign Legion Command (COMLE).
Foreign Legion - A wing of the French Army which recruits foreign nationals. 9,000 French fought in the International Brigades during the Spanish Civil War in the side of the Republicans. some also fought for the Nationalists; Some French emigres who fled to Britain fought in the British Army of the Napoleonic Wars.
The headquarters of the Troupes de marine is the Specialized Staff for Overseas and Foreign Affairs (French: État-major spécialisé pour l'outre-mer et l'étranger, EMSOME), which also directs overseas Foreign Legion forces. The General commanding the EMSOME is nicknamed the "Father of the Marine Corps" (le Père de l'Arme des TDM).
Foreign Brigade (unit designation in 1854 for two merged foreign regiments during the Crimean War) Mounted Companies (Compagnies montées de la Légion étrangère) – 1881; Saharan Companies of the French Foreign Legion, Saharan Companies and Squadrons of the French Foreign Legion – (CSPLE, ESPLE) – 1901