It feels like an anachronism, but the French Foreign Legion—the legendary last-stop military brigade for disgraced officers, French criminals, desperate foreigners, and foolish adventurers ...

The "Légion étrangère," or French Foreign Legion, ... legionnaires born in more than 140 countries have fought under the French flag in a variety of conflicts throughout Europe, ...

Although Spain founded a Foreign Tercio in 1920 imitating the French Foreign Legion, later renamed Spanish Legion, there were some years in which France transferred theirs to the Spanish government.

"The French flag becomes your flag," General Philippe Chalmel, who supervises the cap-giving ceremony, tells new recruits. Three more months of training, and the soldiers are ready to go. Most of ...

WEST POINT, N.Y. (March 31, 2011) -- For the first time in 38 years, the American flag was raised during morning reveille alongside the French colors at Camp Raffalli, just outside the coastal ...

The Local Europe AB Västmannagatan 43 113 25 Stockholm. army. Mythical foreign legion keeps drawing recruits ...

French Foreign Legion soldiers are waiting for the next patrol on Aug. 24, ... Edouard Elias Members of the French Foreign Legion Legionnaires prepare for the morning flag ceremony. Aug. 6, 2015.

The French Foreign Legion marches near its base in Marseille to commemorate the battle of Camerone in Mexico in 1863. Legionnaires past and present, including Kiwis, mark the occasion every April 30.