. . . . Recruitment conditions of French foreign legion. . . .

France has always had a tradition of using foreign troops. 183 1 year, French king Louis Philippe ordered the establishment of a standing foreign legion to recruit foreigners into the army. Since then, the most successful mercenary organization in the world has appeared. At present, the regiment has 100 soldiers of different nationalities and about 8,000 officers and men. They wear standard French army uniforms, but they show their special status in some special accessories, the most famous of which is the white hat. For religious reasons, foreign legions allow members to grow beards.

The French Foreign Legion has set up recruitment offices in Paris, Marseille and Nimes all the year round, recruiting about 1000 recruits every year, and the applicants are very enthusiastic. The French government has set three basic requirements for applicants: they are at the age of 17 to 40 years old, hold valid identity documents and truthfully declare their personal situation. If you meet the above conditions, you can apply, but then you have to accept a series of investigation and screening, such as crime investigation, infectious disease investigation and so on. Foreign legions prefer to hire orientals, but they don't like people with dark skin. They think that yellow people are obedient and black people are difficult to control. It is said that only 20% of the people were lucky enough to pass the first few levels and go to Castor Nordli military camp for a four-month recruit training. Recruits don't have to swear to France, but they must swear to the foreign legion: "The legion is my motherland."

Foreign legions can attract young people of many nationalities to apply. First of all, because the legion is brave in fighting, it is known as the "French death squad" and is brilliant. Many young people are proud to join the foreign legion. Secondly, with the increase of unemployment rate in western society, it is more and more difficult to find a job, while serving in a foreign legion is relatively stable. If I want, I can work for 20 years. After 20 years, I can receive a pension of 2000 francs a month. For young foreigners who want to move to France, the biggest temptation is that those who join the legion will give priority to French nationality after serving for five years.

At present, the foreign legion has nine combat regiments, among which the second foreign paratroopers regiment can reach any designated place in the world within 24 hours, and is famous for its "on-call" combat capability. The foreign legion also has an informal motto "Do it yourself", which means that every member of the legion is an elite, and they should have strong ability to deal with problems. The foreign legion has held many field survival training competitions with the US Marine Corps, and the passing rate of foreign legion soldiers has reached over 95%, but most of the US Marine Corps have failed.

The war history of the French foreign legion is also quite rich. 1863 On April 30th, Cameron Heights, Mexico, 65 officers and men of the French Foreign Legion resisted the attack of 2000 Mexican soldiers and fought to the last man. The foreign legion specially designated this day as Cameron Memorial Day, which is celebrated by the legion detachment every year. The foreign legion has long been the pioneer of French foreign conquest. 1954 was badly hit by the Vietnamese in Dien Bien Phu. Nowadays, the foreign legion has begun to change its functions and become a French rapid reaction force, which is only responsible for the security of overseas territories and consulates. In recent years, it is generally engaged in maintenance tasks in Africa and the Middle East.

I just want to ask you, do you love this country or this government?

If there is a war in this country one day, will you come back to fight regardless?

Besides, you said bureaucracy and corruption. . . Forget it, don't say anything. If you really go abroad, you will know, and now you can't even wake up.