A member of the French Foreign Legion salutes American soldiers as they march by during a parade June 4, 2014, in the streets of Carentan, France. The parade was part of the commemorative 70th ...

Home has been in many far-flung places for the French Foreign Legion during their storied 178-year history, and now they are in the foothills of the Hindu Kush mountains in Afghanistan.

The Foreign Legion did not hold hearings like the general did, they simply executed all men and boys over 12 in villages they suspected of resistance. The French secured the coastal plain and port ...

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 ...

French President Emmanuel Macron meets with members of the 3rd Foreign Infantry Regiment of the French Foreign Legion at the Advanced Operational Base in Camopi, as part of a two-day visit to the ...

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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.

The spot’s official name is “Alan Seeger Post II,” named after a young American poet who volunteered for the French Foreign Legion and was killed at the battle of the Somme in 1916.