Can I join the French Foreign Legion if I have tattoos? As befits any collection of macho outcasts, tattoos are allowed, even encouraged, in the French Foreign Legion, but not just any tattoos.

The French Foreign Legion, an elite infantry force, attracts men worldwide seeking adventure, a fresh start, and French nationality.

Legion Life You begin the process of joining the French Foreign Legion by stopping in at a recruiting center and passing a series of psychological and physical examinations.

The result? A fresh take on old combat boots. By Elizabeth Paton Since its formation in 1831, the French Foreign Legion has had boots on the ground in five continents, on terrain ranging from sun ...

In our last installment, we learned about how the Legion went from a struggling, straggling corps of outlaws and ne'er-do-wells to a top-notch group of intrepid soldiers. When we left off, the ...

France created the foreign legion in 1831 to swell its military with foreign-born troops that could handle unsavory and difficult assignments.

The French Foreign Legion: once infamous, now fighting a new battle. In French Guiana’s rainforest, they’re tracking illegal gold miners destroying nature. DW joined them on their mission ...

French Foreign Legion soldiers are searching for armed people who fired on their positions on Aug. 26, 2014. Edouard Elias French Foreign Legion soldiers on a patrol in Central African Republic.

The French Foreign Legion US soldiers in a water-obstacle course during the French Desert Commando Course at France's combat training center in Djibouti, May 5, 2021.

Rumor spread on social media suggests France deployed troops to Ukraine following comments by French President Emmanuel Macron.

A former member of the French Foreign Legion has remarked, “predominantly it is composed of men of violence, bums, morons of vile habits and booty-hunting louts.” But La Légion Etrangère has ...