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.

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 ...

The story and traditions behind one of the world's most famous units.

Legion of the Lost: The True Experience of an American in the French Foreign Legion. By Jaime Salazar. Berkley/Caliber, 243 pp. $23.95.

Legionnaires of the 1st Regiment of the French Foreign Legion take part in a commemoration ceremony of the 1863 battle of Camerone, near Marseille, France, on April 30.

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 ...

His rejection from the legion in 2005 and short, ill-fated stint in the Coast Guard propelled him on a spiritual journey.

His rejection from the legion in 2005 and short, ill-fated stint in the Coast Guard propelled him on a spiritual journey.

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

More than just a fixture in movies from the 30's and 40's, the French Foreign Legion has seen more continuous fighting than any other military outfit in the world.