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.

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 ...

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

Paratroopers, assigned to the 173rd Airborne Brigade, conducted bilateral training with the French 2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment, French Foreign Legion, during Exercise Kepi Blanc, in Corsica.

Football’s French Foreign Legion has more than 100 professional players, over 40 of them in the English Premier League alone.

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.

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

Edouard Elias first embedded with the French Foreign Legion in the summer of 2014 during France’s military intervention in Central African Republic. At first, the legionnaires were wary of yet ...

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