AUBAGNE, France – The Foreign Legion isn’t what it used to be. Murderers on the run are no longer welcome, and unhappy recruits have a year to back out without being branded deserters. These ...

The Foreign Legion's 7,800 soldiers from 138 countries have most recently seen action in former Yugoslavia, ... Lgionnaires served in Vietnam and Algeria when they were French possessions.

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. Skip to main content.

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 ...

DUEKOUE, Ivory Coast — French Foreign Legion soldiers crouch behind logs and sandbags, training their anti-tank missiles, rocket launchers and heavy machine guns west -- into rebel territory ...