The French Foreign Legion is a corps of the French Army that allows for virtually anyone to join its ranks. Quite literally, the French Foreign Legion is the unit of second chances. This is because ...

Whether you’re looking for a career change or need a new identity after faking your own death, joining the French Foreign Legion might be the path for you. Founded in 1831 partly as a way to ship ...

French President Emmanuel Macron's suggestion that NATO and European countries will have to consider committing troops to Ukraine under certain circumstances has added a new dimension to the French ...

Welcome to the French Foreign Legion's jungle combat school, where participants undergo some of the toughest military training in the world. The soldiers camp in the rainforest, food is rationed and ...

The reputation of the French Foreign Legion is both legendary and notorious. Every day, men from all over the world come to the legion's barracks in Aubagne. Often, they're looking for a second chance ...

PARIS, May 2 (Reuters) - A soldier from the French foreign legion died in a military hospital near Paris on Friday after being wounded in an explosion in Mali last week in what the French presidency ...

After Russia launched its large-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, many countries quickly responded by imposing sanctions on Russia and by sending weapons to help Ukraine defend itself. But ...

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 ...