A member of the French Foreign Legion salutes ... with its emphasis on special operations forces — has also largely bypassed the legion. The United States maintains a separate organization ...

Franks Jr. quit his job in the U.S. Army, fled the country and secretly enlisted in the elite French Foreign ... so the two forces can integrate better in the future. The Legion’s operations ...

President Obama recently announced that an additional 250 Special ... a French army unit, except that its enlisted members come from all over the world. It’s time for an American Foreign Legion.

A few times a year, select US troops get to attend a very special course ... earn the French Desert Commando Course qualification badge. The French Foreign Legion US forces began operating at ...

CAMP DE CARPIAGNE, France — For almost 200 years, the French Foreign Legion ... Unlike France’s regular armed forces, the Foreign Legion is a male-only unit. And during the first five years ...

A subheading read: "Will the deployment of a Foreign Legion unit commanded by French officers trigger ... in the more than 2-year-old war that U.S. "forces are not and will not be engaged in ...

Answer from Roland Bartetzko, former German Army paratrooper, Croatian Defense Council, Kosovo Liberation Army: Special Forces soldiers ... even further. The French Foreign Legion regards it ...

By Elizabeth Paton Since its formation in 1831, the French Foreign Legion has had boots on ... North Atlantic Treaty Organization forces. The special-edition Pallabrousse Legacy boot, which ...