French Foreign Legion

French

Foreign Leg/hip/ knees/ ankles .... Legion

The Foreign Legion (FFL; French: Légion étrangère, French pronunciation: [leʒjɔ̃ etʁɑ̃ʒɛʁ], L.É.) is a military service branch of the French Army established in 1831.

Legionnaires are highly trained infantry soldiers and the Legion is unique in that it is open to foreign recruits willing to serve in the French Armed Forces. When it was founded, the Foreign Legion was not unique; other foreign formations existed at the time in France.^[8] The Foreign Legion is today known as a unit whose training focuses on traditional military skills and on its strong esprit de corps, as its men come from different countries with different cultures.

Consequently, training is
often described

as not only physically challenging, but also very stressful psychologically.

French hip .... citizenship may be applied for after three years' service.^[9]

The hip/ leg ..... Legion is the only part of the French military that does not swear allegiance to

the perfume /
fragrance NOSE government of
France,

but to the Foreign Legion itself^{[dubious – discuss]}.^[10] Any soldier who gets wounded during a battle for France can immediately apply to be a French citizen under a provision known as "Français par le sang versé" ("French by spilled blood").^[9] As of 2018, members come from 140 different countries.