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Now they're gonna fuck up a few Jihadists

Get Some!

2REP and 2REI both had excellent tours in Afghanistan recently.

johno wrote:Get Some!

+1. Here's hoping they don't take any journalists with them.

Get some!

And now the Calvary has arrived. 1st REC

I think this thing is going to get much bigger. Hope I'm wrong.

I doubt that they will suffer from excessive oversight. Good hunting.

http://search.yahoo.com/r/_ylt=A0oG7mU8 ... xpendables
This was a good read about the modern Legion.

Thanks for the link, TOM.

I do have to ask though, do you seriously still use Yahoo?

Yes, yes I do. and Windows XP!

It's like 2003 up in this bitch all over again.

the Legion is not to be fucked with, apparently.

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There is alot to say against the French but one thing is for sure, they know how to slap the shit out of North African's who forget their place.

Here comes the Legion, and much like their Roman forebarers, defeat, sacking and sodomy is coming with them!

Get some indeed!

http://news.google.com/news/url?sr=1&ct ... 736&ssid=w

This shite is getting more complicated.

DARTH wrote:There is alot to say against the French but one thing is for sure, they know how to slap the shit out of North African's who forget their place.

Here comes the Legion, and much like their Roman forebarers, defeat, sacking and sodomy is coming with them!

Get some indeed!

Get ready little lady, Hell is coming to breakfast.

TOM did you know about this obscure post WW2 French military unit made up almost entirely of German political prisoners/POWs that fought in the Indochina war? I found this fascinating:

Forgotten German veterans of France's Vietnam war
02 May 2004

By James Mackenzie

After WWII had ended, France became increasingly involved in a desperate struggle against nationalist and communist forces in the regions of modern Vietnam. It was the increasingly desperate nature of the bloody conflict in Indo-China so soon after the taxing efforts of the Second World War that led to the formation of one of the most obscure and little known units in the history of warfare - a unit of former Wehrmacht POWs culled from French prisons and POW camps to serve in Indo-China. Although not the only unit to consist of WWII POWs of German and French decent, it was the first and is most certainly the least known to serve France during the post-WWII years.

The first move to create this unit began on the 27th of May, 1948 when French Minister of Justice Andre Marie requested from the regional directors of the French prison system information on how many prisoners might be interested in serving in Indo-China to "make amends to the nation".

From the politicians to the military establishment the ripple effect was put in motion and soon after the decision was made to raise a demi-brigade of three battalions of political prisoners (i.e. former members of the Wehrmacht, Waffen-SS, Kriegsmarine, French collaborationist organizations, etc, including both Germans and especially Frenchmen who had been volunteers in the German Armed Forces). On July 6th, 1948, the first battalion of this demi-brigade was formed and named "1re Bataillon d'Infanterie legere d'Outre-Mer", otherwise known as BILOM (short for "light infantry battalion for over-seas").

BILOM units weren't originally formed to go to Indo-China. They were intended to be stationed in various French colonies such as French-Guyana and French Polynesia. It was hoped that BILOM units would free up the French Foreign Legion, which was badly needed in Indo-China. BILOM units were originally designed for occupation and policing duties and therefore were structured as light infantry with no heavy weapons. BILOM units were not a part of the FFL as is sometimes misunderstood.

Only political prisoners were to be used to fill the ranks of this BILOM unit. Although the men chosen would be freed from the French prison and POW camp system there was no chance of amnesty. The men of the unit wouldn't be allowed to serve as officers, wouldn't be eligible for promotion, had no insignia, and they could carry no pennant or unit flag.

In August of 1948 less than 500 men had been accepted for service in this BILOM unit. The men were transported to Frejus in France and provided with rudimentary uniforms and equipment. Here they were trained and formed into a cohesive unit. In an ironic twist of fate, some of the men training the newly formed BILOM were themselves former members of the FFI!

Service for BILOM became a reality on December 11th, 1948 when the 1st Company of BILOM (1/BILOM) consisting of 4 officers, 20 NCO's, 148 men, and portions of BILOM HQ sailed from France to Indo-China onboard the SS Pasteur, arriving in Saigon on December 26th, 1948. From January 3rd, 1949 until March 17th, 1949, 1/BILOM fought exclusively in Cambodia. On March 18th, 1949 1/BILOM was transferred to Sud Annan near the region of Nha Trang. Throughout their service in Cambodia and at Sud Annan 1/BILOM took part in patrols, ambushes, search and destroy operations, sharp engagements, and heavy fighting, all the while taking numerous losses in combat against the Viet Minh.

The 2/BILOM arrived alongside 1/BILOM at Sud Annan on May 17th, 1949. Consisting of 2 officers, 6 NCO's, and 57 men, 2/BILOM had left France on the SS Compiegne and arrived in Saigon on May 8th. 29 more men of 2/BILOM arrived for service later in June. Of special note is the first military award for valor which was presented to men of BILOM in the form of the French croix de guerre on June 20th, 1949.

After many months of dedicated service to France under harsh and relatively unforgiving circumstances in southeast Asia, the former Axis POWs of WWII found themselves accepted into the regular units of the French forces in Indo-China as the newly designated 1 and 2 Companies of the "1re Compagnia de Marche du Sud Annam" otherwise known as 1/CMSA and 2/CMSA. The men of BILOM would go on to be integrated into other French units and would serve with France until their forces were finally pulled out from Indo-China, only to be replaced by American unit who themselves would go on fighting for many more years against the same determined enemy.

http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/ar ... 13469.html

I have a pic of "The German" at his 97th(?) birthday at the home of the ancients. Ill find it for you.

TOM you could live there too, couldn't you? Or maybe what I should ask is, what is the criteria for living there?

15 years or medical retirement IIRC

LOL, They have seen too many SEAL movies!

tough old man wrote:LOL, They have seen too many SEAL movies!

http://www.lemonde.fr/afrique/article/2 ... _3212.html