The legion now shares its foreign postings with French regular units composed of equally capable professionals. No one doubts that the paratroopers of the 2e régiment étranger de parachutistes ...

As a former paratrooper in the Army’s 82nd Airborne ... they think of French mercenaries. But the French Foreign Legion is a part of the French military, is led by French officers, takes its ...

The Foreign legion is unique in that ... having been deployed alongside the Legion in both the Algerian and Indochina Wars. The French paratroopers ambushed by the Taliban last years were from the ...

The French Foreign Legion is one of most feared military organizations in the world. It's also one of the most mysterious. An elite unit of the French Army, the legion comprises around 8,000 ...

Lawrence J. Franks Jr. quit his job in the U.S. Army, fled the country and secretly enlisted in the elite French Foreign Legion under an assumed name, authorities said. He deployed numerous times ...

Created specifically for French Special Forces and French Foreign Legion paratroopers fighting the second IndoChina War during the 1950s, the Vespa TAP ("Troupes Aéro Portées") carried a massive ...

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 ...

France's colonial adventures in north Africa in the 20th Century will forever be associated with the kepi blanc-wearing French Foreign ... caught up with the Legion's elite paratrooper regiment ...

"These are my first set of foreign wings," said U.S. Army Spc. Jeffry Jones, paratrooper with 2nd Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment. Jones jumped with French equipment on day one and ...