so here`s the deal:
i know what i am putting myself into...and please no advises on how hard that might be and all that...i just made my mind and i know my life is gonna SUCK for 5 years if i am successful enough to get enrolled...i might be risking my life and such...
and please no trivia stuff about FFL- i`ve talked and read all the sources i could find....(it`s for the people who never get to the point)
the question- one of the basic phisical requrements are to be able to run 5 miles in less than an hour with 45 pounds on your shoulders...so i can do it...BUT I AM A VEGAN(in my case that`s the only way i can put up with my stupid health troubles(flatulance, fatugue due to gluten, dairy, yeast and other intolerances...)) so it means i take supplements...so i could feel myself pretty good...IS IT ENOUGH REASON FOR THEM TO CAST ME OFF AT THE MEDICAL EXAMINATIONS? i know if i am "in"- there`s no me no more: from then on they possess my soul and decide what`s good for me or not..
2007-09-28 15:29:10 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Military
are they going to meet my small needs if othervise i am the one they need or just...you know...
and besides i think it`s gonna be hard to find any Whole Foods in Jibuti..
my suplements are just vitamin/mineral comlex, calcium and allergens-free rice protein...
2007-09-28 15:33:09 · update #1
SGT, there`s no need to read the same stuff 240th time...i ask one question- they answer with IRRELEVANT stuff dirived from say Wikipedia...and i already read that stuff...i believe i am not wrong if i want the answer to the point...
2007-09-28 15:51:14 · update #2
Mac, thanks alot!
2007-09-28 16:07:19 · update #3
I think any Legionnaire would find your questions extremely comical.
In the Légion étrangère, it is very old-school.
Very hard-core.
You will be treated as valueless and your special needs will be utterly ignored.
March or die.
The FFL is sorely under-funded and is very small with only about 8000 men. They can be very selective. They wash out about 90% of new recruits (they don't know it, but they're actually the lucky ones.) Of the 10% left, many will attempt to desert. .
But they won't let you in anyway if you have medical issues. So all your questions are academic.
2007-09-28 23:29:20 · answer #1 · answered by Jean 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
What a lovable tale. Sorry friend, however they do not simply kick you out situated on a sense that you just had been concerned. Tell the reality. Why now not combat your case should you relatively did not anything. That's why your tale has not anything however holes. Guilty of some thing truly I suppose. And no you are not able to move to the French Foreign Legion. You might get your butt kicked all of the as far back as mother's apartment. Do you talk French? Can you difficult it out within the center of an African wasteland wherein you're going to be left to fend for your self with none security or meals? Probably now not. Try the mall for a task.
2016-09-05 11:09:24 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
This is not a joke and I'm going to tell you this life is very hard. They will Kick the Shyt out of you a the drop of a hat.
So to avoid this, one must learn fast. Do you speak French? no problem you will learn and quick or it will get painfull Fast.
You will have to kiss you vegan way of life good buy.
Food is not what you think. You'll see. you can read about training at links bellow.
If you make the training you'l be proud of your Cappe' Blanc
You will serve 3 years in Jabouti or some other hell hole.For very little pay.So if your motivation is money forget it. 2 years in France it's self. then you'll be asked to re enlist or you'll be free to go. you can take a new name on entering and keep it and the Frech citsenship that goes with it. Or become your oldself. In name only that is..
Hope that was enough for you. good luck
P.S. they are not very forgiving and whinning will get you beat really badly.
2007-09-28 15:58:05 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Dream on Sonny,
Looking at your health trouble issue you WILL NOT get past the medical for the F.F.L.
On the ground, in the jungle, or desert you will have no access to supplements, and they wont make allowances.
You will also never get past the survival school training where Python, Jungle Rat and other flesh wearing animals have to be caught and killed, then cooked.
2007-09-28 19:01:18 · answer #4 · answered by conranger1 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I am very serious here, so listen! You are just one son of a b I itch crack pot to say the least. You want answers but you put such demands on who can and who cannot answer, but you want people to tell you what you should do, come off it, crack pot!
2007-09-28 15:44:32 · answer #5 · answered by Sgt Little Keefe 5 · 4⤊ 0⤋
I have a friend who served in the Legion, he is Cajun. You have to speak some French in order to enlist, or you risk getting screwed on your contract, you have to be able to eat and survive on the rations issued to you, and you have to be in very good physical condition going in or you won't survive to reach the excellent physical condition you have to achieve to graduate.
2007-09-28 17:19:00 · answer #6 · answered by Gray Wanderer 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
you seem to have answered your own question
2007-09-28 15:34:22 · answer #7 · answered by ken s 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋