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:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:saddler wrote:Aye...it's amazing how good the French military can be, when they get foreigners to do the fighting for them... tongueoutdave_303 wrote:... just spent a little time reading on the Battle of Kolwezi, that was one ballsy operation. :goodjob:
Given that 10% of the Legions Officers are from the the ranks and it's NCO's are all from the ranks (read foreign) that's debatable. Fighting under the French flag I'll grant you.Well ... at least it was our choice to go for it, under our flag with our officers & NCO's ...
Do you mean the way the French troops in Afghanistan are taking their orders from the yanks? The French in Afghanistan are deployed as either ISAF under NATO which is commanded by a yank under a UN mandate, or they are deployed under OP Enduring freedom again commanded by the yanks. :55:Guess that makes a change you would not understand from being told by some US dude What... When & How do do it ... :55:
froggy wrote:Blu,
Couple of points :
a) the overwhelming majority of officers are French out of St Cyr,
b) The vast majority of Swiss and Belgium legionnaires have never set foot there,
c) the majority of NCO are French,
The reason the REP jumped, was simply down to the African alert rota, which is split between the 2 REP, 3 & 7 RPima and now 1 RCP. To be correct the 1st unit to jump on Kolwesy was the 13 RDP one wekk prior.
Granted. Sarko is a lackey & probably deserves to be hang from a lamp post for joining Nato ...
ISAF was "officially" a UN mission but will probably go down in history as a Western but mainly as a US defeat. Yes France took part in it, but out of choice, as an sovereign nation not because the Washington dude said so and the Prime minister, as for the last 40 years, just took its orders ...
Never said otherwise, I stated that 10% of Legion Officers are from the ranks therefore your statement of "led by French Officers" is debatable because at that period in time discussed, French citizens could not join unless they did so with forged documents stating they were not Frencha) the overwhelming majority of officers are French out of St Cyr,
I never mentioned nationality of those chosen from the ranks to attend officer training, so where does that come from? As I said 10% of Legion Officers come from the ranks and they aren't all French.b) The vast majority of Swiss and Belgium legionnaires have never set foot there,
Not true, The NCO's of the Foreign Legion like most professional military bodies are promoted on merit and not nationality. Only 25% of legionnaires will become the Non-Commissioned Officers. All NCOs in the Legion start as simple legionnaires. Now unless the majority of the Legionnaires today are French what you say is wrong unless the French are stacking the NCO cadres with Frenchmen which I doubt very much given the Legions long and proud traditions as well as their professionalism.c) the majority of NCO are French,
No, ISAF is a NATO mission tasked with UN approval and NATO is commanded by an American. But hey Western or US defeat, France is a part of that defeat mate and the French still took their orders from the yanks both as ISAF troops and Enduring Freedom troops so bang goes your theory of "we don't take orders from the yanks.ISAF was "officially" a UN mission but will probably go down in history as a Western but mainly as a US defeat.
Hey mate no one forced France to rejoin NATO at the Strasbourg/Kehl Summit and they are free to leave any time they want. Be a pity if they do though given the professionalism of their Armed Forces, especially the men of the Foreign Legion.Granted. Sarko is a lackey & probably deserves to be hang from a lamp post for joining Nato ...
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