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How to Start a New Life in the French Foreign Legion


Military service is often the chosen path of those with a patriotic calling. But for the men of the French Foreign Legion, the country they’re trained to fight and die for isn’t their own. Volunteers come from all over the world—Panama, Slovakia, the United States—to be sent to some of the most far-flung and dangerous posts occupied by French forces: Afghanistan. Somalia. Chad.For many young men, however, like the 18-year-old Ukrainian pictured, the Foreign Legion is an escape from harsh conditions at home. As a recruit, he’s able to earn more than he would in the Ukrainian military and send …read more

Source: The New Republic

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