Foreign Legion

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The Foreign Legion is an elite military unit of the French Armed Forces composed of volunteer soldiers from around the world, renowned for its rigorous training, strict discipline, and deployment in demanding overseas operations.

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Foreign Legion Command 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf elite military formation
expeditionary force
military unit
allegiance France
associatedWith French colonial history
French overseas operations
branch land forces
ceremonialMusic Boudin
surface form: Le Boudin
commandLanguage French
country France
dateFounded 1831
eligibility French citizens under certain conditions
foreign nationals
foundedBy Louis-Philippe I of the French
surface form: Louis-Philippe I
foundingLocation France
garrison Aubagne
Calvi
Castelnaudary
Djibouti
French Guiana
La Cavalerie
Mayotte
Nîmes
Orange
United Arab Emirates
hasOfficialName French Foreign Legion
surface form: Légion étrangère
hasSubUnit 13th Foreign Legion Demi-Brigade
1st Foreign Cavalry Regiment
1st Foreign Regiment
2nd Foreign Engineer Regiment
2nd Foreign Infantry Regiment
3rd Foreign Infantry Regiment
Foreign Legion self-linksurface differs
surface form: Foreign Legion Command

Foreign Legion Groupment of Recruits
headquartersCountry France
headquartersLocation Aubagne
historicalConflict Algerian War of Independence
surface form: Algerian War

Crimean War
First Indochina War
Franco-Prussian War
Gulf War
Tuareg rebellions in Mali
surface form: Mali War

War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
surface form: War in Afghanistan

World War I
World War II
legalStatus integral part of the French Army
marchingPace 88 steps per minute
motto Legio Patria Nostra
mottoLanguage Latin
mottoMeaning The Legion is our Fatherland
notableFeature accepts foreign nationals into French military service
rigorous basic training
strict discipline
strong esprit de corps
use of assumed identities historically
offers path to French citizenship
partOf French Armed Forces
French Army
primaryLanguage French
recruitmentScope international
recruitmentType volunteer force
shortName French Foreign Legion
specialization counter-insurgency
expeditionary warfare
light infantry
overseas operations
rapid deployment
symbol grenade with seven flames
trainingCharacteristic emphasis on cohesion and obedience
physically demanding
trainingLocation Castelnaudary
typeOfService professional military service
uniformDistinctiveFeature green and red epaulettes
white kepi

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Médaille militaire awardedToBranch Foreign Legion
French Armed Forces hasBranch Foreign Legion
Foreign Legion hasSubUnit Foreign Legion self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Foreign Legion Command