FRENCH FOREIGN LEGION - 2 REP - GCP (IRISH)
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- Опубликовано: 8 фев 2025
- My time in the French Foreign Legion, an experience I will never forget along with brothers I will equally never forget. I hope this video might motivate some strong minded men willing to challenge themselves to step out of their comfort zones and take a risk! ‘If you risk nothing you gain nothing’ good luck ☘️💪🤙
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This bloke is the definition of a real man.
Lived the life in which most men dream about, good on you legend thanks for your service!
@Sleepwalker507 wagners not like dat
@Sleepwalker507 смешно
@@свежийрофлан А нам пох...
Дерзко, быстро, а что дальше? Если что-то в том же стиле - то это одно. А если самые худшие варианты жизни простого гражданского? Что такое 8 лет? Немало. А как на счёт 24? Впереди минимум ещё 3 года, а там посмотрю, что дальше. Может тоже такой ролик себе запилю перед пенсией :)
@@PPV-q5nyou definitely should! i would like the video man!
Much respect and love from Germany to all our French brothers! No more brother wars🇩🇪🤝🇨🇵
Magnifique! Excelente
Bin auch im 2 REP grüße 👍
🤝
Amen brother 💪
Das sind unsere Stammeskrieger.
Sie verteidigen unsere Freiheit
Thanks for serving France, we need guys like you ! You have all my respect sir
🇮🇪🤝🇫🇷
I'm Chinese I working in 2REI 5 years old I saw your video full of many memories.
Can you tell me more about your time there ?
@@Jual_obat_kuat where are you from?
@@杰克-i7j I'm an indonesian, sir
@@杰克-i7j indonesia
там реально накопить денег за 5 лет?
Brilliant video. A man living life to the full. This should be shown to kids in school. What a lot of young men today need is some inspiration and proper role models. Hope life is going well for you now you are outside. Cheers.
Longue vie à l'Irlande, et gloire aux Irlandais qui combattent à nos côtés depuis des siècles !
Long live France. Up the tricolour
🤣🤣🤣
@@baptistebrigand5882 Pourquoi tu rigoles ? Tu te moques de moi ?
@@bobbyjoe1111 Non merci.
⚜ "Français par le sang versé" ⚜
Un honneur pour lui d'avoir servit la Légion étrangère , faisant partie de l'armée la plus victorieuse au monde!
Et une chance pour la France d'avoir eu un homme si vaillant dans nos rang!
Thank you for serving France, we will be eternally grateful to you! 🇮🇪🤝🇫🇷
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@@MAC-LEGION how do I join the French legion as American?
@@emmanuelawosusi2365 contact french embassy in your country or come directly to the caserne
@@Lostouille thanks
@@Lostouille thanks
Nice to see that you had Serbian brother in arms! Greetings from the Belgrade !!LPN!
thank you for your service 🇨🇵🤝🏻🇮🇪
Thank you for serving my country. All respect to you brother, love the Irish 💪🇨🇵
When I finish my service I will receive...Français par le sang versé...
@@martinmoore7920 Ce sera mérité
@@Enuogyan Merci..
@@martinmoore7920 Merci pour votre service!
@@martinmoore7920 merci pour ton service
As a Serb myself I totally figured you to be Serbian too, it is really uncanny how much you look like my uncle that I would really question either my uncle's roots or your Irish roots, lol.
Much respect man, glad to see that you befriended a Serb in the Legion as we Serbs have huge respect for Irish people and admire all the struggles you've endured throughout your tough history and I want to acknowledge the fact that you guys are a tough bunch with massive guts, much respect from Serbia.
Our company XO in the US Marines decided to leave the Corps and go to the Legion. We all envied him. Years later during desert storm we ran into some Legionaires and and one was from Chicago. Small world indeed.
What unit?
@@frogboat1335 In those days it was 1st LAI Bn, now called LAR.
I'm an anonimous french, i want to say thank you for what you do for my country. I wish you a happy and long life
The “ my first weapon” part is brilliant . Most people think they are getting to Aubagne and get given a gun next day …
Thanks for the truth
Actually its pretty much like that.
@@Dragilav1 yep its very much like that . I remember the only thing with a trigger I saw to start was the Karcher to wash pots in the Ordinaire
@@lordlucan7655 quel regiment camarade ? :D
@@Venom-mf7io 2 REI [ cea ]
@@Venom-mf7io civil depuis longtemps
ai servi au 2 REI et 3 REI ... mat 183 et des poussieres
I am Italian and I remember in 2012 I showed up at the gates of Aubagne. I was discarded. How bad it was. I think I will never COME BACK because now I have another life BUT I swear it will be my biggest regret not being part of the French foreign legion.
LEGIO PATRIA NOSTRA
1 on 8 is selected
At least you tried....respect !
Io ho fatto 3 anni di servizio e ho disertato con due missioni all’attivo. Ho tanti sentimenti contrastanti tra loro, ma quello che é certo é che mi manca tantissimo.
Come mai sei stato scartato ?
Ciao,mi poi dire come sei stato in Legione?
Congratulations from france. Love Ireland I lived here for three yrs.
Home is where the heart is, miss France all the same
@@MAC-LEGION This is a weird question but the bald guy on the left at 9 seconds, is his name George by any chance?! He's Czech or Slovak?
Thank you for serving France, truly.
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@@MAC-LEGION serve In Afghanistan?
@@yeoshenghong4802 He's GCP, I believe it's illegal to talk about his operations.
@@MAC-LEGION how is the salary for a foreign legionaire? Just say good or average
@@siimon559 1000€ to 10 000 per month. It dépend if you are novice or a colonel
This is one of the most cool videos on RUclips! Thank you for your service!
From Ireland to GCP in the FFL, what a rare and amazing accolade. Respect.
can ube on the GCP being in the foreign legion?
yes if you are in the 2 REP
@@caesaraugustus4563
This is one of the best videos on the Legion bro thank you all the best
My Respect to you my brother at arms i served in the legion in 1991 Brilliant guy i take my Kepi Blanc off to you and very proud of us irish men who did our duty in france and all over the world god bless you my brother at arms thanks for sharing your chanell your an amazing man im very proud of you hope a lot more irish think the way we think xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
A very good montage ! I knew one or two ex-legionnaires and always remember everyone saying how brutal the training can be sometimes . I see you did 8 years and now have called time on your service .
Thank you for serving my country! Respect to you and your brothers. Love your country.
Crazy to see the evolution, thanks for your service mate
Ex-British infantry here, always had a romantic view of the Legion. You seem like you made some great memories and all the best for your future.
Well most people do have a romantic view about their dreams and things they want to do. I'm gonna try to join the legion even if it's not a rambo movie as some people claim.
Have massive respect for FFL, watch and read anything I can, can see you served with pride, only way to do it!
Had a GrandUncle who served in Algeria. Great place to get away from it all, clear out your "demons," & get well grounded again. True for all armed forces to some degree.
What a life ! Be proud. Vive la France, vive l'Ireland !
Thank you for your service, Legionnaire. From a French-American who loves Corsica and admires the 2e REP. (I remember when McGregor went there!)
Yeees❤
I wish a nice new year s day eve to everybody. Lorinka
Also a French-American who loves Corsica lol
Incredible dedication, resilience and general all round hard, tough bloke. Respect in buckets
Thank you for this inspiring video and thank you for protecting France during 8 years.
Great example of the true adventure that is the Legion. Vive La Legion ! Vive La REP !
Watched this video twice JMAC. What an experience! Fair play to you.
Ireland and France have been fighting for centuries together! Helped us out big time with the Brits and their German mercenaries let loose on us in 1798
😴😴😴😴😴 1798, Got an update on how that's going? 😴😴😴😴😴🤡
@@BBob1 Ask your mum she probably remembers it...
The european people must stand together. Now more then ever.
Greetings to the famous Ireland from Germany. 🇩🇪🤝🇨🇮
Billy boy I think you’ll find a fair few Irish we’re helping out the Brits. All about money in those days ,just look at the founding fathers . That’s assuming that you actually had relatives there then.
Irish people fought in nearly every army in Europe there were a Irish regiment in Poland even
Best style, music and attitude! A 8 minute holiday video. Much respect for a fresh take on mil videos.
Thank you for your service to my country! If I ever meet you, drinks are on me mate!
Thank you for your service mate. Great to have you by our side in the french army
Thank You for your service. Respect from Ireland. I am from an Army family. ☘💜
man this video was fantastic. I am 51 yo never served in military because I had a problem in my late teens and was not able to join the US military. I truly wish I would have known about the FFL when I was 18 and just graduated from school back in '88.
The legion has the wonderful ethos of treating absolutely everyone the same regardless of where they come form. If you meet the physical, mental and criminal (as in no blood crime, no dealing) standard, you will be given a chance. Wherever you are from, whatever your religion, whatever your skin colour. The Legion shows how we are all humans and deserve equal treatment.
Except Muslims
@@grunt9044 wrong
@@nicklaskowalski Lol what? that's so cringe. After they torched the Notre Dame.. Good to know.
@@adler9213 not sure what’s more cringe my comment or your conspiracy theory…
@@nicklaskowalski Sure, that's why they were laughing their asses off at the burnt cathedral. We will never forget, remember that.
Thanks for your service comrade. Awesome video !
Brate ljubim te! Mi se nikad ne predajmo! LEGIO PATRIJA NOSTRA! Pozdrav iz HRVATSKE!
Jel ima Bosanaca tamo?
Pozdrav nadam se da je sve ok sa tobom 👌
@AlTiri-rd7ly sve ok! A što se tiče Bosanaca moram ti reči da nema!😉 Shvatit češ!✌️👍
@@SlavkoMarkovic-ii3fl ti si u legiji ?
Big thank you for your service, you're a true French now
Un video muy inspirador para quienes realmente quieren ingresar a la Legión. Gracias!
Vive la France 🇫🇷
Comradeship and Brotherhood that cannot be found in any other profession. Good fighting. Much respect from Germany
Exelent soldat exemplaire, bon route bons vents dans les nouvelles aventures.
You have done what I wanted to do when I was in Castelnaudary, but a miserable doctor forbade me to join 2REP and I joined 2REI. MY BIGGEST REGRET is to never having been a GCP operator.... it was my dream and my objective when I engaged. Respect for you from an Italian Legionnaire
why he didnt let u go 2rep?
@@berserker6818 because of my knees he said, but I was already a parachutist in my country and I’ve never had problems on that. I think it was only because he needed to send more people at 2REI. ( I was 5th in castel) FUCKING MERDE !
@@subzero9668 I mean static line isn’t the same as AFF, your going to get your fucking legs destroyed on DZ from PLF with static line jumps
From Spain, my respect to my francais partners! ever for the soldier that defends his country!
Great video Irish ... Awesome adventure's without any BS .. Loved it !!
Many thanks for this video and your service in the French Foreign Legion. All the best for you anywhere you are.
So badass...
Thanks for serving my country !
Thanks for the awesome montage man sitting in the airport waiting to go and see what's in store for me. Hope life's going well.
Irish and french together... what à force !
Adventure is what he found... Salute
If anyone is foreign and wants to know what this is: this chap is a member of the elite pathfinder unit within the French Foreign Legion. That is what the GCP does. Cheers, mate, get some.
Get some what?
Are they comparable to german Fernspäher?
@@aggravated_assault Yes, but GCP can also leads completly independant missions
@@aggravated_assault
More like a Fallschirmjägerspezialzug but to my understanding not on the same level with the shooting training since they do different courses and the SpezZug is now EGB qualified while i`m not sure if the whole SpezZug is freefall qualified.
i am going to be one of them and yes nothing else matters p
Superbe montage l'ami. Merci pour ton service au sein de la vieille Légion.
Super video, some brilliant footage. Thanks for posting! 😎👍🇮🇪
Awesome memory’s man brilliant u achieved so much in ur time in the Legion 🇮🇪👍
Cool, cool, cool!!! Really great Slideshow and en epic career in the Legion!!!
Wonderful Magnifique testimony Monsieur Le PROUD IRISH LEGIONNAIRE!! 2E REP Wow 💪💪💪👍
vous avez tout mon respect, merci pour ce que vous faites pour la France.
I respect you and your sacrifice,you are true warrior you will never be forgoten
Loved that ,,, what an excellent life ,,, I was literally hours from going myself in the late 80s , I ended up in the army instead, still a huge regret to this day !
U re awesome guy!!! Thanks to share your memories with us.. i wish u all the best..
Le jour quand t'a mis le vidéo en ligne tu est devenu un chlabor😞😩🥴
Irish and a soldier in the Legion makes him twice as dangerous.
A lot of Slavs in the legion
@@triggerboy85v59 tough guys too as all seem to be in the Legion
And thrice as gay.
@@Big_AlMC
Any true Vet will tell you,
It takes all kinds.
X2 as Drunk as well😂
Magnifique ! On est totalement dans l’ambiance ! Bravo à tous les légionnaires , votre abnégation et votre loyauté !
Well done Sir! You were true to your Service. Very inspiring.
Amazing vibes in this video.
Man this is just so Inspiring ! Next year I am going to the legion
Thanks for the work you have done for the country and your courage!!bravo à toi légionnaire!a french citizen
nice is a soldiers life and you have clearly embraced it. get in soldier.
What a life! thank you for your service. Respect.
thank you so much for your serving sir✊🏻🇫🇷🤝🇮🇪
YOU Rock!! Thank you for being best men. God Bless you forever in each of your footsteps. Amen.
Looks Mega mate I really wish I hadn't bottled it years ago I'm gutted I bet you had an awesome time lot's of respect
what happened?
I went to France with all good intentions of joining I found a very nice bar nearby and got totally wasted woke up next morning didn't really have an hangover but it didn't feel like a good idea so I went back to the UK and now I bitterly regret not doing it I was fresh out of the army too so I was fit but now I'm to old very bad choice now I work in a shitty factory on minimum wage dealing with some right retards everyday 😩
@@markharris1546 how old are you
I'm 44 too old now ☹️
@@markharris1546 its alright you still served atleast. I'm leaving in 1 year to try and join
My son had to put ‘legion’ into a sentence for school so I typed French Foreign Legion in to RUclips to show him …. this video came up, really cool… hope he uploads more, looks like he’d have a solid fan base 😁
Merci à toi d'avoir rejoint la légion ! Bravo à toi !
Best choice of song/soundtrack! I hope you're well man !
Great army with many from different countries, including our brave Irish 🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪
Brilliant video, need to do some videos about life in the legion and your tours. Great to see you survived and thrived. All the best in The future pal, ex- Armoured Infantry.
Hi Mac.. I actually joined the Legion in 2015 but left during training in Castel but I came I kept in touch with some lads from my platoon-company that eventually ended up in Calvi. Frana Beetge was one and when I previously applied but got sent home to get more medical info another guy I knew Chris Du Preez and a few other eastern bloc boys. It has dawned on my mind a few times to go back but I'm 30 now (still in good nick) but times and the world are changing and the days of a front line infantry soldier are limited and its small tight knit special forces (GCP-SEAL-ECT) that will see the majority of action in proxy wars and the truth of the matter is the majority of men in the Legion and domestic forces will never fire a weapon outside of the range and I just found it hard to stay motivated. I'm sure the French will always be involved in some former colonial hotspot! Was there many Irish lads in the RP of late? I only met one Irish man a Dub in Aughbane and a man from Donegal who was leaving Castel to join the calvary in Orange! I like the video it was very interesting! Take care and greetings from Co Clare ☘
Is it really so? also is it possible to access the GCP?
@@Kaiju.N.00 you finish the training and they right your name if they need you. Even if you finish the "training" does not mean that you go gcp
When you join the Legion, you have a brotherhood for life.
That’s what they say about everything
@@andaltargren9015
But only the Legion means it. You f*** up they have your back do the same thing in the French army and they will throw your to the wolves.
@@joebenson528 only thing I can remember the French Military do is surrender…
Actually, for not being able to keep the lid on in Europe, even with Brits there, in TWO WORLD WARS where we lost 500,000 men (about 400,000 if you subtract Pacific losses in WWII).
@@biodidu25 France certainly lost the most men, couldn't get the Germans out of France for four years, and no way victory happens without 1.1 mil U.S. soldiers to blunt German spring, 1918 offensive (reinforced by 500,000 men released from Russian front).
Nice,so you also get into Gcp the Special Unit from 2Rep ...yes nice memories,be strong and keep going comrade
wish you the best for you and your family!
Such a great video, what a life !!!! Wow, how can you make life exciting again after leaving? I would say lots of guys would have issues adjusting to regular life.......Blessings................
Easy mate, it’s all in the mind
@@MAC-LEGION ¿do you hace Instagram ¿ Ita would be great ro see more stuff of yur life in the legion
Good on you mate,all the best from cork city...
Thank you for your service
Big respect, man! Legia patria nostra!
Thankyou for your service
Superbe video,vraiment.Avec tout cet arrière-plan de légendaire irlandais. Bon sang, entre les premières et les dernières photos, le garçon est devenu un sacré beau bébé,du genre qu'on préfère avoir avec soi ^^.
Hat off to you mate, great job and loved the video - all the best marching forward!
Craic man, after failing the reserve defence forces fitness test more then i could count, due to injury, illness covid and a sick mother. i relaised my heart wasn't gona be in it with out a tour and i hope to join the Frence forgin legion in 3 years at the age of 38/39,i was only thinking of the gcp and one unit i might try for, loads to do in the legion. Thanks for the video and sharing you exerpence, i am sure your family are proud and so the french are greatful.
Thanks again.
GCP at 39. Keep dreaming pal
@@endercharlie no sorry would be at least 3 to years after enlistment, sure you know your stuff... lol
@@stephengough7471 I more meant your physical condition. If you failed the reserve defense force fitness test multiple times, what makes you think you'll pass GCP selection, at 39years old.
Every legionnaires first true job in the legion: Janitor
Ooh
I run my floor buffer now and clear 200k
Same with the US Army.
@@boburwell9921
Once I got the hang of Floor Buffer, found it "therapeutic relaxing."
Yeah in the us army you do dumb shit 99% of the time and 1% cool shit.
Amazing video. Well done mate - you have done what most of us only dream of.
Thank you for your service Sir !
Really amazing
The legion life is very adventurous and interesting.
I took more inspiration from this than you could ever believe.
I was hoping to see some scuba action, but just as well. Job well done, my brother in arms. Semper Fidelis!
I'm French and I think the foreign legion is a great institution. Take people from all over the world who seek adventure, combat, suffering, a new life for some, another chance, the pride of being part of an elite unit, the myth .. and the money ;) that's so cool. France has so much war to fight, it would be great if instead of 10,000 people in the legion, we are like 50,000 maybe. But unfortunately .... We have no money ... the French state is bankrupt. Apparently they take 1 out of 10 candidates. It's sad but it s life ... Vive la légion étrangère ;)
Salut from Spain. Great video and great life.
Mate that gave me goose bumps. I was laughed at when I said I wanted to join. So I'm a chef living in Australia now. I'm from Dublin originally. What an adventure! With all that hard work you feckin well deserve it. Hope you put another one up soon mate.