French Foreign Legion
Army, Mercenary corps, Special Forces
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| Staff | 9,000 |
| The Foreign Legion is what France uses to project power overseas | |
The French Foreign Legion is a corps of the French Army that consists of several specialties: infantry, cavalry, engineers, airborne troops. Legionnaires are highly trained soldiers and the Legion is unique in that it is open to foreign recruits willing to serve in the French Armed Forces. It is the French army’s preferred unit for overseas service. It saw action in the Persian Gulf War of 1990–91 and has since been sent often to Africa, as well as to Southeast Asia, the Balkans, and Afghanistan.[1]
