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Originally posted by Sephiroth
After discussing this with my dad(retired officer in British army and Legionaire), he said that one of the only real ways to become a citizen when of foreign descent is to join the French Foreign Legion. Having been in the Legion himself for almost ten years(from age 18-26), after which he was offered citizenship but declined and returned to britain to join their army. From what I understand this guy who is awol was of a rank that many do not reach until they're 30+ years of age. Once attaining the necessary rank it was common practice for an officer to become a trainer for the Legion or to join the domestic army. This suggests that this guy is a very focussed soldier, who by chance specialises as a long range sniper. Basically the guy is trained to elude capture, trained to survive in the harshest environments, is highly skilled in hand-to-hand combat, very self controlled and methodical, and is trained to shoot people from long distances.
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I always thought the FFL was basically a bunch of hard-core mercenaries that work for the lust of the job more then the money? So anybody attracted to that life style must already have a personality that is a bit unstable...no offence to ya dad, I'm sure he's an exception.