View Full Version : Bonne fête nationale!
Douai
14 Jul 2007, 10:57 AM
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Allons enfants de la Patrie,
Le jour de gloire est arrivé !
Contre nous de la tyrannie,
L'étendard sanglant est levé, (bis)
Entendez-vous dans les campagnes
Mugir ces féroces soldats ?
Ils viennent jusque dans vos bras
Egorger vos fils, vos compagnes !
Aux armes, citoyens,
Formez vos bataillons,
Marchons, marchons !
Qu'un sang impur
Abreuve nos sillons !
Pierre-Henri
14 Jul 2007, 01:49 PM
http://videos.tf1.fr/video/news/france/
My cousin is serving in this regiment (4e régiment de Légion Etrangère). He wasn't on the Champs, though :
http://videos.tf1.fr/video/news/france/0,,3492789,00-legionnaires-.html
BTW, this thread should be in the NSR forum.
Douai
14 Jul 2007, 02:02 PM
My cousin is serving in this regiment (4e régiment de Légion Etrangère). He wasn't on the Champs, though :
Really? That's interesting. I heard the training for La Légion étrangère is very tough.
Pierre-Henri
14 Jul 2007, 02:27 PM
In fact it has been watering down in the recent years. Military authorities are trying to regularize and balance the different arms. Since all personels are now professional, it makes less sense to have a specific core of special troops. Plus, the "army vs legion rivalry" appears to be counter-productive since, by tradition, they don't really train to work together. Finally, the training philosophy is changing even in the legion : less "me kill U" drill, replaced by a more professional and technical approach. Testosterone isn't enough to make a 21st century soldier.
Of course, it will take a lot of time, but the legion is slowly disappearing (or it will be tranformed into a really watered down version of what it once was).
I'm sure the USA have the same kind of problems with the Marines. They look mean, have a prestigious history, but are they that useful ?
cmblfc
14 Jul 2007, 02:31 PM
The jets flying over Paris were pretty sweet.
Pierre-Henri
14 Jul 2007, 03:00 PM
Still, my cousin did some pretty scary things. Missions in the desert or in the guyane jungle without equipment, for example. Or they give a shovel per guy and tell them : "in X minutes, a Leclerc battle tank will pass here". The grunts have to dig a hole and let the tank pass over their heads. It weights 56 tons. I'm glad I did my army period in a military academy.
lefutur
16 Jul 2007, 02:26 PM
here in Brooklyn they have an annual petanque tournament on July 14th. They actually shut down a whole street and have sand dumped on to make the sand pits that they play on. Its one of the biggest petanque events in the country.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwkkNZW2HCw
Pierre-Henri
18 Jul 2007, 04:58 AM
Un tournoi de pétanque à Brouqueline ? This thing is amazing !
guignol
18 Jul 2007, 11:25 AM
http://videos.tf1.fr/video/news/france/
My cousin is serving in this regiment (4e régiment de Légion Etrangère). He wasn't on the Champs, though :
http://videos.tf1.fr/video/news/france/0,,3492789,00-legionnaires-.html
BTW, this thread should be in the NSR forum.done.
funny, i was in france for the 4th and here in CA for the 14th, so missed ALL the fireworks!