A military organization that will allow any healthy male 18-45 to join, 17 with parent permission. From any country at any time for most reasons any man can walk into one of their recruiting stations and join up.
A Legionnaires' life is a difficult one, for the only starting contract you can sign is a five-year contract with a 60-day probation period where you can leave at any time. Most can't take the life and desert, for it is not a life of guns and glory, you'll spend more time behind a mop then behind a rifle.
And in response to the common misperception that the Legion will accept all sorts of criminals and miscreants, that is not true at all. At least, not anymore. A full background check is made on you, including a full check by Interpol so if your some deranged axe murderer they'll find you, then they'll turn you over to the police.
If you do join up, you'll either serve in mainland France or if you become a paratrooper in Corsica. Serving in the Legion means serving overseas, and you'll see Africa from the eyes of Djibouti and Algeria. If France is involved in a foreign war its the Legion that gets sent first.
The French Foreign Legion does not cater to criminals, so if your a psychotic axe-murderer you won't be let in, instead you'll be detained and sent to the police. They do perform a full background check on you, one that runs through Interpol and the largest police agency from your home country. So if your from America like me, the FBI will be contacted.
And as you bash France for its lack of military victories, the French Foreign Legion operates outside the French military, and has performed excellently when Legion affairs are left in Legion control.
From the instant you join from, providing you don't desert, the instant you leave, the Legion will always have your back. A man I knew inside was caught with cancer during his service, they paid for all his medical bills, paid for his family to fly across the continent to see him, paid for all of them to fly home, and paid for the funeral and had several officers there in attendance.
And a few things of advice for potential Legionnaires, when you go to the recruiting station, don't bring anything you can't live without, do bring a few locks to guard your stuff, and make sure you can march 10 miles and run 2 miles at the drop of a hat.
Best of luck if you do join.
French Foreign Legionnaires, strangers by birth but family by choice.
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in economics, the net income from assets that are owned by foreigners. The citizens of a country will own assets that are physically located overseas (for example, real estate in another country, shares of foreign stock, or even labor performed while an expatriate), and those assets earn income. At the same time, foreigners likewise earn income on assets located in ones' own country.
If domestically-owned assets located abroad earn more income than domestic assets owned by foreigners, then there will be a net flow of income from overseas. This is a collateral benefit to running a trade surplus, especially over several years.
An example might be the United Kingdom (UK) during the 19th century. Prior to the 1880's, the UK exported far more than it imported. With the foreign money, it bought assets in the economies of other countries, such as the USA, Continental Europe, and the future Commonwealth of Nations. These assets naturally earned a lot of income, as they accumulated over many decades. The income from these assets was so large that, after the 1880's, the UK ran a trade deficit but still had a current account surplus.
In the case of the UK, the current account surplus from the NFFI was still large enough that the UK could continue to buy foreign assets that earned income, even as its trade deficit grew during the early 20th century.
Gross national product (GNP) is gross domstic product (GDP) minus net foreign factor income (NFFI).
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Fruit juice purchased from the "ethnic foods" section of a grocery store. Generally garishly labelled in comparison to mainstream products, with all lettering in languages other than English. May make unintelligible exclamatory claims in bright lettering. What can be deciphered from the ingredients list, and the general appearance of the product, may make one question if said product is truly safe for human consumption.
My girlfriend always buys that weird foreign juice tucked away on the bottom shelf, but just the packaging alone scares the crap out of me.
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Its basically saying that they are going to get in their car. Usually foreign refers to a nice car, but for those wannabe folk...their car.
Brianna: What you on Nykii
Nykila: Boa Im bout to hop up in that foreign and turn up.
Brianna: Ayee! Put me on.
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Foreign Bowl Syndrome (FBS) is a real and common disease among 78% of Americans, a statistic I made up for this definition, in which a person has to withhold a bowel movement (BM) because the toilet isn't the one at home.
Tim: "Damn bro I have to take a poop."
Chuck: "Well then just go dude"
Tim: "I can't just 'go' I have FBS!"
Chuck: "What's that?"
Tim: "Foreign Bowl Syndrome. I can't trust any toilet bowl other than my own."
Chuck: "You're an idiot."
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When a guy becomes obsessed with girls outside of his race, particularly white males who become obsessed with Asians ranging from the Middle East to the Orient.
"Man, Matt has foreign girl fever. He had a crush on Nikita last week but now he's already moving onto Ming-Li and Amisha."
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An esteemed branch of mercenaries often unheralded because of their allegiance with France (a country that has never heard the end of the military failure known as World War II) and their generally private ventures. Though still quite trustworthy and considered by many countries as the most effiecient military force in the world.
All those joining the Foriegn Legion break all bonds to their former lives and take up a new fellowship with fellow Legionnaires.
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