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The legion doesn't accept failure. J and others began to get more and more "attention" from the corporals and sergeants.

One of these others, a French chap called Y cracked. We found him lying in the bathroom unconscious after trying to smash his own head in by running into the wall. There had been a successful suicide in the same bathroom a few weeks earlier by hanging. I hadn't known that Legionnaire personally but had seen him around.

Y was taken to the infirmary. A few days later he was charged and sentenced to forty days punishment for his "crime".

Then it was J's turn. After a particularly bad beating, we were in a French lesson and J cracked. He just began staring into space and mumbling to himself. He would not answer the sergeant who was giving the lesson.

Our staff sergeant stepped in. While we watched he sat down with J and hugged him. We were amazed. He then started talking to him softly. We couldn't hear what he was saying to him but it sounded like a father talking to his son. He started giving him biscuits to eat. Eventually J started responding and seemed back to normal again.

The staff sergeant told him with a kind smile to get up and helped him to his feet. Then he put his hand around the back of his neck and propelled him towards the kitchen which was at the back of the room we were in. He then forced him into a small freezer and closed the lid. I felt sick.

When J was eventually let out of the fridge he was like a zombie. From then on he just went through the motions of being a human being.

Now came my great moment to do something totally futile but important to me. I approached my corporal and requested to see the lieutenant.

The corporal looked at me like I had gone completely insane and asked why. I told him I wanted to tell him about all the abuse that was going on. He laughed his head off. Then he told me to come with him.

He took my to the same staff sergeant. They spoke. The staff sergeant laughed and told me to present myself. I did what I was ordered then he said, "Young, tu pense trop" (Young, you think too much) and ordered me to follow him.

I was taken to the lieutenant, went through the same drill and then was asked why I wanted to see him. I told him everything that had been happening.

He did not say one word about it, just dismissed me.

I am happy to go through hell if that is the system and process necessary to get to the objective. I don't accept having the shit kicked out of me by some brainless ape for his amusement. I was joining the military, not a gang.

I had my nose and several ribs broken in the first few weeks. There was no taking off of stripes by the responsible corporal and squaring up. I had to stand there while the son of a bitch took swings at me.

The reason for this punishment was that I had requested to see our lieutenant.

I had seen a particularly bad beating during a long run. The recipient twisted his ankle while running ahead of me. The same corporal had screamed at him to get up. He did get up but couldn't walk let alone run. The corporal began pushing him and then punching him on the back of the head every time he fell. He basically hopped the rest of the way and then ended up in hospital.

My blood boiled when I saw this but it was training, and however twisted and extreme, there was some objectivity to it. Then something happened to a friend. There was no objectivity to it whatsoever.

J was an English Legionnaire. His father had been a famous soldier in the SAS who had written a couple of books. He was a few years older than me (everyone was) but we had become good mates.

As I began to get do well in the hellish training regimen, J struggled more and more. He was strong but just didn't have any stamina and just couldn't pick up French fast enough.

I immediately crossed to France, spent a couple of months at my old school there and then one day got a lift with a friend to Toulouse and signed up.

I was fit, very strong for my age and for my weight but also obviously young. That was quickly sorted out. Although "anonymat" or a new identity is often given, in my case I didn't have any past or crimes to hide, so I was just given a new date of birth to make me old enough for enlistment.

I went through a selection process and discovered that I was one of the ten percent accepted. Of that ten percent only the best ten percent at the end of basic training would be allowed to go for selection for the 2eme REP.

Before we went off to the training regiment in Castelnaudary, our intake paraded into the museum to swear the oath of allegiance before the General commanding French Foreign Legion, General Le Corre. Unfortunately, his gloriousness couldn't make it. Then, instead of another officer standing in and hearing us swear, they just called it off and we went to have our lunch. This made a huge impression on my idealistic young mind. I was totally confused. How could they just abandon something so important.

Basic training was hell. The actual training itself was tough, but the endless, sleep and food deprivation combined with the cold and endless discipline was miserable. Still, I understood that it was necessary and was what "made" a legionnaire.

After a few months I began to do well. I just had one problem. I hated bullies. I always have and always will.

More accurately I went AWOL from French Foreign Legion's elite 2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment. I was seventeen years old.

At the time the minimum age to be in "the REP" was 21. I was apparently the youngest man to have ever earned his wings in the Legion. I was based at Camp Raffalli in Calvi in Corsica.

This picture was taken at the 1ere RE in Aubagne when I was first accepted for basic training at the 4eme RE in Castelnaudary. I was about to have my life, my face and my mind rearranged.

To be accepted into the legion was a very proud moment for me. After an "interesting" childhood, I suppose to my naive young mind, it meant a chance to be in control of my life.

I could not have been more wrong. I certainly wouldn't be in control of my life. In fact the Legion wasn't going to be in charge of my life either.

I would discover that my life was in the hands of my direct superior, usually a corporal and the sergeant above him, and my fellow legionnaires. Every single moment of every 20 hour long day was spent hungry, on our feet (forbidden to ever sit down) and freezing cold or stinking hot.

I had left school when I was sixteen, then scrounged, begged and worked to pay for a plane ticket from Zimbabwe to the UK, "to join the British Army", or so I told my parents.

Its trending on twitter, apparently according to documents released by Wikileaks Today, the almighty CIA has been spying on everybody, they are backdoors to all computers in the world at their call through every updates you do, its claimed skype conversations are turn to real time text(skype is down and asking for updates today), they have access to all our conversation through mics in all our devices form phones,to TV sets and radios.
This is coming out after claims by President Trump that Obama tapped his phone.
And there is the project #umbrage, hacking into systems through malware and making it look as if someone else did it.

THE CIA IS TRULY EVEN STRONGER THAN THE NSA

Shakitibob0:
do I need ielts to study in TUM,?

super YES,very elitist skool dem no wan hear story jus provide d documents they ask u of

Quite simply, to join the Foreign Legion, you need to present yourself to an information desk (FLIC) or at a preselection center (PC), all of which are located in France.

So, step 1 is go to France.

Once there, you will need to:

Have a valid passport or photo ID. Also be between 17 and 39 years old
Be able to write and read your maternal language. That being said, all training is in French, and while it will be taught to you, having some proficiency in the language is still trés helpful.
Once you get to a FLIC or PC, you will be given info on the legion and the terms of contract will be explained to you. The process starts when you pass your passport to a serving Legionnaire in a recruiting center. If you decide to proceed, you will be transferred to Paris, Foreign Legion Recruitment Center.

On you're in Paris you will need to:

Confirm your desire to join the Legion.
Be able to pass a basic medical screening.
Sign a 5 year contract
Again, if you pass and are still interested in joining, you will be sent to the Recruitment and Selection Center in Aubagne where you will need to:

Be able to pass psychological, personality, and logic tests
Be able to pass a more thorough medical and dental exam.
Be able to pass a background check (Interpol, among others). Contrary to popular myth, the Legion, like any other professional fighting force, is not eager to fill its ranks with criminals. Exceptions for minor convictions are possible but if you killed a man, its not likely you'll get in.
At this point, you will be given one last opportunity to either affirm your desire to join the Legion or back out.

During this entire process, accommodations and food are provided by the Legion. The whole recruiting & selection process takes (in most cases) 2 – 5 weeks.

If you pass, congratulations! You'll be given a pseudonym and begin your training as a prospective Legionnaire and start on your 5 year contract. The initial training runs 15 weeks with the first 5 weeks being the "boot camp" portion. For more details on this process and life in the Legion overall, I recommend Evan McGorman's book - Life in the French Foreign Legion: How to Join and What to Expect When You Get There.

Before you start packing your bags to France though, I want to mention some key facts:

1 in 10 recruits will not survive their first 5 year contract. The training for the Legion is among the toughest and most challenging in the world.
Once complete the training at Aubagne, you belong to the Legion. You leave by completing your term or you die.
The Legion deploys to areas like Djibouti, Cote D'Ivoire, and other high-conflict areas. Combat is a way of life for a Legionnaire.
That being said, if you injured during a battle as Legionnaire, you can immediately apply for French citizenship under a provision known as "Français par le sang versé" ("French by spilled blood".

So, if this all sounds like a good idea to you, head on over here - FOREIGN LEGION RECRUITMENT WEBSITE.
The only way of joining is to take a fight to Paris then take the metro, walk up to their recruitment center and sign up. There are 5 centers all over France but going to Paris is most advisable as its the main recruiting center. It's not very easy to get in, they have a lot of candidates arriving every day. Statically 1 in every 8 candidates get recruited. The website gives you all the information you need. No one can help you join, do some research via Google, pack your bags and leave. YouTube has a lot of videos which details the lives of légionnaires in training. Try joining in the month of March that way you do basic training on summer and not winter. Trust me it makes a difference.

Absolutely. According to reports, he goes weekly (which is about the same frequency that many very serious Catholics do so).

As others have noted, any priest could hear the Pope's Confession (there is, in fact, a requirement of geographical jurisdiction, but since it is a matter of Canon Law, we can assume that if the Pope asks a priest, "Will you please hear my Confession?" then it is automatically implied that he is granting that priest ad hoc jurisdiction). However he will usually (i.e. pretty much always) go to a specific priest, generally unknown to the public, who acts as his personal confessor.

No.

If you even so much as hint that you don't want any food, the flight attendant will call both the pilot and co-pilot and they will promptly yet swiftly storm out of the cockpit and duct tape you to your seat.

Then, the 3 of them will take turns jamming food down your throat as your loved ones sitting beside you shriek in horror.

Once the whole ordeal is done and the plane has landed, you will be escorted off the aircraft like the little bitch you are, and will get your ass handed to you by the FAA, DOD, FBI, CIA, NSA, DEA, KGB, FSB, NYPD, LAPD, SFPD, MBPD, USN, USAF, USAA, USMC, USCG, USDA, DHS, DOR, DMV, DOE, DOL, ICE, EPA and my personal favorite, the Department of Housing and Urban Development.

Yes, every 3–4 letter accronymed federal agency you can think of will kick the shit out of you for your insolence and utter disrespect of rejecting a crappy in-flight meal that has been pre-heated in the same microwave without being cleaned since the late 1980’s.

Once you're done eating fists, the flight attendant whom you had the nerve to reject will take you to court, win full custody of your 3 children, take your home, boat, car, condo in Miami, timeshare in Barbados, membership to your gym, membership to your country-club, your golden tooth, your other kidney that you're not really using, and have you pay an exorbitant alimony of $10,000 a month.

You will then be branded a terrorist, never be able to fly again let alone reject another in-flight meal, and your life will come crumbling down on you.

All because you said “no thank you” when you were offered an in-flight meal.

You poor bastard.

Now for the real, obvious, sans-sarcasm answer:

Of course you can. If you politely decline, the flight attendant will store the food and carry on with her job.

No one is forcing you to do anything, especially accept a meal.

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mostfavour:
Any awaiting 2017 summer applicant in the house?
Am getting so worried of not have got admission mail neither from the schools nor uni-assist.
I only got acknowledgment receipt, gurus in the house any advice
Are they some applicant in my shoes??

if u get airtime ,better ring germany.........

pitapromiz:
check your email sir.

checked over and over again

pitapromiz:
am in lagos bro. i have DMd you...

didnt see anytin from u

pitapromiz:
hi. am also applying to TUM and i plan sending my documents next week. unfailing wednesday. we can connect to send it together.

If u are both in lagos,I am also interested,3 to share the price of one

yeancahblack:
Goodday everyone.

Please does anyone know if this new CBN policy will also be a benefit for we travelling to Germany? The policy states that for school fees payments, the bank should pay directly into the school's account. How about us?

I mean, we are supposed to fund our BLOCKED ACCOUNT and not the school account.
The policy would reduce the cost by a very good percentage

Please whoever has an idea should please educate us.

WELL IN THE PAST A LOT OF OUR GOD FATHERS IN THIS FORUM HAVE USED FORM A SUCCESSFULLY.SO WRITE TO YOUR SCHOOL ASKING FOR INVOICE

Pls is there anybody in WEIMAR? hw s d town like? can one get jobs to supplement d small cash wey him get,abeg no info is too small abeg

debuchy:
Pls house. I hav submited all my documents to TUM . It is now showing formal entry met on my online account. Pls house wot does that mean

It maens you have met all the admission requirement process so wait why they scrutinise ur documents

If you're a Christian who exploits people, leads a double life or manages a "dirty" business, perhaps it's better not to call yourself a believer, Pope Francis suggested in a homily on Thursday in Rome.

"So many Christians are like this, and these people scandalize others," Francis said during morning Mass at Casa Santa Marta, according to Vatican Radio. "How many times have we heard -- all of us, around the neighborhood and elsewhere -- 'But to be a Catholic like that, it's better to be an atheist.' It is that: scandal."
"But what is scandal? Scandal is saying one thing and doing another."

In the Catholic Church, causing scandal also a grave offense.
Examples of such sins abound, the Pope said, from money launderers to business owners who take beach vacations while stiffing their employees.

Francis' sermon, as is customary, was an extended riff on Thursday's Mass readings, which include a passage from the Gospel on Mark. In it, Jesus says it is better to be drowned than to cause others to sin.
Drawing on that passage, the Catholic Catechism says scandals include business leaders who encourage fraud, teachers who agitate students and manipulators who turn people away from moral values.

In other words, anyone who leads others to do wrong, directly or indirectly, is responsible for the evil he has encouraged, the church says. So when Francis compares hypocritical Christians to atheists, he's not being flip; he's trying to protect his flock.
In the United States, some Catholics have cited the church's teachings on scandal to argue that priests should not distribute Holy Communion to politicians who support abortion rights. Francis, a sharp critic of capitalist excesses, turned his scorn instead on greedy businesspeople.
Fake Christians

While many of this Pope's pronouncements are often assumed to be novel interpretations of Christian doctrines, Francis was also touching on an ancient debate: Is salvation open to all believers, or only those who do good while on earth?
The Pope suggested the latter, in characteristically blunt language.

He imagined a wealthy Christian knocking at the gates of heaven and saying, "Here I am, Lord! ... I went to Church, I was close to you, I belong to this association, I did this... Don't you remember all the offerings I made?"
To which Jesus may reply, according to the Pope:

"Yes, I remember. The offerings, I remember them: All dirty. All stolen from the poor. I don't know you.' That will be Jesus' response to these scandalous people who live a double life."

Thursday's sermon is far from the first time Francis has targeted Christian hypocrites. In a sermon last February, the outspoken Pope called out the "fakeness" of Christians who talk piously, but do little to help others.
"To be a Christian means to do: to do the will of God -- and on the last day -- because all of us we will have one -- that day what shall the Lord ask us? Will He say: 'What you have said about me?' No. He shall ask us about the things we did."
It isn't the first time the Pope has mentioned atheists, either. In 2013, he raised questions for saying that heaven is open, potentially, to all people.
"The Lord has redeemed all of us, all of us, with the Blood of Christ: all of us, not just Catholics. Everyone. "'Father, the atheists?' Even the atheists. Everyone!"
Francis continued, "We must meet one another doing good. 'But I don't believe, Father, I am an atheist!' But do good: we will meet one another there."

The Vatican later issued a note clarifying that the Pope was simply saying that God's grace is free to all, even atheists, and urging Christians and non-believers to work together.

ApostleT:
Roman Catholicism has got a number of extra biblical doctrines and some of them are un-biblical.

The gospel of Jesus is Christ is salvation by grace through faith alone in Jesus Christ. The roman catholic church teaching would suggest you need extras to be saved.

The theology of purgatory in Roman Catholicism for example is un-biblical.


I think the Roman catholic church needs further reform just as many other protestants church movements.

the doctrine of purgatory is biblical ,the protestants refuse to accept that book as part of the bibile after lutheran movement

doyinbaby:
There a number of false doctrines catholic church example these Mary ,Mary ,Mary doctrine

which mary doctrine abeg, i want to learn

hybeenoni:
@ blackbriar me too plan applyingto TUM, but I thought their application for winter semesta opens by April 1st na

It ends by april,application for winter started since january and all ur documents must reach munich before last week of march,so start applying

Any body planning on sending documents to TUM next weekfrom Lagos,could we share the bills? do HOLLA

Oma001:
Thank you blackbriar

i take it anyone of either Fed High Court or Notary Public or even german embassy can be used for same purpose? or is anyone more recognised than the other?

Cheers.

Anyone...na ur money kill am

O boi see chest, abi u get plans to go fight JASON BOURNE?

Oma001:
Apologies as this might be a repeated question, but help still. Which of the options is easier to notarise with? For someone that has multiple schools to apply to and can have close to 10 photocopied sets of documents per school (eg 40 documents), which option is better?

Does this also replace having to certify from the school which is the certificate issuing body? As some of the german school requirements ask for certified copies.

Thanks.

FEDERAL HIGH COURT-100 NAIRA PER DOCUMENT LUS GREASING OF PALMS FEES
NOTARY PUBLIC -5K PER DOCUMENT(i.e ONE WAEC PHOTOCOPY 5K,ONE DEGREE CERT PHOTOCOPY 5K ETC)

for affordable notarisation of your documents,kindly go to any federal court in your state of residence and ask for seal and stamp certification of documents(u might have to grease some palms)it is way cheaper

kaydp:
And that's just for a year right?

YES

fabchii:
Hi guys. ielts or toefl, which is easier? I need opinion from those who have experienced both exams. Thanks

IELTS (52K) AND HURRY,SPACES ARE LIMITED

JoshMedia:
I SEARCHED DAAD.DE
BUT COULD ONLY FIND RHINEWAAL


COURSE: MECH ENG

LANGUAGE: ENGLISH ONLY
................ENGLISH AND GERMAN
LANGUAGE QUALIFICATIONS: IELTS ALONE
PLEASE I WILL APPRECIATE YOUR SUGGESTION.
THANKS

unfortunately u can get pure mech eng courses in germany taught in pure english
try computational mechanics at TUM,TUD,RUHR BOCHUM AND BAUHAUS WEIMAR

noblealuu:
Please House compliments of the season.

I wish to seek your sincere advice as concerning my twin brother. He studied Political Science (Second Class Lower) though in a Uni here in Nigeria.

The pay stub in his place of work is miserable, and I so much believe in his prowess that he can make it outside the country.

Advice as a brother from another mother, what COURSE can here pursue at MSc level there in Germany [/b]that could land him a reasonable job [b]in real time post-graduation? Am planning to take a loan in my place of work and probably sale off my father's property in the villa so as to finance this trip.

Please, help me take advantage of the Free Tuition.

any course of his choosing will give him a chance, a sound knowledge of german wold give him a gretaer chance

Gracias

any course of his choosing will give him a chance, a sound knowledge of german wold give him a gretaer chance

Josh4wod:
Someone should please answer me

if it is a combined english and german course u will need to show TESTDaf up to b2