THE LAST LEGIONNAIRE who was killed was a Serb: A story from the headquarters of the Foreign Legion in France

The Legion of Foreigners has always been the subject of various stories and legends, and states that only one in eight manage to pass the training. In the town of Aubagne  in France, near Marseilles, is a military complex that hides the world of Foreign Legion.

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Within the complex there is a command building, gymnasiums, polygon, canteens, as well as a monument to the fallen soldiers. The Head of Administration for the expansion of character and heritage of this institution, Lt. Col. Pierre states that there are two sides of the Foreign Legion - one romantic side that talks about the traditional uniform and customs and the other, which is about the modern, trained and prepared legionnaire.

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Officially, the Legion's elite fighting unit is the service of France, which is made up of foreign nationals which France gives weapons and equipment to defend it. Today, in the Legion fight around 6,900 people, among them 90 percent are foreigners.

Candidates must not have more than 40 years of age, and the observations of the candidates takes two weeks when testing their physical strength, motivation and  willingness to maximum efforts. One of the conditions is that they are not married, and the test is passed by every eighth candidate.

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- We do not recruit robots - highlights Lt. Col. Pierre for Novosti.

The highlight of the training is an endurance test in Guyana, where a candidate is on their own for three days without food and items needed for survival. Once you undergo training and fulfill all the requirements, you become a legionnaire.

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The Division General and chief of the Foreign Legion Jean Morin for Novosti spoke of the special relationship between Serbia and France.

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- Regardless of nationality, every legionnaire's the same for us. It does not matter whether he is a Serb, English, German, Russian, Polish or Chinese. There is, of course, a strong bond with your country. We have a lot of former and current Serbian legionnaires. Ties between Serbia and France are historic, created in the common struggle in world conflicts. The last one to die while serving in the Foreign Legion of suffering, David Nikolic, was an exceptional soldier and had a great career. In December, in our training center in Kastelnodary, according to tradition, I translated the rank of a young soldier, the best in his class,  a Serb by origin. All the symbolism is there - says for Novosti.

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Foreign Legion units are currently located in the zone of the Sahara in Mali, Chad and Nigeria, the Central African Republic, Ivory Coast, and in the United Arab Emirates there is a permanent unit within the defense agreements that France has with that country .

(Telegraf.co.uk/ Vecernje Novosti)