SURVIVING The French Foreign Legion | Thomas Gast | Bought The T-Shirt Podcast

[@ragnarrooikat]

Dont know the British lad, but you can clearly see these two men are operators not media personalities. Keep it up lads

[@johnanderson5117]

This is so much better than watching mainstream TV.

[@nuggetella]

🍻

[@johnbhoy8813]

Follow Thomas daily, great guy!!!! I'm based in Belfast, North of Ireland and planning to join the Legion early next year hopefully.

[@dustsettles6099]

Did you go? How old are you?

[@jaspersazerac8119]

Get at it

[@anthonycotterill5616]

Did ya do it mate?

[@flava471]

Chris you are a legend for having Thomas on 🙏🏻 respect

[@tongdour]

I'm a Marine. That is to say....I enlisted the U.S. Marines at like 18/19 years old and stuff. Did my military service and got honorably discarcheg. If all else fails. I'm still under 35 years old. I really do like the French Foreign legion.

[@simonmoriarty9987]

Much respect to Thomas. Love your advice, 'Always tell the truth'.

[@adrianandkatrinadove203]

i knew a guy who actually deserted from the legion,i believe after two yrs...we are talking many yrs ago.....effectively he would still be on the run !!!..have always been interested in the legion..one of my colleagues at royal mail,his brother joined the legion,did his 5 yrs,was badly wounded i gather in combat...a most interesting video......thanks very much for this...

[@ianmangham4570]

Me too, a guy in Rossington South Yorkshire

[@adrianandkatrinadove203]

@@ianmangham4570 just watching this...kzbin.info/www/bejne/nKivgWqOn6Z_oJo&ab_channel=BestDocumentary

[@pauljohnston9776]

Fascinating guest Chris thank you 👌

[@blooddiamondsandgold]

Thomas Gast is cool 😎!

[@BellaBimmers]

The Legion is just another level mate.

[@Ishumadaan1279]

Great to see (FFL+RM) Together

[@daverich2534]

Thanks Chris great video as usual, ive followed Thomas channel for sometime, but didn't know he used to be a German paratrooper even before joining the legion, tough guys these legionaires , you just know it by this guy look in his eyes total badarse definitely been to places most of us could only have nightmares about , but total respect to anyone who's done the 5 years let alone 17

[@ianbarker6456]

The best book about the Legion is Simon Murray's 'Legionnaire - An Englishman In The French Foreign Legion'. Have read it several times over the last 40 years. Murray served in Algeria during the fight for independence. It is a superb read.

[@jason-iv5lb]

Really great interview thanks Thomas for talking about your experience in the French Foreign legion. Cheers Chris

[@jasonwebb7574]

Chris, BZ for mentioning Rick Rescorla, he came from a small Cornish town 4 miles from my hometown.

[@ArrBee6]

Cheers Thomas.

[@jiltedjohn9294]

What a brilliant guest speaker

[@cavscout62]

Good Man Thomas. Great podcast Chris, I’ll be back.

[@robertsheldrake2295]

Great live Chris and Thomas. I thoroughly enjoyed it 👍👍👍

[@totalutternutter]

No coffee, no worky.

[@sfldmu9060]

Nice one Chris, one of your best mate. What about Royal Artillery Special Observers? Keen to hear more about this unit

[@steveh5005]

Those RA 4/73 Sphinx Batt guys are very underrated. During Cold War they had a stay behind role. Be interesting as u mentioned

[@planeoldpaul1512]

Good one Chris and Thomas, we had someone run away from PMC (REME brat school) to join the Legion, they sent him back...I said run away not deserted because we were only 16 - 18. I hope all turned out well for him.

[@pedropedro58er]

Back in the 80s after an extremely drunken weekend in Paris. A pal and my self found ourselves at the recruiting office for the Legion. Thank god it was Bastille Day and was closed. That was a close one

[@ant7936]

Good interview again, thanks.

[@f.dmcintyre4666]

Great video...........Really enjoyed this...........Thanks for the appreciation...........Happy Christmas and Blessings...............

[@annlynch2642]

I enjoyed listening to this chris very interesting. He don't look his age xxx❤🌺🇬🇧

[@1984isHereNow]

Brilliant guest Chris. Can you ask him on future shows what the percentages of nationals are after French.

[@sharkwolf7788]

Highly recommend the book by Simon Murray that he mentioned

[@africaart]

Great podcast. 💗 I surprised the KZbin didn't recommend this to me earlier.

[@HUMPTYNUGGET]

There is a great book by Morris Opler called ...An Apache life / way.....where he describes the Apache practice of putting a smooth rock or stone into the mouth of a warrior ....this if I remember was done because of the hot climate and to conserve the exhalation of body moisture through the mouth whilst hunting or running long distances and to improve fitness forcing to breathe through the nose ....... incredible race of people ......true warriors.......

[@feathermen1138]

Two absolute legends......I looked at joining the Legion but joined the marines instead...

[@jacksaunders325]

Can always do both

[@treybeck5212]

@@jacksaunders325 So did I😎😎

[@garyneilson1833]

Chris that was a very interesting podcast with Thomas giving us an insight into the FFL.I'm looking forward to checking out his channel now.Keep up the good work

[@EnkaMexi]

Great Talk! 👍✌

[@marklee1194]

Sgt. Chef Peter Hauser I believe this was the name you were referring to. He was the lead instructor in Bear Grylls' "Escape to the Legion."

[@stepevin923]

Great post, i have subscribed to Thomas channels.

[@briansmithenergy248]

Humanity under attack big time. Its biblical. Orwells war that never ends. Unconditional love respect and gratitude. Fighting the good fight.

[@digdougedy]

As an ex REP man, I've not seen rocks in the mouth, however, there was a punishment called "Le Boudin" (Boudin meaning sausage). It entailed filling up half a lorry tire inner tube with rocks, tying of the ends, carrying it over your shoulders and running around the parade square until told to stop. The worse the crime, the heavier le boudin and the longer you ran. Afterwards, you would sleep in a hole in the ground covered by a curved corrugated roof with bars at each end... Another punishment was to dig a hole and re fill it. I saw one guy, a Scotsman, disappear into the ground over a period of 2 days, no food, just water before finally being hauled out of the hole. He was then given a piece of bread and pate with a beer and told fill it up...

[@ChrisThrall]

Email me if you can come on the show 🙏

[@digdougedy]

@@ChrisThrall Thanks. But I don't think I would be very popular because, after an "incident" with a sergeant, I deserted and went back to racing motorcycles. And yes, I do regret deserting.. I had leave, came back to the UK to cool off. I had 3 days to find a job or bite the bullet and go back. I found a job, and the uniform sits gathering dut in my wardrobe...

[@ChrisThrall]

@@digdougedy Everything deserts the Legion, mate! That's why it would be an ace chat - have a think. Cheers :)

[@andrewritchie517]

What an Amazing and fascinating podcast thanks Chris and Thomas....just a quick question can you get dispensation to join after the 39 yr old limit if you have previous experience? Cheers ROYAL!

[@nuggetella]

Love these stories, lads want to be lads, yet still find solitude in regiment & discipline...

[@stevendugandzic4347]

Great stuff Thomas but I'd love to know how many others on youtube whom say they were in Legionnaire are actually telling the truth,I kniw you're a Legionnaire but sone others on youtube are hard to believe,a few haven't even spoken a word in Françé......Merde!! Ahaha,Thomas tu est formidable,merci❤️you're videos are so much fun but I laughed my head off when you did the military USA food ration,you said,"what's a cobbler"🤣🤣🤣🤣I couldn't stop laughing you're a soldier but also very entertaining well done just brilliant❤️❤️❤️

[@stevendugandzic4347]

I just asked the same,go check the Indian guy who claims he too joined,he tells you all this info but it sounds like he's info checked and just reading from a screen

[@gjfjfk]

@@stevendugandzic4347 He's passed the basic training left after.

[@h7283]

Je suis une deserter depuis la legion. (1983) it's not what I expected. I was in the duke of Albany's maritime regiment of foot prior to this. That was much harder! 169878 PO355XXX

[@bodyloverz30]

The command NCO is Chef Hauser.

[@ianmangham4570]

I've seen a few of his vids years ago now, it's a small world Chris mate 👍😊

[@maxmcshane7052]

Good stuff

[@taffdavies35]

Try looking at the Nato LRRP

[@Allanpaul784]

I was just hitting 39 and a half wanted to join but my life wasn’t financially ready now I’m just a bit too old and thought I couldn’t join because of my criminal record if I had known I could I would have join for life and moved my family to France

[@kerrydixons-lovechild8195]

Whats the make up of nationalities like in the FFL now? 80's/90's was top heavy with Brits & Germans, I would imagine with the end of the cold war etc there would be a lot more Eastern Europeans and South Americans etc?

[@simonh6371]

Seems to be the case judging by the many documentaries out there, also Africans, many from French speaking countries.

[@glastonbury_awakening2224]

The legion, "The best Army in the World Forever the legion"

[@MjahedTV]

Commentary for the algorithm

[@pfarraldcash6095]

Kennst du Feldmann survival, er ist auch Legionär?

[@treybeck5212]

Im a former bootneck, but was going to Join the foreign legion.. met a few in djbouti

[@glastonbury_awakening2224]

I joined in Paris in 2015

[@thedoddfishtreemonkey.7760]

Worked with the FFL at camp du canjures. We thought they were sh*te Chris, I was at 42 at the time.

[@lillybarrett2497]

sure

[@unusedsub3003]

I wish you'd asked him about Tony Sloane.

[@chentaijitraditionalberlin]

Interesting interview, good questions! Germany: crime 5-15 years; murder 12-20 years; debt 3-30 years; upset the establishment: up to lifelong! ( and who knows which stories they create!) 😉 No men of honor

[@ianmangham4570]

Can't go wrong with Kroney

[@gerrypowell2748]

Bonsoir les mecs

[@MjahedTV]

Wesh wesh cousin

[@cheriecollins3848]

You look 39 😊

[@seamus9750]

39 is way too old to join the military in my opinion.

[@michaelmajor4450]

when the legion was first formed back in 1800's that was the age limit they like there traditions if you turned up today at 39 you would have no chance of getting in

[@timoakes450]

2+2-=12 Adj. Thomas LOLVE YOU -MERRY CHRISTMAS BOYS GREAT LOVE YOU BOTH TO DEATH TOMMY27

[@swschu]

LPN

[@ianmangham4570]

Shame about Bill Gates lmao 😂

[@africaart]

20+ years ago, Bill Gate was our Elon Musk (loved by most people).

[@tongdour]

I have been watching your videos over the past few years and stuff. I did not know that your mother is black and that you are multi-racial and stuff.

[@WhiskyandBacon]

Very interesting👍Before Thomas joined the legion,he served 5 years as a fallschirmjäger (paratrooper) in the West German Army.

[@gerrypowell2748]

Bonsoir les mecs