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    The mysterious lure of the French Foreign Legion keeps drawing Americans

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    The mysterious lure of the French Foreign Legion keeps drawing Americans By Dan Lamothe December 16 Follow @danlamothe Video from November 2014 shows Legionnaires training on the island of Mayotte, a… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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    How I went to join the Foreign Legion

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    How I went to join the Foreign Legion thetimes.co.uk By Kaya Burgess 3 April 2014 Contrary to modern myth, France’s mysterious fighting force does not take murderers, rapists or violent criminals.… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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    ‘ENGAGED IN GLORY ALONE’: Yanks in French Foreign Legion Were First to Fight

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    ‘ENGAGED IN GLORY ALONE’: Yanks in French Foreign Legion Were First to Fight VFW, Veterans of Foreign Wars Magazine By Gary Ward 1 September 2014, Three years before Doughboys hit the… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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    France Allows Private Security Companies to Protect its Shipping Fleet

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    France Allows Private Security Companies to Protect its Shipping Fleet By Charles Kennedy | Tue, 03 December 2013 22:32 | 0 Piracy around the coast of Africa, particularly off Somalia and… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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    France to Allow Private Security on Ships

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    December 03, 2013 France to Allow Private Security on Ships By MarEx France is to allow private armed guards to protect its shipping fleet against pirates, the government said on Tuesday.  … You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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    Contractor from Stafford dies in Afghan blast

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    May 23rd, 2013, 8:14 pm Contractor from Stafford dies in Afghan blast By RUSTY DENNEN / THE FREE LANCE–STAR Dying alongside American troops in Afghanistan are civilian contractors who also work… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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    CACI-Wexford Group Internationalawarded a $17,918,192 contract

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    Contracts for March 19, 2013 03/19/2013 05:04 PM CDT JOINT IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVE DEVICE DEFEAT ORGANIZATION CACI-Wexford Group International, of Vienna, Va., (HQ0682-13-C-0004) is being awarded a $17,918,192 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for Joint… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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    U.S. Senators Introduce Wartime Contracting Legislation that Could Save Taxpayers Billions

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    U.S. Senators Introduce Wartime Contracting Legislation that Could Save Taxpayers Billions 09:37 GMT, March 2, 2012 Senators Claire McCaskill (D-MO) and Jim Webb (D-VA) have introduced the Comprehensive Contingency Contracting Reform… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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