What is the French Foreign Legion? It is a unit of highly trained foreign soldiers that form a part of the French army. Most countries generally only allow soldiers that have citizenship to join the armed forces. There are some exceptions. The US allows people with a US permanent resident card to sign up for […]
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Where do modern military ranks come from? There is not one single point where they started. Many countries have different systems and they have all evolved over time. Most of the ones we use in the West came from Italian and French. You don’t need ranks unless you have an organized army. In the beginning
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I learned this today. West Point is the United States Military Academy. It used to be a fort and is now the most famous military academy for officer training in America. There are 5 American service academies and West Point is the oldest. The others are the US Naval Academy, the US Air Force Academy,
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