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Originally Posted by James Langham
Nice detail although I was under the impression the Spanish Foreign Legion did not accept foreigners any more!
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Through the course of the Legion's history Spaniards (including natives of the colony of Spanish Guinea) have made up the majority of its members, with foreigners accounting for 25 percent or less. After 1987 it stopped accepting foreigners altogether and changed its name to the Spanish Legion. But, in the 2000s, after the abandonment of conscription, the Spanish Army again accepted foreigners from select nationalities, mostly from Central American and South American states.