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>> "What do you do if they sort of do what they're told, but not really putting any effort into it?" You transfer them to some variant of a penal battalion. Si
by avn2109 10y ago
>> "What do you do if they sort of do what they're told, but not really putting any effort into it?"
You transfer them to some variant of a penal battalion. Simon Murray has a good description of this (from the French Foreign Legion) in [0]. During his stint in the Legion, the generic punishment was having to run around carrying heavy rocks in a backpack that has wire straps, coupled with sleep deprivation. It sounds unpleasant.
[0] https://www.amazon.com/Legionnaire-Years-French-Foreign-Legion/dp/0891418873 https://www.amazon.com/Legionnaire-Years-French-Foreign-Legi...
- literallycancer 10y agoYou mean it sounds like torture?
- avn2109 10y agoKeep in mind that normal life in the Legion involves running around carrying heavy backpacks (with normal straps) and being slightly less sleep deprived.
- dingaling 10y agoBut in terms of motivation it should be noted that the Legion hasn't used conscripts since the early years of WW1. In fact in later decades its usefulness, other than the aggressiveness and expendibility of its soldiers, was based on the fact that French conscripts in the home-based Armée Métropolitan legally could not be deployed overseas.