By Batard4skin The squad was progressing under cover, along the hill. We were to walk round the enemy camp, and take them from behind.  The Lieutenant gave us this mission, not to overtake them, but to create a second attack, at … Continue reading →

By Batard4skin Here is a real story again. It happened about 25 years ago when I was a soldier. I spent 7 years in the army from age 17 to age 24. We were all professionals, that has to be said, as … Continue reading →

By batard4skin Where am I? What happened? I have no idea… I open my eyes, but it only comes to total darkness. I try to remember what happened before… I can’t… Later, may be hours later, some tiny bits come back to my mind. I am a soldier. … Continue reading →

By batard4skin I’ve been serving in the foreign legion for years now… Good time, bad time… depends… No regrets… No pain, no gain, said the enlisted Englishmen… it was right here too… I was to change of regiment. I was due to get to the … Continue reading →

By batard4skin This time, after a few stories, I am back to a true story… I was in the army, as I explained before… There is no reason to waste time to tell you about my army life… Anyway, we were into a … Continue reading →

By batard4skin We were settled in a remote island, far from our base… This island was quite isolated, and a desert… Actually we were the only ones on this island, a group of 25 legionnaires, 3 NCOs and an Officer. We were here … Continue reading →

By batard4skin Part 1 I was enjoying spending a couple of hours, on weekends, at my local café… Not for drinking, but for the company… It was a nice friendly place, where some legionnaires used to come and have a drink too! Not … Continue reading →

By batard4skin Here they are… Three men, captured… They are not proper prisoners. Just soldiers like me, but from another company, captured a few hours earlier just for this mock battle… They are sitting on the ground, back to a tree. If they had no … Continue reading →

By Batard4skin Once more, it is a true story… I have been a soldier for a couple of years. The army was the kind of life I always wanted to get, and I did not regret to leave everything of my previous … Continue reading →

By Batard4skin Once more, it is a true story … As you will discover in the text, I was not “100% conscious” at all time, so I will tell you things how they happened really, not as I felt them on the … Continue reading →