Posted on 11/20/2015 10:11:36 AM PST by quesney
(Reuters) - Requests for information about joining the French army have surged following the Nov. 13 attacks in Paris, military officials said on Friday.
Colonel Herve Chene, head of airforce recruitment, said the numbers visiting his unit's hiring centers had tripled since Islamist militants killed at least 130 people a week ago.
Clicks on his unit's recruitment website had shot up too.
"Under normal circumstances, our website gets 2,000 visits per day. Now we have over 20,000," Chene told Reuters.
"All of the armed forces are seeing increased numbers."
Commandant Reynald Tambour at Paris's airforce recruitment center said inquiries about joining had risen from five or six a day normally to more than 20 in the last few days.
The attacks by gunmen and suicide bombers on cafes and a concert hall packed with rock fans in Paris and outside the Stade de France sports stadium on the northern outskirts of the capital were the most deadly in France since World War Two.
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Much of The world is tired of weak leaders.
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“Once the French start singing La Marseillaise, it’s on.”
“Enquiries” is the key word. Let’s see who follows through.
My older son joined the Marine Corps 9 months after 9/11, when he turned 18.
When Guns Are Outlawed, Only Muslims Will Have Guns.
Lets not forget that France nearly ruled all of Europe at one time.
:) my son was 9. He wanted to donate blood, send water to the guys at ground zero, and join the Army, then the Air Force after they brought simulators to town and he aced the mission (I was flying around in circles), but I told him if he went he would get the best training in the Corps. It was one of the few times he took my advice. Better to give strong willed children multiple choices.
Give yours a hug for me.
Wish I could. He was killed in Iraq in 2005.
Exhaling. I’ll ask that he get an interim group hug with my son’s best friend, his platoon leader, and my brother. I am so sorry for your time apart. I know it is agonizing.
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