Channel: We Are The Mighty

Category: Entertainment

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Description: Looking for more military drinking stories? Check out our new show Drink Like A Sailor: youtube.com/watch?v=jhIeasEbmVA&list=PLJYUMn4XmcPnDBa3v3v5_BFGLAIhRKijO ~~~~~~~ This is why the French Foreign Legion used to give absinthe to troops in their rations! Everyone wants something from their friendly neighborhood medic: opiates, tourniquets, a quick peek at that rash on their junk. But French Foreign Legion troops could get an additional bit of medicine from their quartermaster or doc: absinthe or quinine-laced wine. So, was it just that the French knew how to party better than any other army? Or was it that the Legion just gave zero sh**s and did whatever it wanted? By the way, here's why you don't want to face the French Foreign Legion in combat: youtu.be/IX6-B9l4zDU For more subscribe: bit.ly/2ojIN9o Get more We Are The Mighty: wearethemighty.com facebook.com/themighty instagram.com/wearethemighty twitter.com/wearethemighty All music licensed through Jingle Punks