"When dreams come true: Kazakshtani boy in French ..." Topic

…Foreign Legion.

"With a dream in his pocket and loads of youthful determination a Karaganda Oblast, Kazakhstan native Oleg Serov set off for France for the first time at the age of 18 to get enrolled into the French Foreign Legion. In his interview to Kriminalnye Novosti, young Serov told about his training and studies at the Legion.
He has already made friends with two Belarusians and a Ukrainian and the life at the Legion has doubled Oleg's enthusiasm. "I like French language a lot, and the country is beautiful. I have already been to the Alps and Nice," he said. The most difficult part for the teen, who had never left his home, was lack of communication with his parents. Despite his homesickness, Oleg is not planning on coming back anytime soon. Though, he admits that he misses "home made food, beshparmak (Kazakh national dish) and halva".
In five month, Oleg will be able to take part in a military campaign. "It will depend on the campaign. I do not know where it will be exactly, but most probably in Africa," the young legionnaire said. He was surprised at how rapidly the training progressed. "We already learned how to blow land mines, shoot and parachute," he shared…"
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Armand

Thanks for posting this Armand.
A very good story.
Joe

I thought only English lads fell for "Beau Geste".

This piece appeared in several local newspapers here in the RoK and the discussions have ranged from the usual "How can we let our youth go to fight for foreigners and not our country" through to "we should ban all computer games and movies showing violence as it will weaken our youth, like has the westerners." :)
Love the media.

"We brought up Oleg to be a real man. Our children never wasted time watching TV or playing computer games, but instead they read good books, trained in sports and learned languages."

I see we're scr**ed here in the West.