17 years of life on the front lines - intense action of the storm troops and humanitarian engagement. During Thomas Gast's service in the French Foreign Legion, the author was not only an actor and eyewitness to many missions and operations between 1987 and 2002, but he also closely felt and followed all the changes that this elite corps underwent. This report takes the reader from the deepest jungle of Guyana to the seemingly endless savanna of the Central African Republic, from the Chad Desert to the war turmoil in the Balkans in 1992 and 1993. And one realization remained and continues to hold true: The legend of the Legion is still intact. This book is the textually and visually expanded edition of the debut work "The Legion: With the 2e Rep in the Crisis Areas of This Earth." It was a success and received excellent customer reviews.