After the BSM, we received during a small ceremony our first “brevet” and we were half on our way to complete our basic mountain course. At the end of that week, we got the results of the last 2 months and the new unit affectation.
Most of us went to the 1st company of 2°REG.
Since I arrived to the regiment, I’ve heard some rumors of my new company. Everyone was telling me that I’m going to have a difficult period the next few months.
Back that moment I took everything much more seriously than I should have and I made my own life harder. As I said in a previous chapter, there is no hard or easy regiment/company/section in the French Foreign Legion.
If you are good enough nobody is going to bother you, but if you don’t want to work, life is surely going to be difficult. If I could give an advice to my “old-myself”, it would be something like: keep calm and go ahead.
My first day in a combat company was on a Wednesday.
Nothing special, we got a room for three before the captain told us in which section we are going to serve. The atmosphere was a bit strange for the first sight. I felt like if I were a child watching the life of a family through the window.
I didn’t know anyone, but the guys there were like friends. The people were cool with each other, because they just passed 6 months preparation and a 6 months long mission together in Afghanistan. Many legionnaires deserted after the deployment, but those who didn’t left made a strong crew. We weren’t considered as a part of that team and they didn’t forget to tell us when they had an occasion.
Legion Training
Prepare for selection.
Get ready for the French Foreign Legion with practical training tools.
A British legionnaire, who arrived a few months before me, talked a bit about the company. He warned me that the first weeks won’t be easy, but once new legionnaires arive, it will be better.
Naturally, on Friday I was between the firsts who left the regiment. I thought that I’m not going to have too much free time in the next few months.
