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French Foreign Legion Fitness Requirements & Tests
Reviewed October 2026 The French Foreign Legion’s official fitness tests include strict pull-ups and the Luc Léger beep test. The published running minimum is…
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French Foreign Legion IQ Test: What to Expect
Reviewed September 2026 If you search for the French Foreign Legion IQ test, the official term you will see is psychotechnical tests. During selection,…
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22. Chapter – A Surprise and a lesson
He woke us up at 5AM and gave 10 minutes to get ready. This time I was the first one to be outside at…
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21. Chapter – Where the hell am I
I remember very well. I just turned on the corner of the corridor at 6.57PM. Not a second later. I was even congratulating myself…
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20. Chapter – First moments in my new platoon
My weekends passed quickly by. I was on the bus bringing the legionnaires up to St. Christol. Those, who had less than 5 years…
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19. Chapter – Back to St. Christol
After the BSM, we received during a small ceremony our first “brevet” and we were half on our way to complete our basic mountain…
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18. chapter – BSM – Shooting and sleeping in an igloo
For the last 2 weeks, we had 3 modules left to validate our BSM. A shooting séance in snow with skies, a night in…
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17. Chapter – BSM – The first ascending
Sunday was the rest day of the week. Light skiing on the slopes until lunch and the afternoon was free for the platoon. Most…
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16. Chapter – BSM
The last week of the basic engineer training (called CP-04 – CP means practical certificate and 04 is the designation of military engineering in…
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15. Chapter – Instruction again
After the short holyday, I found out that some guys from my platoon were on service (guard) between Christmas and new years eve. It…