The last week of the basic engineer training (called CP-04 – CP means practical certificate and 04 is the designation of military engineering in the French Army) wasn’t too hard. We have
After the short holyday, I found out that some guys from my platoon were on service (guard) between Christmas and new years eve. It could have been me, but fortunately, we weren’t
We had to wake up at 5AM, get shaved, dressed and put our stuffs in the bus. We went up the sous-officers (NCO) – who are living in town – to the
I quit the lieutenant’s office and I already knew where I’m going to spend my next years. An hour later when the last one chose his regiment, we went down to the
A month left before the end of the basic trainings and our platoon had two goals to achieve.. The raid march and the final tests. Normally, the raid march is a 3-4
We were approaching the last month of the basic trainings, so it was time for our first more serious shooting exercise. It was previously announced that it is going to be cold
After Formiguères it was quite hard to retake the daily routine in Castel, especially the collective punishments for each little banane. The lessons got harder, French became most important than before. We
In the middle of the basic trainings each section has a week in the Pyrenes at the French-Spanish border. During this week you can try the mountain sports and relax a bit
The first 4 weeks have already passed of the basic trainings. I didn’t find the best word which could describe a day in Castelnaudary. The days are not average or normal at
The big day arrived after 4 weeks of hard training at the farm. I don’t even really know which part was the hardest. Maybe that one of the long distance runnings during