Stories

During my years in the French Foreign Legion I experienced some very “interesting” situations. However, I still consider those four months of radio training…

Being a legionnaire in St. Christol is one of the most miserable thing you can imagine when you want to go up, do your…

Summer has arrived, but I didn’t go directly back home for my vacation. I got 3,5 weeks off, before the radio training. I felt…

The moment you join a combat unit, you pass trough of some conversations with your hierarchy. The first is always the captain, the unit…

With the BAM I didn’t only finish a training but I also arrived to the end of my first year. Probably those were my…

I was waiting for the BAM (Brevet d’Alpiniste Militaire – Military Mountaineer Certificate) because everyone said that it’s going to be as good as…

These two weeks were one of my favorite moments of my first year in the French Foreign Legion. When I chose 2° REG, I…

I went down to Avignon and flew back home with the first flight from Geneva. To be able to fully enjoy my vacation I…

I had a particular eye on me in the company during the next few days. I haven’t even passed 2 weeks there but everyone…

I already told some stories about how my fellow Legionnaires did bananes. This is a story about my own very first. Once we passed…