During my years in the French Foreign Legion I experienced some very “interesting” situations. However, I still consider those four months of radio training as the most difficult period I suffered during
Being a legionnaire in St. Christol is one of the most miserable thing you can imagine when you want to go up, do your bag and go somewhere the same day. Although
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 extremely lucky and we decided with my girlfriend
The moment you join a combat unit, you pass trough of some conversations with your hierarchy. The first is always the captain, the unit commander. He’s going to ask you a few
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 quickest 12 months in my life. I don’t
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 the BSM was. Once I saw the list
These two weeks were one of my favorite moments of my first year in the French Foreign Legion. When I chose 2° REG, I knew they do at least two months of
I went down to Avignon and flew back home with the first flight from Geneva. To be able to fully enjoy my vacation I switched off my phone because I didn’t want
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 knew my name. Fantastic. At the beginning, I
I already told some stories about how my fellow Legionnaires did bananes. This is a story about my own very first. Once we passed our first few days in our unit and