Basic Training

Basic training is conducted in the 4th Foreign Regiment with a duration of 15 weeks:
-Initial training of 4 weeks – initiation to military lifestyle; outdoor and field activities; learning Foreign Legion traditions, learning the French language.
-March Képi Blanc – a 60–75 mile (100–120 km) march in full kit (From Perpignan on a return to the Basic Training camp at Castelnaudary), and graduation ceremony – 3 days to complete.
-Technical and practical training (alternating wit

h barracks and field training) – 3 weeks.
-Mountain training (Chalet at Formiguière in the French Pyrenees) – 1-week.
-Technical and practical training (alternating barracks and field training) – 2 weeks.
-Examinations and obtaining of the elementary technical certificate (CTE) – 1-week.
-March ending basic training – 1-week.
-Light vehicle / trucks school – 1-week.
-Return to Aubagne before reporting to the assigned regiment – 1-week.