| Phase | Information | Duration | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
S |
In a legion Information Center | 1 day | ||
| Reception | Information | |||
| Constitution du dossier d'engagement | ||||
| Preselection | 1 to 3 days | |||
| In a legion Recruitment Center (Paris - Aubagne) | ||||
| Confirmation of motivation | Initial medical check-up | Finalizing enlistment papers | ||
| Signing contract of service (5 years) | ||||
| Selection | 1 to 10 days | |||
| In the Center of Recruiting and Selection in Aubagne | ||||
| Psychotechnical tests : logic tests, no education required |
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| Thorough medical check-up | Sports tests | Motivation and security interviews | ||
| Personality tests (complementary to the psycho-technical tests) | ||||
| Selection | ||||
| Signing and handing-over of the contract of service (5 years). | 7 days | |||
| Incorporation | ||||
| Phase | Basic training with the 4th foreign Regiment | Duration | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
F |
Initial training. Initiation to military lifestyle. Outdoor and field activities. Comradeship. Learning legion traditions. |
4 weeks | ||
| March “Képi Blanc” and graduation ceremony. | 1 week | |||
| Technical and practical training (alternatig 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 | |||
| Reporting to one of the 11 regiments of the foreign Legion. | ||||
