Preparing!

[castor]

Hello,

I'm currently preparing for the possibility of enlisting in the FFL. I thought I'd outline what type of plans I have in order to allow for some outside input. I'm going to divide my plans into a physical and a psychological section (I'll outline the differences below). If I complete all of my goals listed below and decide to attempt the enlistment process, I will be looking for a career and therefore I have an interest in distinguishing myself. A brief biography; I'm 19 years old and I live in Sweden.

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Psychological section -

Linguistics - I am about to start a class in basic French that will last for two months. I have never had any problems with languages and hope to do well. Depending on my results from this class, I will consider attending a second (more advanced) class to further my skills. By enlisting with an extensive ability to understand and use French, I hope to gain somewhat of an advantage (primarily a personal one).


Endurance - I have no prior military training or experience. How can I best develop the kind of mental toughness required to not only survive the basic training, but distinguish myself and increase my chances of ending up in the regiment of my choice? Is walking 6 miles out in the nearest forest to spend the night in a tree a good idea?


Competence - What kind of practical abilities will help me during the course of my training and evaluation in the FFL? Cleaning? Cooking? Reading maps? Determining distances? Practical survival skills? Anything helpful.


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Physical section -

My current weekly program is very simple. Every other day, I run a total of 5-8 kilometres (3-5 miles). In addition to this, I perform body-weight leg exercises after my run. In between these days, I perform body-weight exercises for my upper body; pull-ups, push-ups, sit-ups and an exercise for my lower back. That's about it. It's not very creative.

In about two weeks, I'm going to start walking long distances with a backpack. As soon as I feel my body has properly adjusted, I'm going to start running with a backpack.

In your experience, are body-weight exercises alone sufficient to create the kind of endurance required for enlistment and service in the FFL?

EDIT: My preliminary timeline for departing to France is until I feel fit enough, but no later than in one year from now.

[Griffo]

G'day mate,

Sounds like you've got a good solid plan mate. Mines similar only thing is set yourself a date as a goal and make it solid, it will make you act on it more through your progression over the year.
Use mild weight training so when it gets tough you can do it much easier especially with a pack on your back. but be sure to continue your training using the weight of only your body constantly as well.
Yep, go camping too get a real feel for nature and the land.
Finally one thing that im sure this French course will help you with, is all the reading and writing part of the language, although you may not read or write all that much there from what I read on these forums, however, reading and writing helps you to construct sentences in the mind better for when listening and then speaking. French is one of the most complex latin based languages because its all based around ensuring it sounds nice to French ears. But if your already speaking a latin language it shouldn't take long to adapt.

and yeah, start drinking Kronenbourg :D not too much though.

Good luck mate.

[tom.]

The only thing I think youve missed is swimming, that might be important...

[Aurelie3]

Walking out to the woods to sleep in a tree? Right, the only way I can see this working is if you can round up one or two of your most obnoxious friends who then steal your boots & rations, shout at you on a 20 minute rotation basis and then force you to walk barefoot for 10 miles. Then you might be getting close. Otherwise ???

[jsv]

Thats where I'm going wrong, sleeping in tree's is obviously the way forward, cheers for that:D

[CB123]

He sounds weird, he might not be it, but he sounds like it.

:rolleyes:

Train, eat and study French.

The Legion wants you to be fit and 100% healthy with no mental problems. If you fulfill these demands they will accept you and teach you everything you need to know.

So don't go sleeping in any trees and for the love of god don't tell them that you did that during the interviews.

[frenchandy]

Hi Castor, if you've got two months for learning French try the Michel Thomas language courses,there is no reading and writingyou just learn to speak and using all the tenses, construct sentances as you progress through the course.You can buy these c.d.'s on the net,in shops or hire them from your local library and burn a copy off.Bon chance.

[Giscard002]

Casto.r,
Hi Im Giscard002.
Thanks you are spot-on with your plans.Reading your blueprint for getting ready to join the FFL was like reading my own blueprint and my goals to prepare to join.I will be joining in 6 months time.Do you mind if we stay in contact.We could help each other!!your english is perfect!! let me know as i am a new member aswell,and would like to do all research properly!!I want and will make selection the first time!!!

[gio]

Casto.r,
Hi Im Giscard002.
I will be joining in 6 months time.Do you mind if we stay in contact.We could help each other!!

Can I look when you stay in contact and help each other?

[flash010]

i think you need a chill pill m8 your thinking to much into this just keep up your fitness and learn your french don't go rushing in like a bull in a china shop.
when you get all wound up about joining you will feck up and kick your self for it just be you the legion don't want super men they will brake you down and build you up in to a legionnaire.;)

[SeanG]

Hello,

I'm currently preparing for the possibility of enlisting in the FFL. I thought I'd outline what type of plans I have in order to allow for some outside input. I'm going to divide my plans into a physical and a psychological section (I'll outline the differences below). If I complete all of my goals listed below and decide to attempt the enlistment process, I will be looking for a career and therefore I have an interest in distinguishing myself. A brief biography; I'm 19 years old and I live in Sweden.

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Psychological section -

Linguistics - I am about to start a class in basic French that will last for two months. I have never had any problems with languages and hope to do well. Depending on my results from this class, I will consider attending a second (more advanced) class to further my skills. By enlisting with an extensive ability to understand and use French, I hope to gain somewhat of an advantage (primarily a personal one).


Endurance - I have no prior military training or experience. How can I best develop the kind of mental toughness required to not only survive the basic training, but distinguish myself and increase my chances of ending up in the regiment of my choice? Is walking 6 miles out in the nearest forest to spend the night in a tree a good idea?


Competence - What kind of practical abilities will help me during the course of my training and evaluation in the FFL? Cleaning? Cooking? Reading maps? Determining distances? Practical survival skills? Anything helpful.


---------------------------------

Physical section -

My current weekly program is very simple. Every other day, I run a total of 5-8 kilometres (3-5 miles). In addition to this, I perform body-weight leg exercises after my run. In between these days, I perform body-weight exercises for my upper body; pull-ups, push-ups, sit-ups and an exercise for my lower back. That's about it. It's not very creative.

In about two weeks, I'm going to start walking long distances with a backpack. As soon as I feel my body has properly adjusted, I'm going to start running with a backpack.

In your experience, are body-weight exercises alone sufficient to create the kind of endurance required for enlistment and service in the FFL?

EDIT: My preliminary timeline for departing to France is until I feel fit enough, but no later than in one year from now.

Fcuk me I just went over and joined up:p

[repman86]

same as you sean, during my days heading down there i was mostly drunk, (until the ****in money ran out then i had to drink water,uurrghg),
I was drunk a few times before I left britain also, I was young, reasonably fit and prepared for what ever shit they through my way, as I knew they could **** me, BUT THEY COULDN'T MAKE ME PREGNANT,:D

[SeanG]

same as you sean, during my days heading down there i was mostly drunk, (until the ****in money ran out then i had to drink water,uurrghg),
I was drunk a few times before I left britain also, I was young, reasonably fit and prepared for what ever shit they through my way, as I knew they could **** me, BUT THEY COULDN'T MAKE ME PREGNANT,:D

Same as you I went to Paris spent a week doing the usual things, pished up chatting up the women got lucky, spent most of my money.Then went up to the "Fort", a week there doing shit,a mean Chef Sgt took an instant dislike to me and I had a week of extra shit thrown in by him, then shipped down south.
Aaaah happy days;):D

[Alex Vostox]

BTW, get prepared some cash or you'll going nowhere..

[Wolfer_andrei]

Fcuk me I just went over and joined up


same as you sean, during my days heading down there i was mostly drunk, (until the ****in money ran out then i had to drink water,uurrghg),
I was drunk a few times before I left britain also, I was young, reasonably fit and prepared for what ever shit they through my way, as I knew they could **** me, BUT THEY COULDN'T MAKE ME PREGNANT

Well, that's no wonder, giving the young generations are sissyer and sissyer. While at that age your generation probably didn't even know what a PC is, or never had one back then, you most likely had a few jobs that required phisycal work and so on, ourdays most of the jobs are not that phisycal-intensive, there is a HUGE amount spent in front of a PC (playing or working) making your butt big and your eyes bad and sports tend to be less and less apreciated. We ar getting more and more like those "future people" in the cartoons, in white robes, skinny and with a big head :D. So, unlike back a couple of years ago, more training is required to break free of this sedentary way of life. I remember a few years ago, while I were leading the fitness training at a boxing gym, although I consider myself a fuking long way from being truly fit, I had a turkish boy who came for the first time. He seemed resonably fit, he wasn't fat at all, but after only 20-25 min of resonably intense gymnastics he went to the bathroom, puked his brains off then went home never to return again :D:D. Also, another one wanted to show of that he can push himself as hard as the rest of us from the start, and ended up pissing blood the next day, also never seen again. Lame. Not to mention that most of my friends probably can't run a fuking simgle km or do 15 push-ups :eek:

[castor]

Thanks for the replies, I know I had a lot of details set up but a five year commitment is something I feel I need to take pretty seriously. :D

Maybe I have spent too much time figuring out the details, it's just that I don't want to end up being a chef or driving a truck for several years. I'm not saying that I'm a gun-crazy kid either, I just want a very active position.

Also, the tree climbing venture was a joke, if that wasn't obvious enough. I suppose you get a lot of it, though. :rolleyes:

[mave]

I belive that if you stick to the program proposed by the Royal Marines Commando here ([Only registered and activated users can see links]), it will set you up on your way to becoming a bon legionnaire.

[flash010]

our generation did know what a pc was it kill cb radio first thing we bought was a walkman and a gameboy cpl k was the pc wiz.
any thing to do with puters we went to him.
legionnaires de merede if we dont have or know some thing we know a guy who will

[repman86]

our generation did know what a pc was it kill cb radio first thing we bought was a walkman and a gameboy cpl k was the pc wiz.
any thing to do with puters we went to him.
legionnaires de merede if we dont have or know some thing we know a guy who will

Hey Flash, back in the mid 80's and beyond that time we did have a pc to play with, we played with it quite often, It was called the parcour de combat, pc for short. Many happy days were spent sweating nads going round the pc, I was a member of CEA's PC team on more than one occasion during inter company competitions. ADJ C**tart could do the table irelandais with one hand in his pocket.

[flash010]

Hey Flash, back in the mid 80's and beyond that time we did have a pc to play with, we played with it quite often, It was called the parcour de combat, pc for short. Many happy days were spent sweating nads going round the pc, I was a member of CEA's PC team on more than one occasion during inter company competitions. ADJ C**tart could do the table irelandais with one hand in his pocket.
i hate that fecking plank mate lol
my mate joe was a short guy but a hardy wee chap we use to bent over and he would jump on our back and over the plank,
only think i hated worse was the rompy under the barb wire
we always did that with a hang over lol