Editing French Foreign Legion (section)

===Basic training===
[[File:CEFE 6.jpg|thumb|Legionnaires training in [[French Guiana]]]]
While all rank and file members of the Legion are required to serve under "Foreign Status" (''à titre étranger''), even if they are French nationals, non-commissioned and commissioned officers can serve under either French or Foreign Status.<ref name="Tweedie"/> Foreign Status NCOs and officers are exclusively promoted from the ranks and represent 10% of the officers corps of the Legion.<ref name="officier">{{cite web|url=http://www.legion-etrangere.com/mdl/info_seul.php?id=478&titre=Officier-servant-a-titre-etranger|title= Officier servant à titre étranger |date=2 December 2016|website=French Foreign Legion}}</ref> French Status officers are either members of other units of the [[French Army]] attached to the Legion or promoted Legionnaires who have chosen to become French nationals.

Basic training for the Foreign Legion is conducted in the [[4th Foreign Regiment (France)|4th Foreign Regiment]]. This is an operational combat regiment which provides a training course of 15–17 weeks, before recruits are assigned to their operational units:

* Initial training of 4–6 weeks at "The Farm" (''La Ferme'') – introduction to military lifestyle; outdoor and field activities.
* ''Képi Blanc'' March (''Marche Képi Blanc'') – a 50-kilometer two-day march (25&nbsp;km per day) in full kit, followed by the ''Képi Blanc'' ceremony on the 3rd day.
* Technical and practical training (alternating with barracks and field training) – three weeks.
* Mountain training (at [[Formiguères]] in the French [[Pyrenees]]) – one week.
* Technical and practical training (alternating barracks and field training) – three weeks.
* Examinations and obtention of the elementary technical certificate (CTE) – one week.
* Raid March (''Marche Raid'') – a 120-kilometer final march, which must be completed in three days.
* Light vehicle drivers education (drivers license) – one week.
* Return to Aubagne before reporting to the assigned operational regiment – one week.

Education in the French language (reading, writing and pronunciation) is taught on a daily basis throughout all of basic training.

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| caption1 = Legionnaires roping from a [[Aérospatiale SA 330 Puma|Puma]] over [[Calvi, Haute-Corse|Calvi]].
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| caption2 = Legionnaires at [[Foreign Legion Detachment in Mayotte|Mayotte]].
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| caption3 = Legionnaires boarding a [[Chinook helicopter]].
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| caption4 = Legionnaires parachute from a [[Transall C-160|C-160]] while training at [[Camp Raffalli]] in Corsica.
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