In my old regiment (2°REG), it doesn’t worth to leave because there’s nothing around, not even a correct bar or restaurant, so I passed most of my free time doing some sport. You can even leave the base and go out to the city if you’d like to do so, however most of the legionnaires only go out during the weekend. Most of the guys do sport somewhere in the regiment, watch a film or just play something on their laptop. If you don’t have any additional activity in your unit, you are free to do whatever you want. The Legionnaire’s Non-Working HoursĪs a Legionnaire, you are probably never going to hear about non-working hours (called heures non ouvrables or HNO in French) but in a normal case you shouldn’t have to work after 6pm. It will also give you a better understanding of the French Foreign Legion. This article is destined to future or young legionnaires, and I hope that it will help you to live better your free time or holidays while you’re in the FFL.

It’s important to know how a Legionnaire can pass his time after working hours. I’ve already wrote about daily life and holiday in the French Foreign Legion in my stories, but I’d like to add a bit more to this topic.

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