Key insights

• Success and Reflection

  • 🎖️ Overcoming challenges and achieving success in the French Foreign Legion Special Forces test, reflecting on the intense experience and looking forward to future opportunities.

• Preparation and Training

  • 🎒 Getting ready for commando training, including packing the bag, walking with a heavy backpack, using a compass, and encountering wild animals.
  • 🌌 Participating in a challenging night march, facing fatigue, hallucinations, and ultimately finishing with a sense of accomplishment.
  • 😓 Struggling through a surprise test and considering quitting despite giving their best effort.
  • 🧠 Reflecting on mental and physical challenges, meeting a general, and being eager to receive the results of the selection process.

• Physical Challenges and Competitive Environment

  • 💪 The selection process involves tough physical tests and a competitive environment with 20 recruits competing for 5 spots on the team.
  • 🏋️‍♂️ Struggling through a demanding 24-hour military training, facing physical challenges back to back, including running, setups, and obstacle courses.
  • 🏊‍♂️ Undergoing challenging swimming and diving tests, facing the fear of being tied up and thrown into a pool, and ending the day with non-stop activities and no sleep.

Q&A

• What was the outcome of the French Foreign Legion Special Forces test?

  The participant completed the Commando test, becoming the first Outsider ever to achieve this, showcasing physical endurance, and receiving impressive results and positive feedback, hinting at a possible future video with the French Foreign Legion.

• What are the mental and physical challenges faced during the training program?

  Participants face mental and physical challenges, express uncertainty about upcoming activities, meet a general, reflect on the difficulty of physical exercises, and eagerly await the results of the selection process.

• How do the participants react to a surprise test during the training?

  Participants struggle to keep up with the physical demands of a challenging surprise test and consider quitting, despite giving their best effort so far.

• What is the experience during a challenging night march like?

  The experience involves participating in a challenging night march, battling fatigue, hallucinations, and physical exhaustion, leading to a sense of accomplishment afterward.

• What does getting ready for commando training involve?

  Getting ready includes packing a heavy backpack, using a compass, encountering wild animals, and participating in discussions about the French Foreign Legion as a second chance, under the leadership of Lieutenant Olivera.

• What activities are part of the training, and how intense are they?

  Activities include trying military rations, undergoing challenging swimming and diving tests, facing the fear of being tied up and thrown into a pool, and enduring non-stop physical and mental activities without sleep.

• What physical challenges are faced during the training?

  The training involves enduring a demanding 24-hour military regimen with back-to-back physical challenges, such as running, setups, obstacle courses, and coping with overwhelming fatigue.

• What is the French Foreign Legion's Mountain Commando selection process like?

  The selection process involves 20 recruits competing for 5 spots on the team through challenging physical tests, including running, rope climbing, and an 8K run with backpacks and boots, in a highly competitive environment.

• 00:00 A YouTuber gets the chance to document the French Foreign Legion's Mountain Commando selection process, involving tough physical tests and a competitive environment.
• 06:53 Struggling through a demanding 24-hour military training, facing physical challenges back to back, including running, setups, and obstacle courses. The goal is to endure and succeed. The fatigue is overwhelming, with experiences ranging from physical exhaustion to emotional strain.
• 15:15 A trainee tries military rations, undergoes challenging swimming and diving tests, and faces the fear of being tied up and thrown into a pool. The day ends with non-stop activities and no sleep.
• 22:48 Getting ready for a commando training with Lieutenant Olivera as the leader. Packing the bag, walking with a heavy backpack, using a compass, encountering wild animals, discussing the French Foreign Legion as a second chance, and being in the second team out of eight.
• 29:08 A team participates in a challenging night march, facing fatigue, hallucinations, and physical exhaustion, ultimately finishing the exercise with a sense of accomplishment.
• 34:49 Exhausted participant describes a challenging surprise test, struggles to keep up with the physical demands, and considers quitting despite giving their best effort.
• 42:09 A participant in a rigorous training program shares their mental and physical challenges, expresses uncertainty about upcoming activities, meets a general, and reflects on the difficulty of the physical exercises. The participant is eager to receive the results of the selection process.
• 49:17 Overcoming challenges and achieving success in the French Foreign Legion Special Forces test. Reflecting on the intense experience and looking forward to future opportunities.