You might have said yes to a question that should have been NO.
Why did you not just say: Je ne comprends pas la question mon capitaine
I would have thought that the captain would have realized that before having finished his instruction, he wouldn't have understood much of the French language. The fact that he is standing there with a plaster cast on his leg, the report from his chef de section in front of him on how it happened should have been enough.
I think that Looker actually came on here with the question : How would it look if I went back with my tail between my legs and told them that I made a mistake when I insisted on going civvy before the raid march.
I must insist on the insist part, because it does not look good on any chef de section when people ask to go civilian. The fact that he was told by another captain (or the same one -who cares) that he could come back in a yeas time...
I find that a little hard to believe, was it due to the fact that he would need to convalesce for at least 6 months and then another 6 months to get his fitness up to scratch?
I mean the guy did break his leg - did he ever mention how? - while in basic training. As USMCRET pointed out they would have back squadded him, probably sent him to Malmousque, in Marseille and then once he'd gotten the alright from the Doc. he would rejoin a section.
In today's modern legion, which is leaning more than ever toward the French regular army, the legion cannot afford to cover up things like they did in the past. The Sun or some other rag tabloid would have a field day by simply posting the headlines "Hero French foreign legionnaire thrown out on crutches after breaking his leg during secret training exercise".
My advise, Looker, is to stay at home, continue with your story about broken bones to those who want to listen and believe. But you must face facts, you took someone else's place and like so many others will regret it for the rest of your life.
The 14th of July will be coming up soon, you will be asked about about your time in the legion, that will be a hard time for you, because you will remember only the good times (except of course when you broke your leg
), your old comrades, regardless of what you tell them your reasons for leaving, you will know the truth.