Hi everyone,
I've just joined the forum and decided to introduce myself. Perhaps ask a question or two as well.
I'm 32 years old, ex-military, now working in the IT support sector in Bulgaria, married with two wonderful boys. For the standards of my country I have a pretty nice life (my own apartment, good car, well paid job for Bulgaria). But the truth is that I always wanted the return in the military. I served in the Bulgarian infantry from 2007-2012 with one deployment in Afghanistan 2009-2010 and I would've never left but in my country the government decided that we don't need an army. So they shut down a lot of military bases in Bulgaria. Basically there is no military to return to. For several months I've been reading information about the FFL, watched several documentary films as well. My decision is to have a go at it next year and hope that the FFL accepts me. Physically I'm in pretty good shape (running, 10-11 clean pull ups) only my French is no go for now (have to take a few classes). And here are my questions J
1 Papers – ID card , passport do I need anything else (Bulgaria is in the EU)?
2 Medical - I had to remove my right testicle 1 year ago due to an injury (let's say my son trains karate and he is not very careful when we sparr … ) is that a no go ?
Any other tips will be much appreciated. Thanks in advance.
I've just joined the forum and decided to introduce myself. Perhaps ask a question or two as well.
I'm 32 years old, ex-military, now working in the IT support sector in Bulgaria, married with two wonderful boys. For the standards of my country I have a pretty nice life (my own apartment, good car, well paid job for Bulgaria). But the truth is that I always wanted the return in the military. I served in the Bulgarian infantry from 2007-2012 with one deployment in Afghanistan 2009-2010 and I would've never left but in my country the government decided that we don't need an army. So they shut down a lot of military bases in Bulgaria. Basically there is no military to return to. For several months I've been reading information about the FFL, watched several documentary films as well. My decision is to have a go at it next year and hope that the FFL accepts me. Physically I'm in pretty good shape (running, 10-11 clean pull ups) only my French is no go for now (have to take a few classes). And here are my questions J
1 Papers – ID card , passport do I need anything else (Bulgaria is in the EU)?
2 Medical - I had to remove my right testicle 1 year ago due to an injury (let's say my son trains karate and he is not very careful when we sparr … ) is that a no go ?
Any other tips will be much appreciated. Thanks in advance.