Well heres my view straight from the horses mouth
www.legion-recrute.com/en
What ever your marital status Single ,divorced. or married.
You will be enlisted as a single man.
What that really says is we dont really care if you got kids and a wife at home, as far as were concerned your single thats it.
Looking deeper into the equation the BSLE if your partner gets thats far may view the fact that he has kids as a block on his application to join as he could potentially desert after a accident or something like that at home
Five years is a long time and who knows what could happen in that time, fate is very fickle and most of the guys who I knew where divorced or had joined because of a woman and had nothing to lose.
I would think very long and very hard if I was in his shoes especially with the children involded. Even in the British Army I saw blokes marriages go down the pan , months way from home, when in barracks out with the lads on the piss ect, woman at home on her own wants her own life and not a good support system in place ect ect ect. I could go on but from a personal point of view I couldnt do it as a father or a husband.
Whatever he decides I wish him and you Bon Chance.