After their initial training in Moselle, 22 young volunteers from the 48th Signal Regiment (RT) followed a week of acculturation between military traditions and combatant memory in Agen.
Back in Agen after ten weeks of initial training at the Initial Training Center for Enlisted Soldiers (CFIM) in Dieuze, 22 initial volunteer soldiers (EVI), young enlisted soldiers of the 48th Signal Regiment (RT), specialized in information and communication systems of the Army, begin a regimental acculturation week desired by Colonel Stanislas Richebé.
An immersion between traditions and landmarks
The program includes a traditional course between Agen, Paris, and Cesson-Sévigné, before technical training. The aim is to strengthen the unit’s camaraderie and historical roots through visits to Les Invalides, the Arc de Triomphe, and the Museum of Signals. On April 9th, the French Memory 47, the National Office of Veterans and War Victims (ONaC-VG), and veterans accompanied the EVI to Agen. At the mess hall (restaurant and living area of the regiment), exchanges and shared meals with the departmental general delegate, Jean-Jacques Béguer, allowed for initial contact with the young soldiers, who mostly come from the center and west of France.
Gaillard Cemetery and canal bridge
At Gaillard Cemetery, the military plots from the two World Wars were presented by the local memory actors. The journey ended at the canal bridge in front of the plaques of Indochina, North Africa, and OPEX. A minute of silence was observed, recalling: “To us the memory, to them immortality.”
