French Foreign Legion recruits during the so-called 'aperitif', a training session prior to lunch at the 4th Foreign Regiment of the French Foreign Legion in Castelnaudary, southern France on April 8, 2009. Based in Castelnaudary since 1976, the regiment hosts the boot camp for the Legion's recruits. The 500-men-strong regiment's mission is to train and educate annually 350 recruits and 300 trainees, most of them economic immigrants. Photo by Jose Nicolas/ABACAPRESS.COM