Complex sentence: Assigned to the 5th infantry regiment after his basic training at Sidi Bel Abbes he then served for 12 years with the 13th Demi-Brigade of the Foreign Legion, he fought in Indochina as an Private soldier and also served in Algeria and Djibouti.
Split into simpler sentences: Assigned to the 5th Infantry Regiment after his basic training at Sidi Bel Abbes, he served for 12 years with the 13th Demi-Brigade of the Foreign Legion. He fought in Indochina as an private and also served in Algeria and Djibouti.