[5] He is mostly known for featuring in the 2005 documentary L'École des bérets verts on France 2 in the program Envoyé spécial.

[3][6] He went to Lorient in the department of Morbihan to join the Fusiliers Marins unit of the French Navy, which had completely changed his mentality.

[6] After having accomplished the training tests of the unit, he joined the French Navy and became a volunteer for an internship of commando marine.

[7] At the time spent in the unit, he participated in a number of operations, especially in Lebanon, Djibouti and Ivory Coast, and also in France.

He is shown during that function in 2005 in the documentary L'École des bérets verts broadcast on France 2 in the television program Envoyé spécial.