Cadet Leonor de Borbón, in her second 'quatri' in Zaragoza: sleeping bag, field showers and a 3,000 calorie diet

Integrated, adapted and very focused. Lady cadet Leonor de Borbón has just begun her second semester at the General Military Academy of Zaragoza. A new phase of Instruction and Training begins for her and on the 20th of this month she will celebrate with her fellow cadets the anniversary of her AGM. It will be with a military parade in the Patio de Armas as the central event of the day, in which the Spirit of La General will be praised. So much for calendar. His daily life includes shooting practice with live fire, carrying an assault rifle, camping with tents and eating food in cans. Now we know more details, such as field showers, kitchen modules, thermoses and forecast rations. She publishes it in the magazine Hola.

The director of the center, Francisco José Gómez Ramos, already announced it. This period at the General Military Academy will be “hard and demanding.” He also extolled camaraderie as one of the “core values ​​at the AGM”. We have seen it in the images distributed by Casa Real: Leonor, in her instruction, practices activities such as night walking, surveying and lifeguarding in the water with her companions. All this, she carrying her assault rifle. Also, we have seen her in her most sporting side, practicing skiing, fencing and volleyball.

Now we know more about his day-to-day life in this second quarter, at the shooting ranges and at the San Gregorio National Training Center (CENAD), where he will be until this Friday the 9th. There the field camp, the containers of kitchen and dining room modules, bedrooms and showers. According to the magazine, cadets carry a backpack to cover the most basic needs and a sleeping bag. If you have to sleep outdoors, they have a waterproof poncho that is installed like a roof.

As for equipment, the hat jacket, the fleece lining, gloves and wool pants for the cold. He likes the food better than that at UWC Atlantic College in Wales. There are three servings, breakfast, lunch and dinner, of 3,000 calories a day. The menus that are prepared are of fresh and also frozen food, which alternates with pre-planned meals and thermoses. Among the menus, there are lentils, beans, country salad and tripe.