Originally Posted by sappersgt

You wouldn't start at the bottom. They'd probably make you a Corporal initially and then promote you to Sergeant as long as you didn't mess up really bad. You'd really have to like the military to sign for six years after four.

The Spanish Foreign Legion is only three years. I've heard the abysmally low pay has been corrected. Don't expect conditions to be good and the training is really tough. Prior military experience is common. I know of one company that was commanded by an American Sgt-Major, the XO was English and had been to Sandhurst and the platoon commanders were former British and South African NCOs.