Living expense/pay (Australie vs Légion)

[120108]

My question/comparison is:

In my country Australia (Australie)n the government pays soldiers quite a bit more in money than the what I've gathered about the Legion generally speaking. In Australia the Army pays you a wage. Then you have to pay your rent to live In the barracks and pay for your food in the mess. I believe there are some other misc things like. Taxis on base etc. After you take out this, the average soldier earns around the same as a legionnaire roughly.

QUESTION
Do you have to pay for your Food and Accommodation in the legion?

I don't care about the money aspect, I was just curious because of how its done in my country.

 

[JPatricio]

From what ive read the Legion takes care of your food and housing.

 

[Le petit caporal]

Legionnaires and caporaux do not pay for food and lodgings

 

[jonny]

Some times as a legionnaire you an also ‘find’ some money. I did, and I was never out of money in the Legion. Not stolen money, just money with no living owners.

 

[120108]

I never learnt about this kind of recycling at school!



A lot of the Military in Australia is serviced by private companies/contractors. I don't/didn't think the Legion was like Australia in that regard.