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{{quote|Its a man's life in the British Dental Association!}}

* As noted above, "Be all you can be" was an Army slogan. ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' crossed its wires when Riley Finn (apparently a Special Forces soldier) said, referring to demon-hunting, "It's not just a job--" Buffy interrupted: "Right, it's an adventure." He doesn't deny he thinks that way. (They never say what branch of the military he was from. The Initiative is more along the lines of the FBI, CIA or NSA. It's an agency, not a part of the armed forces. Basically, it's the [[The Men in Black|Supernatural FBI/CIA/NSA]], {{spoiler|complete with torture, inhumane experiments and indefinite imprisonment}}.)

* One episode of ''[[The Hollowmen]]'' dealt with the decline in military recruits with the main characters attempting to create an recruitment campaign that appealed to young people. The Prime Minister wanted an old-fashioned ad, highlighting the qualities of "mateship"; The military wanted one that showed people having a good time - neither of which would work, as nowadays people know what they're getting into. In the end, they just make an old-fashioned ad featuring plenty of explosions.

* Parodied in ''[[The Young Ones]]'' episode "Cash", where the sole employment ad in the newspaper is for the British Army. It reads thus: "Join The Profeshionels -- It’s Graet! You Can Have A Gun If You Want! And There’s Money In It (Not The Gun)."

* Parodied in ''[[Malcolm in the Middle]]'' when Reese joins the army, and his drill sergeant says something along the lines of "How ridiculous, the army doesn't put out subliminal advertising!" and he [[Lampshade Hanging|gives a long pause and looks knowingly at his friend]].

* The [[Victim of the Week]] in one episode of ''[[NCIS]]'' was an unscrupulous Marine recruiter who made promises that would never be met, such as promising one recruit that he would be trained as a medic. As Gibbs points out, the Marine Corps doesn't have medics; they use Navy corpsmen.

 

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