"You have been called upon to serve, you will be trained... and you will become the best we can make of you. You will be the protectors of Earth and all her colonies."
High adventure, higher pay, join the Space Marines today
And you'll get to be a hero in the sky.
—Julia Ecklar and Anne Prather, "Space Hero" (which later turns into a comic deconstruction of this trope)
All right, sweethearts, what are you waiting for? Breakfast in bed? Another glorious day in the Corps! A day in the Marine Corps is like a day on the farm. Every meal's a banquet! Every paycheck a fortune! Every formation a parade! I LOVE the Corps!