However, the 1st place prize for "coolest recruitment commercial" goes to the Navy. That beats lone-charging Soldiers and Marines slaying lava monsters...
I do recall that IS about how much I got paid a week! (actually, it was $111 a week...back in the Seventies!
I remember when I made Petty Officer, and I had the option of getting money instead of a ration card, I was gonna take the money and live large!
Har har...a loaf of Wonder bread, tub of margarine and ice tea mix! That was what I lived on...ugh!
Sweet!