Of course. But he was just responding to the advertisements which promise the freebies and never mention the messy stuff. Maybe every recruitment ad should have a fast talking lawyer reading a disclaimer listing the "side effects"!
Recently I read a brand new book about Marine Drill Instructors (sorry cannot currently recall the title). They each talk about thei times in the Marines, and becoming Drill Instructors, etc. In the book were some famous DI's. (Yes, including Ermy of Full Metal Jacket). One of the Drill Instructors was a famous face on a popular recruiting poster back during the Vietnam War. It has him looking up angrilly at a slovenly new recruit taller than him and the caption beneath the photo was: "We Never Promised You A Rose Garden". :-)