Wow! That's really cool, actually.
Imagine how an Iraqi soldier would behave if confronted by a screaming "Hoo-ya"-ing Courtney Love?! ;-)
After a quick search, I found this (in confirmation of your statement):
All We Need Is (Courtney) Love? --- By Scott Huver, Hollywood.com Staff
Excerpt:
Courtney Love, USMC? It sounds like a premise even funnier than when Gomer Pyle was drafted.
When singer, actress and all-around agent provocateur Courtney Love told Howard Stern she wanted to join the United States Marine Corps to defend the country during its current battle against terrorist forces, the shock jock's listeners may have thought it was, at best, an attempt to lighten the national mood up with a little levity or, at worst, a stunt to snare a little limelight.
But according to the rock diva's reps, Love was 100% serious. She was ready to trade in her gauzy Versace gowns for a khaki and camouflage fashion statement.
Sources at the high-powered publicity firm PMK confirm that the former Hole front-woman did indeed contact top-level government officials at the Pentagon in the wake of attacks there and at New York's World Trade Center. Her question: Would it really be possible for someone like me to join the military?