Would the Army be better if they did not waste so much money on advertising?

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I hardly ever see a Navy or Marine Corps commercial, and I cant even remember the last time I saw an Air Force or Coast Guard commercial but it seems like every single commercial break on TV, there is an Army commercial. Every time I turn on a sporting event, they have some sort of graphic that is sponsored by the Army. And I cant even go to the movies without hearing some god awful song about the National Guard is. Wouldn't that money be better spent on, oh I don't know, better equipment for the soldiers overseas. Or maybe improving some of the substandard housing and barracks that they make soldiers live in?

And before anyone calls me a commie, I did serve in the Army. And yes, I have been deployed. And no I don't hate the Army or America, I just think the money could be better spent on the people that are actually serving.
 
The Army is larger than the other branches by at least a few hundred thousand personal. When you are that large of an organization you need to spend more on recruiting due to the fact you need to sign up far more people than the other branches.

As far as equipment goes, when I was a 11B my M-4 had an M-68 optic, a PEQ-2 night fire sight, a pistol grip with slits built in for both the preasure switch for my PEQ-2 and my sure fire tac light. The Marine infantry grunts I saw had M-16A4's with Iron sights except for the Team Leaders and above who had ACOGS on their M-16's. We are well equipped, granted we could always be better equipped but we are the best equipped Army in the world.
 
I see more navy and marine commercials then i see army....I guess its just the different channels that we may watch


and your right, i have never seen an airforce commerical
 
Hmm...I don't ever remember seeing a commercial for the Air Force..Navy rarely--though I have never served so who am I to direct the Army's monetary flow, right?
 
hardly ever see marine commercials? are you joking, I see those suckers all the time! The Army has a lot of spots to fill so they advertise to get people thinking about joining and what it could do for their life.
 
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