Back in the day, the National Guard tried to recruit badass young men by showing them what their service stipend could buy in this 1973 ad from Jet Magazine.
Good thing Jimi Hendrix wasn't alive to complain about the military changing his name to "Monroe" and using his photo to "encourage recruitment during a war he did not support."
![](http://images01.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2024-04/1time%20History%20proof%20is%20out%20there%20rudy%20reyes%20ronnie%20adkins%201200.jpg?itok=38fi51YO "Former Army intelligence analyst Ronnie Adkins (left) and veteran Recon Marine Rudy Reyes host "The Proof is Out There," on HIstory. (Jai Lennard/The HISTORY Channel)")
