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This U.S. Armed Forces recruiting commercial was in heavy rotation in the late 1970s and early 1980s. The jingle is even featured in the comedy "Stripes"(1981) when Billy Murray sings it during one of the basic training scenes. #ThrowbackThursday | U.S. Naval Institute
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