Join The Army They Said

In the real-time strategy (RTS) game Warcraft 2, released on December 9th, 1995, human footmen would often say the phrase Join the army!, they said. See the world!, they said. If the actual phrase '"Join the Army," They Said' is used by a disillusioned character bemoaning their situation, then it crosses into Advice Recollection Snark.

In the World War II RTS Company of Heroes, released on September 12th, 2006, the engineer squad would sometimes respond by saying "Join the army they said. It'll be fun they said" when selected by the player. This trope is parodied in the classic Marx Brothers film, Duck Soup, where Chico notes that Harpo's working in a new military recruitment drive; which consists solely on him banging a drum while wearing a sandwich sign saying, "Join the Army and see the Navy!".

This Reddit thread links to a recruiting poster from the 1920s and to a screenshot of a joke from the Marx Brothers' Duck Soup (1933): "Join the Army and See the Navy." The U.S. Army Chorus performs a popular running cadence "They Say That in the Army" Largest Armies in History (1 AD 2026) | 2,000 Years of Military Power

Join the army, they said. See the world, they said. It came from a unit in Warcraft II, a game I hadnt played in over 20 years.

But the line stuck. Why? Not because of nostalgia. Click for information on ways to join the U.S.

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