Someone explain this to me....

So sometimes when I'm watching TV (as I am apt to do) I see this commercial for the army. In this commercial they depict these special forces guys sitting in these hills above a terrorist camp doing recon. Of course, there are maybe 3 army guys and who knows how many terrorists. Then the ad says something like "You had enough food for 5 days......it is now day 12". What the???? This is how they recruit people??? Come join the army and we will send you to the middle of nowhere, outnumber you, pin you down in a location where you can't move or you will be killed, and then starve you!!! No wonder the army is having a hard time recruiting. This has got to be the stupidest advertisement I have ever seen. Your tax dollars at work kids. In the immortal words of Space Ghost: "....stupid...."