The Army Advertising Campaign Targets You!

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The U.S. Army Advertising Campaign Targets You!

The United States Army recruitment campaign slogan of "An Army of One," is reminiscent of the legendary Musketeer's code. These men protected the king and lived by the phrase "One for All and All for One." To the Musketeers this represented the power they found in unity as well as in individuality, combined. This relationship, though somewhat subtle, is simply a play on the recent felt need of many to serve and protect their country and freedom.

The U.S. Army uses television, print, and now the World Wide Web with an interactive internet website, at www.goarmy.com, for recruiting males and females from right out of high school, to the age of 35, although this particularly is trying to reach the large, new internet using group of young people today. The new "Go Army" ad campaign from the United States Army, successfully overcomes its slight lack of logical reasoning, by appealing to its audiences interests by using the implicit high reputation that the U.S. Army entails and by employing the surge of patriotic and sense of duty; as well as visually captivating graphics that draw on desires to be adventurous and exotic.

The site has visually stimulating graphics of men and women in their various uniforms all set in backgrounds of diverse locations. From the starting page there is a man dressed in winter gear in the foreground, with snow-capped alpine mountain peaks behind him. While the page is loading a flash quote reads, "I've trained in desert, urban, jungle, and alpine..." Next to this picturesque scene is the army logo, with the phrase written down the side "An Army of One." This is characteristic of the sites use of attractive visuals to appeal to its audience. There are various pop-up options available at the bottom of the screen, including; enlistment bonus, learn about the online game, partnership for youth success, and hot shots. Another sidebar also includes ice soldier-pushing the limits, arena football, and career professionals. Each element is meant to appeal to a different aspect of their intended audience.

The U.S. army deliberately de-emphasized the logical reasoning of their purpose, to ask their audience to join the army.

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