Caboose couldn't have put it better. If I could even count the number of lies my recruiter told me when I enlisted...

Not all of it is a total lie, but they're going to glamor it up. It's exactly as Boose said, they're filling a quota. More people they get, the better they look. End of the day you're a number and they'll say what they got to in order to make you enlist. Not bashing them, it's their job, but just realize that what you're being told is likely a load of (not nice word here).