First off if this is true I don't know. Second is I don't think any one should recruit on this level you don't want people that stupid that will fall for this.
Wouldn't surprise me if this is real. My oldest son is in the Army, and he told me recently that him and a bunch of his buddies were in one of the buildings on base, and a fairly high ranking officer walked through the door while looking at his cellphone (walking and looking at a phone is a big no-no in the Army...). Needless to say, they all fell silent and went to attention. The officer realized that it suddenly got a lot quieter, and looked up to see what was going on. He had a momentary "oh, shit!" look on his face, then told them all "at ease, I've gotta catch 'em all!" Then he wandered on through and left.