This cost less than the F-16's we supplied to Egypt, or the blunder of an aircraft that is the F-35, or all of the aid money we send overseas, and so on, and so on. This is the government that spends $500 on a hammer or toilet seat. This is actually a pretty good use of our tax dollars.
The members of the Marine Corps band have that as a tertiary MOS, their secondary MOS is varied, their primary MOS is 0300, also known as a grunt. Same thing applies to all the others.