Civil Air Patrol Rangers

[lordmonar]

Unless you are a Marine Aviator or RECON. 

As for SF guys....they do have their own sort of HOORA and elitist bling.  It is just a little different then the Ranger or Airborne sort of elitism.

[flyguy06]

You put a Recon Marine next to a MArine cook , both in uniform, and the avaerage person would not be able to tell who is what. In the army, we wear different colored berets to designate "special" people.

I remember when a bunch of guys came into the day room. They did not have buzz cuts. They wore regular cloths and I found out they were SF. They didnt wear it on their chest though. I just asked and they told me

[ricks]

Unless you are a Marine Aviator or RECON. 

As for SF guys....they do have their own sort of HOORA and elitist bling.  It is just a little different then the Ranger or Airborne sort of elitism.

It usually entails a big faced watch and some WileyX shades and don't forget the ball cap. Most of the SF guys I have worked with were real down to earth. They are the real pros that get good work done. If you ever have a chance to visit the GB Club at Bragg, you will get a history lesson of what it is really all about. It' s not about HOORAH. Its about skill. Fast is slow, smooth is fast. BTW I was a red-headed stepchild, PSYOP Guy.

[flyguy06]

we actually say HUAH not HORAH. THere is no "R"

[ricks]

we actually say HUAH not HORAH. THere is no "R"

In ten years I never figured out why we say Hooah. I have heard a lot of reasons but none that really rang true for me but I was not 11b.

[caplegalnc]

we actually say HUAH not HORAH. THere is no "R"

In ten years I never figured out why we say Hooah. I have heard a lot of reasons but none that really rang true for me but I was not 11b.

It's an 11Bravo thing.  You have to be one to understand.  But seriously, it comes from the early 1800's and one of the lesser known "limited wars" fought by the U.S. Army.

[flyguy06]

I used tobe an 11B, now I am an 11A

[Gunner C]

we actually say HUAH not HORAH. THere is no "R"

In ten years I never figured out why we say Hooah. I have heard a lot of reasons but none that really rang true for me but I was not 11b.

It's an 11Bravo thing.  You have to be one to understand.  But seriously, it comes from the early 1800's and one of the lesser known "limited wars" fought by the U.S. Army.

Except that no one had heard of the word before about 1982 (the first time I heard it and I'd been in the army for almost seven years by that time).  SF, generally speaking doesn't use that word - it sounds pretty stupid conventional army to most of them.  If someone on a team says something like that their team sergeant will probably ask them if they want to go back to the general purpose forces.  The urban legends about that word coming from Turkish, Cherokee, or whatever are so much baloney.  I'd like to see the airborne go back to it's traditional greeting of the day:  (lower ranking initiates salute saying "ALL THE WAY, SIR!;  the higher ranking returns the salute and says "AIRBORNE!"  This was used beginning at jump school and was the greeting of the day in the 82nd, 101st, separate airborne battalions, 173rd Abn Bde, and the ranger battalions].

[RogueLeader]

Except that no one had heard of the word before about 1982 (the first time I heard it and I'd been in the army for almost seven years by that time).  SF, generally speaking doesn't use that word - it sounds pretty stupid conventional army to most of them.  If someone on a team says something like that their team sergeant will probably ask them if they want to go back to the general purpose forces.  The urban legends about that word coming from Turkish, Cherokee, or whatever are so much baloney.  I'd like to see the airborne go back to it's traditional greeting of the day:  (lower ranking initiates salute saying "ALL THE WAY, SIR!;  the higher ranking returns the salute and says "AIRBORNE!"  This was used beginning at jump school and was the greeting of the day in the 82nd, 101st, separate airborne battalions, 173rd Abn Bde, and the ranger battalions].

Still is in 20th En Bde. (Abn) amd 27 En Bn (Cbt)(Abn)

[tarheel gumby]

Heard HUAH first at Ft. McClellan when I was a 95 B, but nobody bothered to explain the origin of the word .

[MIKE]

Typical.