I personally think that it was the whole Warrior-ethos thing that went through the Marines in the 70's, and probably bled over to the Army after that due to the success of the Marine Recruiting commercials that started in the 80's. Having been in both (and as a Marine Recruiter), that is my theory.G26ster wrote:Nope, that's why I asked the question. Apparently, it's the Army that was influenced by the movies, instead of the other way around. The only Hooahs going around in my era (active '62 - '78) was in individual or group bayonet drill during a lunge or parry. Don't think it had anything to do with Vietnam.Purplehood wrote:Having done 24 years in the USMC and the USAR, I too have wondered about the OOH-RAH and HOOAH that these two services like to shout. Though it is purely based on supposition, it is my belief that it is a fairly recent phenomenon (30-35 years) that came about as a result of the Vietnam war and the "return" to the warrior ethos by the Military services. Those of you posters that actually were in Vietnam might be able to clarify whether or not this has any truth...did you guys do that when you were in?G26ster wrote:Nice work! It does appear from your research that it was the "movies" that instigated the "group HOOAH" rather than the other way around. Interesting.Hoi Polloi wrote: Huzzah, hurrah, hurray, hooah, hooyah, oorah... seems like a standard mutation over time. I'd wager that popular media added to the boom. Being the literary geek that I am, I just googled the etymology of huzzah to confirm or deny my suspicions and it looks like I guessed correctly.
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Having done 24 years in the USMC and the USAR, I too have wondered about the OOH-RAH and HOOAH that these two services like to shout. Though it is purely based on supposition, it is my belief that it is a fairly recent phenomenon (30-35 years) that came about as a result of the Vietnam war and the "return" to the warrior ethos by the Military services. Those of you posters that actually were in Vietnam might be able to clarify whether or not this has any truth...did you guys do that when you were in?G26ster wrote:Nice work! It does appear from your research that it was the "movies" that instigated the "group HOOAH" rather than the other way around. Interesting.Hoi Polloi wrote: Huzzah, hurrah, hurray, hooah, hooyah, oorah... seems like a standard mutation over time. I'd wager that popular media added to the boom. Being the literary geek that I am, I just googled the etymology of huzzah to confirm or deny my suspicions and it looks like I guessed correctly.
- Thu Jul 15, 2010 2:22 pm
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One of my favorites:pbwalker wrote:Got any cool pics from Afghanistan (that won't violate OPSEC)?
Good luck on your travels and thanks for your service!
/former 91B (Army) and 2A352 (AF)
To pbwalker,
Don't know if you are coming back from your first tour or not, but getting off the plane in the states is an extremely weird feeling. It is like coming out of a Cavalry Fort in the old west after a year of fighting in the wilderness, and suddenly you are in the middle of life again and nobody around you realizes that it is just WEIRD.