The real story of Hooah. On D-Day the Rangers were given the mission to take the outpost at Point du Hoc which overlooked the entire Omaha Beach Area and provided the Germans the perfect observation position to direct devasting artillery fire. As everyone knows, when we landed at Omaha Beach, our forces were being cut to pieces. Some Rangers managed to get in rather close but had to scale a cliff to get up to the objective. With no officers in the immediate area, a Ranger sergeant seeing some some Rangers at the base of the cliff,yelled, "Hey! You Rangers get your fucking asses up that cliff," to which one of the Rangers looked incredulously over his shoulder at the Sergeant and said...."Who,us? And the rest is history. "Who,us" in 1944 later became the modern Rangers...Hooah.
Today, Hooah means about anything you want it to mean and the meaning variations are expounded through voice inflection.
Told to me by the Command Sergeant Major who served in the 75th Ranger Regiment, Fort Benning, Ga.
Whether or not its true, it sure puts some real world meaning to the origin.
Today, Hooah means about anything you want it to mean and the meaning variations are expounded through voice inflection.
Told to me by the Command Sergeant Major who served in the 75th Ranger Regiment, Fort Benning, Ga.
Whether or not its true, it sure puts some real world meaning to the origin.
When you ask a Ranger wife if her husband returned from a long TDY yesterday, her response would probably be mmmmm..Hooooooahhhhhhhh..ohhhh..ahhh
by MG (Ret) Lou Hennies, March 10, 2004
Shaun:I heard she puked her guts out during the AP World History Exam.
Linda:yeah man. She went HOOAH.
Linda:yeah man. She went HOOAH.
by apwh October 28, 2009
Marine: Hey soldier, whats hooah?
Soldier: is that a trick question?
Soldier1: you like it in your mouth private?
Soldier2: hooah
Soldier: is that a trick question?
Soldier1: you like it in your mouth private?
Soldier2: hooah
by mortar tube April 16, 2010
Army Definition... Yeah, it stands for Heard, Affirmitive, Understood... but any soldier who says hooah is the second definition of hooah... Head Up Ass
by Justin January 27, 2004
Col Slade: "Charlie, m'boy, i think i've wet my pants...hoo-ah!"
Charlie: "oh Col., not again..."
Col Slade: "HOOah!"
Charlie: "oh Col., not again..."
Col Slade: "HOOah!"
by joshua* December 11, 2003
by vincent maher February 15, 2010
Defined appropriately in previous posts. The proper spelling is HUA not Hooah which is another acronym for Head Up Ass. The nicer definitions are used when explaining what you mean to someone senior in rank to you.
I heard the story of its origin from a retired Vietnam era Special Forces guy in 1990 who heard it from a Korean War guy in the 1960's. Similar story about being ordered to take an objective (hill top in Korea) during the din of battle and the response was a mis-heard "who us?".
I heard the story of its origin from a retired Vietnam era Special Forces guy in 1990 who heard it from a Korean War guy in the 1960's. Similar story about being ordered to take an objective (hill top in Korea) during the din of battle and the response was a mis-heard "who us?".
1SG (First Sergeant, the senior non-commissioned officer in a company) - "There has been a change to the training schedule"
PSG (Platoon Sergeant) - "HUA!!"(you could add SNAFU to that)
PSG (Platoon Sergeant) - "HUA!!"(you could add SNAFU to that)
by Jerald Shook (not retired NCO) June 3, 2005