This is what being a marine is all about

[skife]

All I got to say to that is HOORAH!

actually it is OOORAH!


thanks for the great read devildog

[FactsOfLife]

actually it is OOORAH!


thanks for the great read devildog

Spelled HOORAH. Pronounced OORAH.

I did my time, 83-87 1st MEF.

[jdev]

Spelled HOORAH. Pronounced OORAH.

I did my time, 83-87 1st MEF.

not to get off topic here, but isn't it spelt "HURA" and pronounced "oorah"

I was told, and If im not mistaken, it stands for:

Heard, Understood, Recognized and Acknowledged

I could be wrong though..

[1stdeadeye]

not to get off topic here, but isn't it spelt "HURA" and pronounced "oorah"

I was told, and If im not mistaken, it stands for:

Heard, Understood, Recognized and Acknowledged

I could be wrong though..

You don't watch Mail Call do you? No one knows where it came from. It just developed!

[jdev]

haha, actually, now that you mention it, mail call is where I heard that from.



nevermind me.. carry on

[skife]

the oorah or hoorah is quite motivational though

this one time i went up to alpina to play some paintball with marine poolies and we stayed the night there, it was good, the lance corperal was all like "let do some pt" everyone was like "oorah!"
its pretty motivating


they paintball was just plain awsome though

[1stdeadeye]

nevermind me.. carry on

No, no, no!

It's Semper Fi, Carry On!

[taylor492]

The other day the paper ran an article that had more details into the death of Pat Tillman. I know hes not in the marines but theyre all fighting for the same thing.

http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/news/articles/0501tillman01.html

[FactsOfLife]

The other day the paper ran an article that had more details into the death of Pat Tillman. I know hes not in the marines but theyre all fighting for the same thing.

http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepu...tillman01.html

Pat Tillman was a kickass human being and an American Hero.

[devildog]

Pat Tillman was a kickass human being and an American Hero.

ill agree with that, but it pisses me off how one person can be singled out for this. everyone out there, especially those that died, are heros. you become so close to the people youre out there with, its rediculous. i know more about the guys i was out there with than my own family back home.

[Janitor]

Great story, thanks for sharing. Thanks for being a Marine!!! Be sure to pass on more stories if you get a chance.

Hope that you aren't staying at Camp Foster, atleast it was when I had to stay there in 94.


USN/Oregon Air National Guard 173FW

[FactsOfLife]

ill agree with that, but it pisses me off how one person can be singled out for this. everyone out there, especially those that died, are heros. you become so close to the people youre out there with, its rediculous. i know more about the guys i was out there with than my own family back home.

Yeah they all are. Pat was mentioned, Pat was praised. No other reason than that.

It goes without saying that all the boys over there are kickass human beings and American Heroes.

No one here, and especially myself are trivializing the rest of you guys because Pat is getting the lions share of media attention.

[taylor492]

ill agree with that, but it pisses me off how one person can be singled out for this. everyone out there, especially those that died, are heros. you become so close to the people youre out there with, its rediculous. i know more about the guys i was out there with than my own family back home.

This was one of my posts a while back on this subject

You won't find anyone who thinks more highly of the soldiers fighting for our country, even moreso for the ones who died, than me.

But the Pat Tillman story hit home because of one simple reason. He had a story! He was a big time football player. A Rudy kind of quality. Multi-million dollar contracts. Succesful career. New wife. You get the picture.

And now to hear of his death wrenches our hearts. More than when news of other soldiers deaths reaches home? Absolutely not! But it seems that way because the country knew Pat Tillman before he joined the Army. Theres been a couple memorials around Phoenix and i think the Cardinals are retiring his jersey and i think thats very fitting.

Everyday when I turn on the news or open the newspaper, and i read about soldiers dying and being wounded it makes me so very sad. But im also extremely proud of them. The soldiers who have died in Iraq and Afghanistan will eventually get their remembrance. Every war or conflict we've ever had theres been some sort of national memorial. And theirs' is coming.

God Bless our Troops

[slateman]

Good read. Little one sided though I expect more objectivity Joking, of course.

When I read stuff like that part of me thinks I'm crazy for ever wanting anything to do with the military at all. But most of me wants to drop out of school right now and enlist. I would love to have courage like that. Who knows, maybe I do....

[FactsOfLife]

Good read. Little one sided though I expect more objectivity Joking, of course.

When I read stuff like that part of me thinks I'm crazy for ever wanting anything to do with the military at all. But most of me wants to drop out of school right now and enlist. I would love to have courage like that. Who knows, maybe I do....

Finish high school, get good grades. Talk about it with your parents.

It will be the single biggest commitment you make in your young life so far.

It will probably shape the rest of your life.