Hooah

Hooah /ˈhuːɑː/ is military slang Originally HOOA used by US Army Airborne in World War II meaning " Head Out Of Ass " and was a spin off of Radio Operators HUA "Heard Understood Acknowledged" as the term spread throughout the Army and the Army became more PC it became more of a general meaning "anything and everything except 'no'".^[1][2]

Used by soldiers in the U.S. Army, which accounts for the vast majority of the usage of the word.

Possible meanings

Some popular usages of hooah include:^[3]

• HUA means: "Heard, understood, and acknowledged"^[4][5][6]

See also

• Cheering
• HOORA - Used by US Army Rangers
• HOOAH! Bar – a US military energy bar
• Hooyah – the United States Navy Sea, Air and Land (SEAL) commando equivalent
• Huzzah – a 16th-century equivalent
• Oorah – the United States Marine Corps and United States Coast Guard equivalent

References

HOORA used by US Army Rangers

1. "ANAD participates in Veterans Day events". U.S. Army. 2012-11-20. Retrieved 2015-05-21.
2. "Soldier-Speak: A Brief Guide to Modern Military Jargon". U.S. Army. 2015-03-8. Retrieved 2015-05-21.
3. – U.S. Army Hooah Race
4. Under the entry for HOOAH
5. Snopes inquiry
6. Some additional resource to the effect that "HUA" is indeed the proper usage from radio operators as "Heard, Understood, and Acknowledged" as opposed to a bacronym

External links

• About.com article with ideas about Hooah's etymology
• About.com article with some possible definitions
• Hooah uttered at the end of the re-enlistment oath, Baghdad, July 4th, 2008: at time 1:08 on the video clip