"Oorah" Cry

[thedrifter]

Want to know about the origin of the famous "Oorah" cry, which is imitated from others?

Right after Korea in 1953 the 1st Amphibious Reconnaissance Company, FMFPAC can be credited with the birth of "OORAH" in the Corps.


Specifically, where it came from was when Recon Marines were aboard the Submarine USS PERCH, ASSP-313. The Perch was an old WWII diesel boat retrofitted to carry UDT and Amphib Recon Marines. If you remember the old war movies, whenever the boat was to dive, you heard on the PA system, "DIVE,DIVE", and you heard the horn sound "AARUGHA", like an old Model "A" horn.

Sometime in 1953 or 1954, 1st Amphib Recon Marines, while on a conditioning run on land singing chants, someone imitated the "Dive" horn sound "AARUGHA", and it naturally became a Recon Warrior chant or mantra while on runs. It is sort of like the martial arts yell and adds a positive inference to the action. And this became part of Recon lexicon.

Former SgtMaj of the Marine Corps, John Massaro, was the company gunny of 1st Force in the late 50s and when he tansferred to MCRDSD as an instructor at DI school he took "AARUGHA" with him and passed it on to the DI students and they , in turn, passed it on to recruits.

Just as "Gung Ho" became symbolic of the WWII Raiders, so did "AARUGHA" become part of the new "running Marine Corps."

Over time, "AARUGHA" EVENTUALLY CHANGED TO "OORAH". The official Marine Corps Training Reference Manual on the history of Marine Recon is titled "AARUGHA", giving credence on the orgination of the 'POSITIVE RESPONSE' accenting anything that is meant to be good and uniquely Marine Corps.

"Good night Chesty, wherever you may be!"



Sempers,

Roger

[ba_1991]

thats something you dont learn in boot-camp


ooh-rah
B.A.

[Devildogg4ever]

Amen and OOOooorrrraaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!

[mrbsox]

Sounds good..... but it's BS :banana:

I got MY OoooooRrrrrrrAaaaaaaHaaaaa as part of BASIC ISSUE at Parris Island. I heard the 'Hollywood' Marines got their's from a surplus store down in Oceanside

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Now that I've stirred the pot........

[firstsgtmike]

When you use your pecker to stir a pot, don't be surprised when the response is "No Thank you, I've barfed enough for one day."
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[SemperFiGirl79]

Well thanks for clearing that up...I'd actually been wondering about that for quite some time.
But what about HOORAH...?
Doesn't that mean the same thing? :confused:

Thanxs!

Kate ~ SoldiersGirl79

[wrbones]

I remember gettin' my OOO-Rah from a bar on the Sunset Strip......or was that ouzo....I ferget....

[leroy8541]

hoorah is a cheerleaders thing isn't it? I got mine from a pitcher of bullfrog on magsaysay.

[usmcsgt65]

Hoorah goes back to the Civil War. It is a twist on Hoozrah (sp).

[Devildogg4ever]

I have heard so many ways it was originated, who knows? I have heard it came from Turkey, also Russia. I can remember a couple of old salts telling me that the word was actually HUA, and was an abbreviation for heard, understood, acknowledged.

[silversr4]

I was in 1st amphib Recon in55-56 I remember using the yell but can't remember it's History. Thanks to whomever posted the historical message on OOHRAAH. I, was also aboard the USS Perch 313 in San Diego and Kodiak Alaska what a hoot that was.

[CPLSNODGRASS]

thanks i like crazy historical stuff like this keep it coming

[sparkie]

Someone went dumpster diving again.

[CPLSNODGRASS]

i always dumster dive, leave me out of this! lol

[sparkie]

I've fallen for this too. Someone grags sumpthing up from years ago, and there I am.

[awbrown1462]

[edit (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Oorah_(Marines)&action=edit&section=3)] Other uses of "Oorah"


"Oorah" is also used by United States Navy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Navy) Hospital Corpsman (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Navy_Hospital_Corpsman) and Seabees (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seabee) because of their close association with the Marine Corps.
"Oorah" is also used by the United States Coast Guard (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Coast_Guard).<SUP class="noprint Template-Fact" title="This claim needs references to reliable sources from March 2008" style="WHITE-SPACE: nowrap">[citation needed (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)]</SUP>
"Oorah" is also used by the Russian Ground Forces (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Ground_Forces) for the same purposes.<SUP class="noprint Template-Fact" title="This claim needs references to reliable sources from April 2008" style="WHITE-SPACE: nowrap">[citation needed (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)]</SUP> It should be noted that "Oorah" is a correct transliteration for "Ура" (as it would be rendered in Cyrillic), the Russian equivalent of "Hooray." Proper pronunciation of this word places emphasis on the second syllable, in contrast to the Marine Corps exclamation. It is possible that the Russian word was a loanword form of "hurrah"--there is commonality in both the placement of emphasis and the purpose of the words; the absence of the "h" in the Russian word would be accounted for by the non-existence of this sound in the Russian language.
"Oorah" is also used by Oorah Kiruv Rechokim (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oorah_(organization)).<SUP class=reference id=cite_ref-2>[3] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oorah_(Marines)#cite_note-2)</SUP>
"Oorah" is also used by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Canadian_Mounted_Police).<SUP class="noprint Template-Fact" title="This claim needs references to reliable sources from April 2008" style="WHITE-SPACE: nowrap">[citation needed (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)]</SUP>

[Lisa 23]

Someone went dumpster diving again.

Yep, they sure did sparkie. This thread hasn't been posted in in over 6 years, that is, until ealry this morning.