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DE_Six
08-09-2003, 08:40 PM
These things we do that others may live applies perfectly to PJ and other SAR/CSAR units, but I don't see how it applies to military in general. The first purpose of an army is to kill and destroy in support of national policies. I think the infantry (unofficial?) motto would apply better: Locate, close in, destroy

I think the Brits are very good at the motto game. Who dares wins (you know which Regiment) and Not by strength, by guile (SBS) conjure up very well the special operations ethos.

My personal favorite is USASOC motto: Sine Pari (which roughly translates into )Without equal)
USAF G
08-09-2003, 08:43 PM
Well, I think "that others may live" could apply to the rest of the military, since we protect our nations people so that they might sleep well and safely.

As for a motto, I'm kind of partial to "Festina Lente", which means: Hasten Slowly. I'm attached to this one for personal reasons.
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warchild1/27scout
08-09-2003, 08:44 PM
my unit in army had cool motto. the unit was 1/27 inf. 25th inf. div. wolfhounds and it's motto was "nec aspera terrent" (no fear on earth) woot
DE_Six
08-09-2003, 09:23 PM
I understood what you meant, I wasn't thinking about the motivations of soldiers, merely about the job itself. For all the greatness of the sacrifice made by servicemen and women throughout history, we shouldn't lose sight of the nature of war, otherwise, as Robert E. Lee put it, "we might grow too fond of it", and that nature is a destructive one.

Your motivations, mine and that of man down the line may vary wildly, but the means to achieve it are common:fight and destroy. That's where I think PJs and other SAR units differ: their primary, direct purpose is to save lives, not abstract lives back at home, but fellow men whose lives are at threat on the battlefield. Killing enemy soldiers is one of the means they might use to achieve this goal, but unlike the infantrymen, it is not their primary purpose. That's all I meant.

I don't question the motivations of individuals, they all have a different one to serve. But let's keep in mind that it is by implementing the notion of killing (ie the spirit of the bayonet) in basic training that the US armed forces boosted the proportion of men who actually fired their weapon in combat from 20% during WW2 to up to 90% in Vietnam.

One more: Allons! or "Let's go!" ,
motto of the 11th ACR "Blackhorse Cav"
Henk
08-09-2003, 09:29 PM
The dutch commandos have the motto, Nunc aut Nun quom, i.e Now or Never.












He who wants peace must prepare for war.
James
08-09-2003, 09:57 PM
Semper Fidelis . . . Always Faithful - USMC.

It's interesting to me that so many of these mottos are in Latin.
OzMan
08-09-2003, 11:17 PM
I like the Air Force Intelligence Agency's motto:
"Lux ex Tenebris - Light from Darkness"

Any soldier's doctrine:
"Adapt and Overcome"

US Army Special Forces:
"De Oppresso Liber - To free the Oppressed"

Coroner service:
"When your day ends, ours begins"

USAF F-117 pilot's saying:
"To those who hide at night: Beware of those in the shadows"

Classic counter-terrorist doctrine:
"Chaos and Control"
"Fast is slow, slow is quick."
"Front site focus, trigger squeeze, discipline and control"
"I am an operator. And I am an operator all day, every day, day in, day out. When I go home at night and take this Eagle off, I am still an operator. And I will continue to operate until I can do it no more."

"In combat, no matter what form, there is no hope, and there is no luck. There is only instinct and perfection. And in the shadow of perfection, is death."

FBI Hostage Rescue Team motto:
"Servare Vitas - To save lives"

My personal motto:
"Today is just another cold day in Hell..."

Not really a motto, but I missed the quote thread:
"In God we trust; everyone else, keep your hands wear I can see them."
Ngati Tumatauenga
08-09-2003, 11:36 PM
"Onwards"

The motto of the Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment
Apogee
08-10-2003, 12:15 AM
My RGT(3rd RGT, USCC): We ride as one

Snipers: "You can run, but you'll only die tired."

EOD:"Bombs are our business,
and business is good."
or
"Theres no problem that can't be solved with the proper application of high explosives."

and for you communicators Signal:"You can talk about us, but you can't talk without us."

and my team USMA SCUBA "We're here to get you out."
HumanShield
08-10-2003, 12:42 AM
How about the good ol one from Vietnam era "Search And Destroy"
It was nice of them to change it to "Sweep And Clear"
Sound more plesant if you ask me...
Ichhabe
08-10-2003, 01:46 AM
Our motto in the Royal Norwegian Engineers are: Ubique Quo Fas et Gloria Du**** : Everywhere Where Right and Glory Lead.
usa320
08-10-2003, 02:15 AM
One USAF unit, forgot which one, but a TFS, has the motto "Audentes Fortunas Juvats" which translates to "Fortune Favors The Bold".
Mortimer
08-10-2003, 09:03 AM
Our motto in the Royal Norwegian Engineers are: Ubique Quo Fas et Gloria Du**** : Everywhere Where Right and Glory Lead.
what the.....thats the same as the Royal Australian Artillery......
Ichhabe
08-10-2003, 09:24 AM
Yes Mortimer. And if I'm not wrong it is also the motto for some British branches aswell.
Henk
08-11-2003, 03:05 AM
The sas have the motto who dares wins, but S.A.S. stands for a motto in its self
Speed Agression Suprise

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He who wants peace must prepare for war.
bloodzy
08-11-2003, 09:31 AM
not sure if they still use it today but the old U.S. 101st airborne cheer

currahee = "We stand alone together"
gaz
08-11-2003, 10:43 AM
"Utrinque Paratus" or "Ready for anything" - The Parachute Regiment
DE_Six
08-11-2003, 07:23 PM
One USAF unit, forgot which one, but a TFS, has the motto "Audentes Fortunas Juvats" which translates to "Fortune Favors The Bold".

80th FS "Juvats", Kunsan AB, South Korea.
Chris1
08-11-2003, 08:07 PM
Swift and Bold RGJ
Gordon
08-11-2003, 10:26 PM
Royal has this as his signature but I thought this was a good place to put it for those who hadn't seen it.

The Duke of Wellingotn talking about his soldiers:

"I don't know what they do to the enemy, but by god they scare me"
Andyman
08-11-2003, 10:43 PM
I think the quote "Luck loves the fearless" would be a good one to use but I'm not sure if any military actually uses it.
Royal
08-12-2003, 03:41 AM
Royal has this as his signature but I thought this was a good place to put it for those who hadn't seen it.

The Duke of Wellingotn talking about his soldiers:

"I don't know what they do to the enemy, but by god they scare me"

Royal's sig is and always has been Per mare, Per terram (by sea, by land). I think Martin had the Iron Duke's eve of Waterloo quote.
ogukuo72
08-12-2003, 05:06 AM
These things we do that others may live applies perfectly to PJ and other SAR/CSAR units, but I don't see how it applies to military in general. The first purpose of an army is to kill and destroy in support of national policies. I think the infantry (unofficial?) motto would apply better: Locate, close in, destroy

I think the Brits are very good at the motto game. Who dares wins (you know which Regiment) and Not by strength, by guile (SBS) conjure up very well the special operations ethos.

My personal favorite is USASOC motto: Sine Pari (which roughly translates into )Without equal)

The following words are not from a motto, or a mantra, but it speaks volumes about what it means to be a soldier:

"When you go home, tell them of us, and say, for your tomorrow, we gave our today."

They are carved on the walls of the Commonwealth Cemetery in my country. 4,458 men are buried there. On the walls of a memorial inside, you will find an additional 24,000 names on the wall, men who are missing or who have no known graves.
ibstolidude
08-12-2003, 10:43 AM
"semper gumbi"

"maintain rigid flexibility"

"there is a fine line between 'Hardass' and 'dumbass'."
budanski
08-13-2003, 01:04 PM
QUOTES ABOUT THE USMC THROUGH THE AGES

"The deadliest weapon in the world is a MARINE and his rifle!" -GEN. PERSHING, US.ARMY

"Hard pressed on my right. My center is yielding. Impossible to maneuver. Situation excellent. I am attacking!" -FERDINAND FOCH

"We're surrounded. That simplifies the problem!" -CHESTY PULLER, USMC

"The more MARINES I have around the better I like it!" -GEN. MARK CLARK, US.ARMY

"Sometimes it is entirely appropriate to kill a fly with a sledge-hammer!" -MAJ. HOLDREDGE

"A ship without MARINES is like a garment without buttons." -ADM. DAVID PORTER, USN

"The MARINES have landed and have the situation well in hand!" -RICHARD HARDING DAVIS

"Casualties many; Percentage of dead not known; Combat efficiency: we are winning!" -COL. DAVID M. SHOUP, USMC

"I can never again see a UNITED STATES MARINE without experiencing a feeling of reverence." -GEN. JOHNSON, US.ARMY

"The raising of that flag on Suribachi means a MARINE CORPS for the next 500 years." -JAMES FORRESTAL, SECRETARY OF THE NAVY

"Come on, you sons of bitches! Do you want to live forever?" -GySgt. DANIEL DALY, USMC

"We're not retreating, Hell! We're just attacking in different direction!" -GEN. OLIVER SMITH, USMC

"I have just returned from visiting the MARINES at the front, and there is not a finer fighting organization in the world!" -GEN. DOUGLAS MACARTHUR, US.ARMY

"Teufelhunde! (Devil Dogs)" -GERMAN SOLDIERS, WW1 at BELLEAU WOOD

"So they've got us surrounded, good! Now we can fire in any direction, those bastards won't get away this time!" -CHESTY PULLER, USMC

"We have two companies of MARINES running all over this island and thousands of ARMY troops doing nothing!" -GEN. JOHN VESSEY, CHAIRMAN OF JOINT CHIEFS

"Retreat hell! We just got here!" -CAPT. LLOYD WILLIAMS, USMC

"The safest place in Korea was right behind a platoon of MARINES. LORD, how they could fight!" -MAJ. GEN. FRANK LOWE, US.ARMY

"Panic sweeps my men when they are facing the AMERICAN MARINES." -CAPTURED NORTH KOREAN MAJOR

"Our Country won't go on forever, if we stay soft as we are now. There won't be any AMERICA because some foreign soldiery will invade us and take our women and breed a hardier race!" -LT. GEN. LEWIS "CHESTY" PULLER, USMC

"Some people spend an entire lifetime wondering if they made a difference. The Marines don't have that problem." -PRESIDENT RONALD REAGAN, 1985
Cobra98
08-13-2003, 01:56 PM
N.S.D.Q

Death awaits in the dark

good ones as well I think
Apogee
08-13-2003, 02:02 PM
Heres another great one:

"Lo Que Sea, Cuando Sea, Donde Sea"
(Anything, Anytime, Anywhere)
7th Special Forces Group (Airborne)
garyfanclub
08-13-2003, 03:19 PM
US Army Airborne "All the Way"
Breacher
08-25-2003, 03:27 PM
..."Initial success, or total failure."

EOD
S'13
08-25-2003, 05:08 PM
Nahal- The pain is temporary, the pride is forever.

Snipers- If you run, you will only die tired.
andrew45c
08-26-2003, 04:47 AM
The best quote i can think of is Nemo me impune lacessit this is the motto of the The Black Watch these guys are hard. The motto translates into to "Nobody provokes me without getting hurt". The black watch is one of the most distinguished regiments in the British army with a long and proud history. There battle honours include Waterloo, the somme, Dunkirk,El Alamein.

The regimental hero is Piper McIntyre of the 5th battalion . Aged 19, Mc Intyre piped his comrades into battle at El Alamein during WW 2. Wounded three times he kept playing until he died.
3/325_AIR_All_The_Way
08-26-2003, 02:16 PM
typed wrong...
Grimjack
08-26-2003, 02:47 PM
Bull****:see below!
Grimjack
08-26-2003, 02:48 PM
when you salute a officer at bragg,you say: All the way sir,he's reply Airborne! That's what we said when we were cherry jumpers still wet behind the ears.Oh and by the way " Sua sponte" (of their own accord)U.S. Army Rangers