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hooah
interjection
The official yell of the US Army.
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Later that night, while assembled in formation, a succession of senior noncommissioned officers barked at us about "War, hooah," and "Hooah, war," and "Hooah-hooah, war, hooah!" All around me, I saw the blackened 50-yard stares of men, really just boys who, like me, would later that night retreat to their rooms to contemplate their own versions of confusion and despair and rage.
I pulled every string I had to get reassigned to a "Hooah" unit that would allow me the honor of getting a ride overseas to be with my brethren.
Just last month, some of you -- members of the Falcon Brigade -- AUDIENCE: Hooah!
AUDIENCE: Hooah! (Applause).
They interrupted him regularly with shouts of "Hooah" their all-purpose expression of support after getting some coaching on doing so by their commanders.
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At times somber, at times ebullient — there were plenty of "Hooahs" during his speech — the president tried to project an understanding of what the people, who have seen their family members go off to fight a war that most Americans came to oppose, have been through.
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