Posted on Sep 21, 2017
HUA: Heard Understood Acknowledge or Hooah? Which one do you use, and why?
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PV2 Mark Wilson
as Engineer we used "Check" and when i was stationed at Ft Sill (1st BN 19th FA) a DI that was in the Infantry said to use HUA when responding to him,
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MSG Mark Stinson
At the location for the SFAS Camp Mackall, they have a sign posted ‘This is a Hooah free zone”. No one in Special Forces would ever use the term.
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SFC Kevin Holdcraft
This is the historical version I heard as a young paratrooper. Troops waiting on D-day to occur came up with it because they were told far too frequently they were going into France. HUAW! became their way of saying BS to keep from getting in trouble, and the leadership thought they had come up with the word as a motivational expression.
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SSG Eddie Helmling
LOL..... I can see that as the case enlisted will always come up with a way to tell the leaders NOT
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PVT Andrew Burd
It's been my understanding that "Hooah" was derived from "Who, Us?" back in WWI or II
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I actually hate that word and any spelling or pronunciation variant with a passion. I might as well grunt and beat on my chest instead. So I tried very hard when I was in to avoid it's use. I only used it when told to or I was saying something along the lines "You are a moron but in my desire to avoid punishment will do what you say".
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LTC William Gilmore
I hated it as well. It was used in some medical field units I was assigned to and the first time I heard it, I just shook my head. It makes intelligent people sound incredibly stupid!
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