SOF mottos
 

Hi,

I start a thread about all SOF mottos around the world, or any other motto that is in the spirit of SOF.

There are fews:

Who Dares Wins. origin from "Qui Ose Gagne" (British SAS)
De Oppresso Liber. (US SF) (Ok I'm not a cock...., that's why I didnt put it first :D )
Facta non Verba. "Deeds, not words" (JTF-2, Canadian SOF)
Osons. (or "we dare") (former Canadian Airborne Regiment)
On Rit avec le Diable. "We laugh with the devil" (French, 6RPIMa)
Yesterday was the Last Easy Day. (US NAVY SEALS)
Follow Me. (US Infantry)
Win the Mind Win the Day.
Knowledge is Power.
Nous Défions. "We defy" ( WWII origin)
First in Last out.
You don't have to like it, you just have to do it. (origin: a book :rolleyes: ...)
Could be worst. (universal)
Still having fun? (After a looonnnngggg run).

That`s it for now. your turn.

Molon Labe (come and get them)


Also, I believe that "Facta not Verba" translates to: Deeds not Words

gk

"Lead the way"

Isn't it "Opera Non Verba"?

I'm partial to "Fortes Fortuna Juvat" Fortune Favors the Brave.

"Fide et Fortitudine" By fidelity and fortitude

To Infinity and Beyond !!!!






Okay....I'll go and sit in a corner now.

"I pity the fool!"

"I love it when a plan comes together."

"Nuk nuk nuk!"

Pugnare, Fornicare, Aut Mori

"Five seconds of time fuze is long enough!"

"That MSD is just a suggestion."

"Don't worry, I have over 500 jumps and never had a problem doing it like that."

"Cold beer and trucks will be waiting on the drop zone gents."

TR

"..five more miles..."

The Finnish Laskuvarjojääkärikoulu/Airborne Jaeger School: "Excelsior"

With my non-existent Latin skills I would translate this as "Outdo yourself" or "Aim for excellence". Hope this makes some sense, my own unit does not seem to have a motto, just some old stories about fighting for Bulgarian Independence from the Osman Empire. :)

No, we used "just over the next hill...."

TR

Swallow me! (US Army Infantry School)

"FIDO" (Fuck it, drive on)

"Night Stalkers Don't Quit" - 160th SOAR

"Rangers Lead the Way" - 75th Ranger Regiment

"Keiner sieht uns kommen. Keiner weiß, daß wir da sind. Und wenn unsere Mission beendet ist, gibt es keinen Beweis dafür, daß wir jemals da waren." - Kommando Spezialkräfte

"Qui ose gagne" - 1er RPIMa (successor to the French SAS of WW2)

"La muerte es el mejor premio al valiente y es el mejor castigo para el cpbarde" - Fuerzas Especiales Comandos, Dominican Republic

"Valientes por tierra y por mar" - Infanteria de Marina Espanola

"Legio Patria Nostra" - Foreign Legion

"Être et durer" - 3e RPIMa

"Au delà du possible" - 13e RDP

"Treue um Treue" - German paratroopers (Fallschirmjäger)

"One for All, All for One" and "Remorseless, Pitiless, Fearless" - National Security Guards (India)

"Pedites pugnas decernent" ("Es sind die Infanteristen, die die Schlacht entscheiden"/"The Infantry decides the battle") - German Army infantry

"Come folgore dal cielo...come nembo di tempesta" - Italian paratroopers

"Della folgore l'impeto" - 9° reggimento d'assalto paracadutisti "Col Moschin"

Another one,
"They said it was Light Infantry".

"Travel light freeze at night".

God knows we heard that enough times!!
:D

Or for those 18B boys scratching their collective body parts in the Fire Direction Center, "FIFI" (Fuck it, Fire it).

"That Others May Live" US Air Force PJ
, which IMHO is the only motto match or better than DOL
http://www.af.mil/speech/speech.asp?speechID=51

mottos
 

I am not sure it is a motto but:

'Geronimo'

'grab them by the balls and their hearts and minds will follow'

'trust me....'


SFRadioman

Lean Forward in the Fox Hole.
Move out and Draw Fire.

7th SFG(A) RULES!
 

Lo Que Sea, Cuando Sea, Donde Sea

If you fall, fall foward

Hearts and Minds,
Hearts and Minds,
Two to the Heart, one to the Mind.

Get it on!

Hey Sir! Look at this! - Slinky

LMAO!

Ain't it the truth! :D

TR

We are not lost we are doing terrain orientation.

WTF was that.... Always said when you hear a huge BOOOOMMMMM... (When we all know it was an VIED)

Marine Motto: Swift, Slient, Deadly... Or as all the operators know. Slow, Loud, Scared shittless.

If you can't win their hearts and minds. Kill them with bigger bombs.


RAT OUT!!! :lifter

LOL - when I get lost in the car, I tell The Kid I'm doing counter-terrorism driving to make sure nobody's following us. I don't think he's going for it much anymore.

You get lost???? :eek:


:D

RAT OUT!!!

Of course not, he's conducting area reconnaissance.

getting lost
 

For the professional soldier there is no such thing as being lost, they are just studying all they can of the surrounding area so that in the future if they pass that way again, they can say they have been there before. See, not lost, just preparing to pass that way again.

SFRadioman

"Anything, Anywhere, Anytime, Professionally" -Air America Motto

"Let us into your hearts and minds, or I'll burn your fucking hut down" - Motto painted on my foot locker.

Second thing I'm going to do when I get back home is take my ruck off.

"Ahh, I need to get back home right now, Sir.

My wife is about to get pregnant and I need to be there for it."

TR

Correction.

The only easy day was yesterday. (BUD/S motto)

There really isn't any sort of official motto in the teams.

Bwaaaa! Classic, I had forgotten all about that one! SGM Pete (RIP) used to say that one a lot.

"If you're going to be stupid you better be tough."

You can't smoke me SGT!!! I quit. :D

RAT OUT!!!

Mottos
 

"First In... Last Out" - U.S. Army Pathfinders

FEBA = False Enthusiam, Bad Attitude


As for the "ruck" remarks, I've heard it rendered as:

[E-MAIL, SOLDIER TO WIFE] When I get off the plane you better be there with a mattress strapped to your bacK.

[E-MAIL, WIFE TO SOLDIER] I'll be there, with mattress. You better be the first man off the plane.

I have to follow that??
 

I waited. Nobody posted. Jeeeez, OK...

When I was in jump school ( summer of '68 ) the black hats very seldom failed to finish a sentence,command or butt chewing without this one:
STAY ALERT..... STAY ALIVE!!!
Not to mention the signs and banners all over reinforcing that.




Ugh.... one more, yet localized.

"The DZ's are getting smaller and the water colder"

( LT COL Ludwig Faistenhammer 1970.... "Motivating" his troops in the Flint Kaserne theatre.

PS
I swear there was a third... came to me a year or so ago..... anyway this site does tend to awaken old memories ;)

"Nuts."

:)

Fortune Favors the Bold - Recon CCN

Kill them all let God sort them out, derived from Kill them all God will take care of his own by the Commander of crusades against the Cathers in France.

Kill for Peace (one of my favorites)

Recon - always in Front - Royal Thai Marine Recon

March or Die - FFL

Glaine ár gcroí
Neart ár ngéag
Agus beart de réir ár mbriathar

The cleanliness of our hearts
The strength of our limbs
And our commitment to our promise

- Army Ranger Wing (Sciathán Fianóglach an Airm), Irish Defence Forces.