06-04-2004, 09:11
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SF mottos
A friend asked me the other day if we (Special Forces) had sayings that were unique to Special Forces. It made me think, do we have sayings or mottos unique to the SF community? Anyone?
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"The Spartans do not ask how many are the enemy, but where they are."
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06-04-2004, 09:42
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"De Oppresso Liber"
or the ever popular,
"Hey, Dude, whazzup?"
and
"I don't think we are going to do that...Sir."
TR
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"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat." - President Theodore Roosevelt, 1910
De Oppresso Liber 01/20/2025
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06-04-2004, 09:51
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Quote:
Originally posted by The Reaper
I don't think we are going to do that...Sir."
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LOL,
How about "First in last out"
"Quiet Professionals"
"The Professionals"
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"The Spartans do not ask how many are the enemy, but where they are."
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05-31-2009, 10:02
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re: Motto
Quote:
Originally Posted by Team Sergeant
LOL,
How about "First in last out"
"Quiet Professionals"
"The Professionals"
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That is true if you were the 10 or HF platoon
leader or company CO in Omega, Your ass was on the first chopper in and the last one out,
That was unit SOP.
TY,
Jon
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06-01-2009, 13:34
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My favorite from Gp
cheat, cheat, cheat and if you get caught lie, lie, lie.
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06-01-2009, 14:29
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My favorite saying heard often @ Bragg...
Lie, admit nothing, make counter accusations....
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06-01-2009, 14:32
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cheat, cheat, cheat and if you get caught lie, lie, lie.
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Must have a PULHES of 111311 - they were saying, "Deny...deny...deny." 
Richard's $.02 
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“Almost any sect, cult, or religion will legislate its creed into law if it acquires the political power to do so.” - Robert Heinlein
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06-04-2004, 10:11
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"You don't have to like it...you just have to do it".
"Jesus...Mules don't carry this much shit on their backs".
"You only move as fast as the slowest man".
One of my Team Sergeants favorites...
"GODDAMMIT...Don't tell me how you accomplished the task...just tell me yes or no, it was done".
"It ain't over till the fat lady sings".
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-DE OPPRESSO LIBER-
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04-21-2008, 08:31
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Guy
"Jesus...Mules don't carry this much shit on their backs"
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LMAO over that one--how true it is...
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"Those who beat their swords into plowshares will plow for those who didn't"
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04-21-2008, 09:17
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BAse Camp selection: This place sux, let's stay here.
Or when your Lt was lost: No matter where you go, there you are. 
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04-21-2008, 09:35
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Not a motto, but had a license plate once that read:
Special Forces..
Penetrate deeper,
last longer,
and carry a heavier load.
Be Unconventional.
Doit different.
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"If one day you decide to know yourself...you'll have to choose the warrior path...You'll reach the darkness of your spirit.... Then, if you overcome your fears....You will know who you are."
"De Oppresso Liber"
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04-21-2008, 10:10
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Here's a couple we used on a team.
Smith and Wesson beats four aces.
Nothing is impossable to the man who doesn't have to do it. (The last one applied mostly to SITCA missions. If you've ever planned one you know. Blitz
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The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government.
Thomas Jefferson
To compel a man to subsidize with his taxes the propagation of ideas which he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical.
Thomas Jefferson
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05-27-2008, 08:40
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SF Motto
Greetngs,* have been here in a while.* My first thought are the words on our regimental crest, "De Oppreso Liber,"* Free From Oppression. All the rest is hard core BS. In my opinion of course Walt:
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06-18-2009, 10:49
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This one is acted on mostly down range
Better to ask for forgiveness later, hen to ask for permission now..
Just Get it done.
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06-18-2009, 12:36
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What a$$hole came up with the SF motto?  "Kill them all and than let God sort them out"!  I seen it on SF ball caps and SF t-shirts...... 
Personally I think it's disgraceful,that's certainly not what we're all about,but people will see it and believe it is..............
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I believe that SF is a 'calling' - not too different from the calling missionaries I know received. I knew instantly that it was for me, and that I would do all I could to achieve it. Most others I know in SF experienced something similar. If, as you say, you HAVE searched and read, and you do not KNOW if this is the path for you --- it is not....
Zonie Diver
SF is a calling and it requires commitment and dedication that the uninitiated will never understand......
Jack Moroney
SFA M-2527, Chapter XXXVII
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