OOH RAH!

( I BOUGHT AND GIFTED TO MY SON IN 2023 ) TEXT FEATURED ON PIECE: FRONT: OOH RAH! SEPER FIDELIS ALWAYS FAITHFUL ALWAYS LOYAL BACK: UNITED STAES MARINE CORPS BRIEF INFORMATION / HISTORY: OOH RAH! A MARINE CORPS BATTLE CRY USED TO MOTIVATE, SHOW ESPRIT DE CORPS, AND RESPOND WITH ENERGY. BELIEVED TO HAVE ORIGINS IN THE 1950s WITH MARINES EMBARKED ON NAVY SUBMARINES, WHO HEARD THE SUB DIVE ALARM “AARUGHA!” OVER TIME, THIS MORPHED INTO “OOH RAH!” IT BECAME COMMON IN MARINE BOOT CAMP AND COMBAT UNITS BY THE 1980s. “OOH RAH” IS UNIQUE TO MARINES AND SYMBOLIZES READINESS, AGGRESSION, AND PRIDE. SEMPER FIDELIS LATIN FOR “ALWAYS FAITHFUL.” ADOPTED AS THE OFFICIAL MARINE CORPS MOTTO IN 1883. IT REPRESENTS COMPLETE LOYALTY TO THE MISSION, THE CORPS, AND FELLOW MARINES. “SEMPER FI” IS A COMMON SHORT FORM, SPOKEN WITH PRIDE BY MARINES AROUND THE WORLD. THE PHRASE STANDS FOR A LIFELONG BOND THAT NEVER BREAKS EVEN AFTER SERVICE ENDS.