Hooyah

Template:Copy to Wiktionary Hooyah is the battle cry used in the United States Navy and the United States Coast Guard to build morale and signify verbal acknowledgment. It is comparable to Oorah in the United States Marine Corps and Hooah in the United States Army. The United States Air Force use HUA (pronounced similar to the Army's Hooah) it is an acronym for Heard, Understood, or Acknowledged. And doubles as a war cry, more commonly used by the United States Air Force Security Forces

"Hoorah" is also used by United States Navy Hospital Corpsman, Master-At-Arms and Seabees because of their close association with the Marine Corps.

See also

• Huzzah
• Oorah—the United States Marine Corps equivalent
• Hooah — the United States Army and United States Air Force equivalent