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  2. Military cadence - Wikipedia

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    United States Army soldiers calling cadence, during Basic Combat Training at Fort Jackson (South Carolina) in 2008. In the United States armed services, a military cadence or cadence call is a traditional call-and-response work song sung by military personnel while running or marching. In the United States, these cadences are sometimes called ...

  3. Hooah - Wikipedia

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    Hooah / ˈ h uː ɑː / is a battle cry used by members of the United States Army. [1] Originally spelled "Hough", the battle cry was first used by members of the 2nd Cavalry Regiment during the Second Seminole War in 1841, after Seminole chief Coacoochee toasted officers of the regiment with a loud "Hough!", apparently a corruption of "How d'ye do!"

  4. Battle cry - Wikipedia

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    All Blacks performing a Haka, 1:39 min. A battle cry or war cry is a yell or chant taken up in battle, usually by members of the same combatant group. Battle cries are not necessarily articulate (e.g. "Eulaliaaaa!", "Alala"..), although they often aim to invoke patriotic or religious sentiment. Their purpose is a combination of arousing ...

  5. Martial music - Wikipedia

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    Martial music or military music is a specific genre of music intended for use in military settings performed by professional soldiers called field musicians. Much of the military music has been composed to announce military events as with bugle calls and fanfares , or accompany marching formations with drum cadences , or mark special occasions ...

  6. Oorah - Wikipedia

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    Oorah is a battle cry common in the United States Marine Corps since the mid-20th century. Several anecdotes attributed the phrase to John R. Massaro 's time as a gunnery sergeant in the Reconnaissance Company, 1st Marine Division, in the mid-1950s. [1] Massaro (who later became sergeant major of the Marine Corps) and other Marines who trained ...

  7. United States military music customs - Wikipedia

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    A single bugler performing "Taps" is traditionally used to give graveside honors to the deceased (the U.S. Army specifically prohibits the use of "Echo Taps").Title 10 of the United States Code establishes that funerals for veterans of the U.S. military shall "at a minimum, perform at the funeral a ceremony that includes the folding of a United States flag and presentation of the flag to the ...

  8. Category:Military music - Wikipedia

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    M. March (music) Martial industrial. Military cadence. Military drums. Military Music Museum of Finland. La muerte no es el final. Music of the NOAA Corps. My Army.

  9. Hooyah - Wikipedia

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    Hooyah is the battle cry used in the United States Navy to build morale and signify verbal acknowledgment. It originated with special operations communities, especially the Navy SEALs, and was subsequently adopted by other Navy divisions. [1][2][3] It is comparable to Oorah in the United States Marine Corps and Hooah in the United States Army ...