Motto Brainstorm Session, or Hilarious Mottos
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Re the fiasco that is the motto of the Specialist and Warrant Officer Institute, I thought that it would be sensible to pre-empt Mindef and have a brain storming session.
The overriding aim is so that soldiers in the future will not have to suffer the indignity of having to admit that their unit's motto is "We Live" (WAHAHAHAAH! How very mediocre of you! WELL DONE!), or "Valiant Thrust" (I feel strangely aroused
), etc.
Lest i be criticised for being someone who knows only to criticisem, here is my suggestion: For a unit like SWI, maybe something like "Warrior Leaders" or "Warriors, Leaders, Scholars" or their equivalent in Latin or malay.
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From the logistics world :
Squadron unoffical logistics motto - Men can die but aircraft must fly
ORD and get a job at STAE motto - SIA takes the best, STAE takes the rest
Going to geylang - F*ck First -
From another logistics world, "No Escort, No Weapon".
"Paperwork can wait, Weapon cannot wait"
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One of the RSAF unit official motto is " Swift and Prompt".
My S3 decided to re-phrase it as " Sweet and Plump" because he met a few overweight reservists in the Ops room there ! -
3 GDS: Ready To Smoke Out...
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RSAF - Round Short And Fat
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here's one for the engineers. "If we can build, we can destory."
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Originally posted by specfore:One of the RSAF unit official motto is " Swift and Prompt".
My S3 decided to re-phrase it as " Sweet and Plump" because he met a few overweight reservists in the Ops room there ! -
We are the unwilling lead by the unqualified...
you know the rest.
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"duty, honour, country!" guess who?
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My exact sentiments, i dont know who came out with it, BUT whoever who CAME out with the motto, OUGHT to explain its meaning right?Originally posted by lwflee:Re the fiasco that is the motto of the Specialist and Warrant Officer Institute, I thought that it would be sensible to pre-empt Mindef and have a brain storming session.
The overriding aim is so that soldiers in the future will not have to suffer the indignity of having to admit that their unit's motto is "We Live" (WAHAHAHAAH! How very mediocre of you! WELL DONE!), or "Valiant Thrust" (I feel strangely aroused ), etc.
Lest i be criticised for being someone who knows only to criticisem, here is my suggestion: For a unit like SWI, maybe something like "Warrior Leaders" or "Warriors, Leaders, Scholars" or their equivalent in Latin or malay.
More please.
Or did they even went through a brain-storm session in the first place?
Whats "WE LIVE", everyone who is LIVING, lives! ???? unless all the rest in SAF are dead???
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unless LIVE is actually an acronym?Originally posted by nightzip:My exact sentiments, i dont know who came out with it, BUT whoever who CAME out with the motto, OUGHT to explain its meaning right?
Or did they even went through a brain-storm session in the first place?
Whats "WE LIVE", everyone who is LIVING, lives! ???? unless all the rest in SAF are dead??? -
but then what unit using the motto "Valiant Thrust" ??
heheheh...so when they take photos, all the specialist all thrust their crouch?
excuse for being rude.
Anyway tried searching the WSI motto "We Live" for its derivation or meaning, surprisingly cannot find in internet.
Would Gordonator or Lazerlordz or Gacky wish to enlighten us?
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There was a reference to this phrase if you play Fallout, a classic RPG in the late 90s.Originally posted by nightzip:but then what unit using the motto "Valiant Thrust" ??
heheheh...so when they take photos, all the specialist all thrust their crouch?
excuse for being rude.
Anyway tried searching the WSI motto "We Live" for its derivation or meaning, surprisingly cannot find in internet.
Would Gordonator or Lazerlordz or Gacky wish to enlighten us? -
never play before leh...pai seh..
but i suppose its like after a super hard battle then they exclaim "WE LIVE!" loh...issit?
but then in the spec's or SAF training context, not very relevant leh?? -
'we live' is a very subtle way of saying our way of life is THE way of life.
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We Live....
I think it is one of those play safe, no -ending type of rethorical phrase. You know the kind that smart alecs or politicians say. Example, " I think you know what I mean..." Basically this type of phrase plays on the audience ego. You can say some "cheam" phrase, no one actually understands, but then no one dare to admit they don't know.
So We Live... becomes a very "cheam" phrase. So much so that a young sergreant may never dare ask the WOs what it means ...
It also allows the WOs , what managers call the "wriggle room". If there is a courageous sgt asking what the motto means, the WOs can add more words to the end and end up with different phrases to suit different scenarios ( very SAF !) ... ranging from, Example, WE LIVE TO LEAD ! ( very macho !) WE LIVE TO EAT (lah!) ( sarcastic) WE LIVE TO DIE ( very obvious and inevitable - can also sound philosophical !) WE LIVE TO F*** ( pornographic - typical of the older generation of WOs) WE LIVE TO KILL ( ahh.... very garang but politically incorrect !) ... the permutations are endless. -
According to Gordonator's post:
The motto of SWI is 'We Live', which is the philosophy SWI will use to train and motivate the WOSPEC to live Our Army's values, the Army experience and to complete the mission.
So Basically they want specs and WOs to 'live' the army values... Again, very mediocre. I would have thought that was expected of everyone in the army, regardless if you are a soldier, spec, WO, or officer.
The rest of the post do not make sense. What sort of motto tells you to 'live' to complete the mission or to 'live' the army experience?
From the post, however, we can see that specfore's guess is more or less correct.
The pitch for my suggestion would be: It outlines the -ideal- WO/spec: He is first and foremost an excellent Soldier, proficient in all aspects of soldiery. However, more than that, he is also a leader able to inspire and motivate his soldiers. As he progesses though his career, he is expected to improve himself and to use his experience and tactical knowledge to help develop matters of strategy and policy. He is a student of warfare and is therefore a scholar/thinker.
I realize that the average spec/WO falls far from the ideal. But isn't that what a motto is all about? To inspire and initiate changes.
Anyway, 'Valiant Thrust' is the motto of some armour unit. I saw their poster whilst on Ops Bacinet. Did we have some laughs. Maybe its me, but I have always had an urge to thrust my hips out whenever I think about 'valiant thrust'... -
For Logistics, i think the British Royal Logistics Corp has got a winner: "The power behind the punch".Originally posted by LazerLordz:From another logistics world, "No Escort, No Weapon".
"Paperwork can wait, Weapon cannot wait" -
Ninja Company...Originally posted by Gordonator:"duty, honour, country!" guess who?