Is It OK For Civilians To Say "Hoorah"?

[Johnny Cupcakes]

Of course you CAN say it. I don't know if I would, as I'm not a member of the group of people that take pride in that making that noise. I'm sure that marines would look at you funny. Well, first they'd think that you were a disabled veteran and maybe buy you lunch, so you could be on to something.

One of my buddies was a marine. Another was a sailor. A third was in the air national guard. A fourth, like me, is a civilian. The fourth guy once called the third a "weekend warrior" because he'd heard my active duty friends say it. He got verbally assaulted for about an hour after that. I never knew that a marine and a sailor would take up for a ANG reserve guy so quickly and unrelentingly.

Point being, they are part of a brotherhood that you simply aren't part of. You can use their sayings if you'd like, but don't expect them to be fond of it.