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Originally Posted by golgotha
I'm not trying to impress anyone, sir. It's very clear that the Latin doesn't read as the official translation says, but my motive in posting is only to discover why this is the case.
Another thread in my overabundant thinking was a perception that in Special Forces, much more than in the broader military, the warrior and the scholar were united. On that account, I was reluctant to believe that the Latin was simply incorrect, and have been searching for more info before I do.
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maybe you were trying to impress just a little? got it, you can speak latin. how's that workin out for ya these days?
there might not be any way to definitivly answer who came up with our motto but it was probably along the lines of some of the original QP's asked somebody who "claimed" to know Latin and he wrote it down. Bottom line is our motto is "Free the Oppressed"
do you go into classrooms and sharp shoot professors and hope it will win you points when it is time for grades? hey, try this one. go up to a Hell's Angel and tell him his tattoo is spelled wrong.