Many units of the United States Armed Forces have distinctive mottoes. Such mottoes are used in order to "reflect and reinforce" each unit's values and traditions. Mottoes are used by both military branches and smaller units. While some mottoes are official, others are unofficial. Some appear on unit patches, such as the U.S. Army's distinctive unit insignia.

The use of mottoes is as old as the U.S. military itself. A general order issued by George Washington on February 20, 1776, when he was commander-in-chief of the Continental Army, directed that "it is necessary that every Regiment should be furnished with Colours" and the "Number of the Regiment is to be mark'd on the Colours, and such a Motto, as the Colonel may choose, in fixing upon which, the General advises a Consultation amongst them."

United States Army

Major Commands United States Army - This We'll Defend School of Military Packaging Technology (formerly Joint Military Packaging Training Center) - To Preserve and Protect Joint Multinational Readiness Center - Train to Win Joint Readiness Training Center - Forging the Warrior Spirit Joint Security Area, United Nations Command - Panmunjom (JSA) -In Front Of Them All Army Judge Advocate General's Corps - Soldiers first, lawyers always United States Army Legal Services Agency - Army Criminal Investigation Command - Do What Has to Be Done, United States Army Criminal Investigation Command. Army Materiel Command - Arsenal for the Brave Headquarters, Military District of Washington - Military Traffic Management Command - Serving the Armed Forces National Training Center - Lead Train Win Northern Warfare Training Center - United States Military Academy (West Point) - Duty, Honor, Country (adopted 1898)The U.S. Military Academy Coat of Arms and Motto, United States Military Academy (accessed December 19, 2016). United States Army Special Forces (Green Berets) - Special Forces Crest , United States Army Special Operations Command (accessed December 19, 2016). Army Medical Department - To Conserve Fighting Strength, Army Medical Department (accessed December 19, 2016). United States Army Military Police Corps - Assist. Protect. Defend.

Adjutant general Adjutant General's Corps - Defend and Serve 4th Adjutant General Battalion - High Above the Rest 6th Adjutant General Battalion - Train Defend Serve 14th Adjutant General Battalion - Victory Through Excellence 30th Adjutant General Battalion - Meeting the Challenge 39th Adjutant General Battalion - Excellence Starts Here 42d Adjutant General Battalion - Impolite Militem (Start the Soldier) 43d Adjutant General Battalion - Soldiers for Freedom 46th Adjutant General Battalion - Begin with the Best 67th Adjutant General Battalion - Prepared and Able 95th Adjutant General Battalion - Soldiering Starts Here 120th Adjutant General Battalion - We Set the Example 369th Adjutant General Battalion - Army Pride

Airborne

XVIII Airborne Corps - Sky Dragons 82nd Airborne Division - "All the way! or Death from Above 101st Airborne Division - Rendezvous with Destiny 71st Airborne Brigade - Go Texans Go 173rd Airborne Brigade - Sky Soldiers 82nd Airborne Division Artillery - Mass the Fire 101st Airborne Division Artillery - De Nubibus (From the Clouds) Combat Aviation Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division - Wings of the Airborne82nd CAB Combat Aviation Brigade, 101st Airborne Division - Wings of Destiny 82nd Airborne Aviation Regiment - Ground Air Mobility 101st Airborne Aviation Regiment - Wings of the Eagle 16th Air Traffic Control Battalion - Voice to the Skies 29th Air Traffic Control Battalion - Vector to Victory 58th Air Traffic Control Battalion - Deconflict Lead the Way 59th Air Traffic Control Battalion - Voice of Control 125th Air Traffic Control Battalion - Voice of the Aviation 118th Military Police Company (ABN) - Heaven Sent, Hell Bent! The Mighty Mighty

Armored 1st Armored Division - Old Ironsides 2nd Armored Division - Hell on Wheels 3rd Armored Division - Spearhead 13th Armored Division - It Shall Be Done 40th Armored Brigade - Old Hickory Volunteers 31st Armored Brigade - Dixie Brigade 32nd Armor Regiment - Victory or Death 33rd Armor Regiment - Men of War 35th Armor Regiment - Vincere Vel Mori (To Conquer or Die) 36th Brigade, 50th Armored Division - I'll Lead You (quotation attributed to John Bell Hood) 37th Armor Regiment - Courage Conquers 40th Armor Regiment - By Force and Valor 40th Armored Brigade - Armipotent (Mighty in Arms) 49th Armored Division - Lone Star 50th Armor - In Via (On the Way) 53rd Armor - Strength in Steel 64th Armor - We Pierce 68th Armor - Ventre A Terre (With Great Speed) 69th Armor - Vitesse et Puissance (Speed and Power) 70th Armor - Strike Swiftly 72nd Armor - Crusaders 77th Armor Regiment - Insiste Firmiter (Stand Firmly) 101st Cavalry Regiment - To The Utmost! 104th Cavalry Regiment - Over, Under, Or Through

Artillery 19th Field Artillery Regiment - 319th Field Artillery Regiment - Loyalty 320th Field Artillery Regiment - 321st Field Artillery Regiment - 333rd Field Artillery Regiment - Three Rounds 377th Field Artillery Regiment - 428th Field Artillery Brigade - Support Reinforce Defend 434th Field Artillery Brigade - Service with Pride 479th Field Artillery Brigade - Dependable Support 487th Field Artillery Regiment - Hiki Ni (Certainly, It Can Be Done) 512th Artillery Group - Valor About All 514th Artillery Group - Protect and Provide 528th Artillery Group - Monstrans Viam (Pointing the Way) 548th Artillery Group - Reliable and Relentlessness 552nd Artillery Group - Mission and Teamwork 557th Artillery Group - Nihil Obstat (Nothing Stands in Our Way) 558th Artillery Group - Honor Guides Our Power 559th Artillery Group - Spina Frontis (Backbone of the Front) 570th Artillery Group - The Professionals 623rd Field Artillery Regiment - Seize the Opportunity 631st Field Artillery Brigade - Fast Competent Accurate

Aviation

Aviation Center of Excellence - Above The Best 1st Aviation Regiment - Super Primum 2d Aviation Regiment - Excelsus (Lofty) 3d Aviation Regiment - Ex Alis Pugnamus (We Fight on Wings) 4th Aviation Regiment - Vigilantia Aeterna (Eternal Vigilance) 5th Aviation Regiment - Acute and Alert 7th Aviation Battalion - Lucky Seven 8th Aviation Battalion - To the Sound of Guns 9th Aviation - Anytime Anywhere 10th Aviation Battalion - Soldiers of the Sky 110th Aviation Brigade (formerly 10th Aviation Group) - Will Do 11th Aviation Battalion - Exempla Proponere (To Set Forth Examples) 11th Aviation Group - We Make the Difference 12th Aviation Group - Ad Excelsum Conamur (Strive for Excellence) 13th Aviation Battalion - Swift and Deadly (formerly: Shield of the Mekong) 14th Aviation Battalion - Versatility 15th Aviation Group - Flying Mustangs 16th Aviation Battalion - Parati Respondere (Ready to Respond) 16th Aviation Group - Born in Battle 17th Aviation Brigade - Freedom's Eagles 18th Aviation Battalion -Swift Mobility 19th Aviation Battalion - Mobilitas (Mobility) 20th Aviation Battalion - Peak of Performance 21st Aviation Battalion - Peace and War 22d Aviation Battalion - Proud and Professional 24th Aviation - Ever Watchful 25th Aviation - Lele Makou No Na Puali (We Fly for the Troops) 28th Aviation - The Eye of an Eagle 29th Division - 29 Let's Go 31st Aviation Group - That We May Serve 32d Aviation Group - Talons of Victory 33d Aviation Brigade - Into Combat We Fly 33d Aviation Group - Pride Courage Valor 140th Aviation - Cura et Perfectio (Accuracy and Perfection) 45th Aviation Battalion - We Try Harder 46th Aviation Battalion - Over and Above 532d Aviation Battalion - Support Everywhere 55th Aviation Battalion - Wings of Victory

Infantry U.S. Army Infantry School - Follow Me 1st Infantry Division - No Mission Too Difficult, No Sacrifice Too Great, Duty First 2nd Infantry Division - Second to None 3rd Infantry Division - 4th Infantry Division - Steadfast and Loyal 7th Infantry Division - Light, Silent, and Deadly 10th Mountain Division - Climb to Glory 25th Infantry Division - Tropic Lightning 28th Infantry Division - Roll On 29th Infantry Division - 29 Let's Go 34th Infantry Division- ATTACK! ATTACK! ATTACK! 197th Infantry Brigade - Forever Forward! 198th Infantry Brigade - Brave and Bold 199th Infantry Brigade - Light, Swift, Accurate 1st Infantry Regiment - 2nd Infantry Regiment - 3rd Infantry Regiment - 4th Infantry Regiment - 5th Infantry Regiment - I'll Try, Sir 6th Infantry Regiment - Unity is Strength 7th Infantry Regiment - 8th Infantry Regiment - 9th Infantry Regiment - Keep Up The Fire! 10th Infantry Regiment - Courage and Fidelity 13th Infantry Regiment - Forty rounds 15th Infantry Regiment - Can do 17th Infantry Regiment - Truth and Courage 20th Infantry Regiment - To The Limit of Our Ability 75th Ranger Regiment - 116th Infantry Regiment-Ever Forward 133rd Infantry Regiment - 442nd Infantry Regiment - Go for broke 501st Infantry Regiment - Geronimo! 502nd Infantry Regiment - Strike 503rd Infantry Regiment - The Rock 504th Infantry Regiment - Strike Hold 505th Infantry Regiment - H-Minus 506th Infantry Regiment - 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment - Down to Earth 508th Infantry Regiment - Fury From the Sky 509th Infantry Regiment - All The Way

Signal U.S. Army Signal Corps - Pro Patria Vigilans (Watchful for the Country)

Other 1st Military Intelligence Battalion (Aerial Exploitation) - Informare Laboramus ("We Labor to Inform") Explosive Ordnance Disposal - Initial Success or Total Failure Reconnaissance and Surveillance Leaders Course - In Orbe Terrum Non Visi ("Never Seen on Earth")

U.S. Marine Corps United States Marine Corps - (adopted in the 1880s; prior motto was , the same motto as the Royal Marines) Marine Corps Embassy Security Group - In Every Clime and PlaceYear in Review 2013: Confronting Danger, U.S. Department of State Bureau of Diplomatic Security, p. 13. 1st Marine Division - No Better Friend, No Worse EnemyMarines Dodging Death: Sixty-Two Accounts of Close Calls in World War II, Korea, Vietnam, Lebanon, Iraq and Lebanon (ed. Robert A. Simonsen: 2009), p. 44. 3rd Marine Division - Fidelity, Honor, ValorAlbert A. Nofi, The Marine Corps Book of Lists (Da Capo Press, 1997), p. 79. 1st Battalion, 4th Marines - Whatever It Takes

U.S. Navy United States Navy – In 1992, the U.S. Navy officially adopted "Honor, Courage, Commitment" as its standing motto.James M. Morris & Patricia M. Kearns, Historical Dictionary of the United States Navy (Scarecrow: 2011), p. 1.Jacqueline Klimas & Tony Lombardo, Mabus has motto if Navy wants one, Navy Times (April 20, 2013). Naval Construction Forces (Seabees) - Construimus, Batuimus (We build, we fight)Eric M. Bergerud, Fire in the Sky: The Air War in the South Pacific (Westview, 2000), p. 76.Grace Palladino, Skilled Hands, Strong Spirits: A Century of Building Trades History (Cornell University Press, 2005), p. 113. Special Warfare Combatant Craft Crewmen 'On Time, On Target, Never Quit.' Navy Supply Corps - Ready for SeaFrank J. Allston, Ready for Sea: The Bicentennial History of the U.S. Navy Supply Corps (Naval Institute Press, 1995).Command of Navy's Largest Fleet Logistics Center Changes Hands (press release), NAVSUP Fleet Logistics Center Norfolk Public Affairs (September 10, 2011). Navy SEALs - "The only easy day was yesterday"Navy SEAL (Sea, Air, & Land) Navy divers - "We dive the world over" United States Naval Academy – Latin: Ex Scientia Tridens (From Knowledge, Seapower) Fire controlman - "Search, track, shoot, kill"

U.S. Air Force

United States Air Force - Aim High... Fly, Fight, Win Alaskan Air Command - Top Cover for AmericaBill Yenne, The History of the U.S. Air Force (Longmeadow, 1992), p. 120-22.