Where have these people been?? This has been around a long time. It used to be Huzzah!!! Maybe if some in the press had served in the military, they'd know this when they were 18.
"if some in the press had served in the military...."
Hahahahahahah....that's a good one.
Actually Huzzah goes back to the British Military and was the equivelant of "Hurray". Hooah more likely evolved from the acronym HUA which stood for Heard Understood Acknowledged. It was used as the response to an order. Thus it gained its characteristic of being an enthusiastic positve response.