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Strong Army (1 Viewer)

Army Strong Good Slogan?

  • Yes way better than Army of One

    Votes: 4 33.3%

  • I don't like it

    Votes: 8 66.7%
  • Total voters
    12
Too vague, much too vague.
 
Deegan said:
Too vague, much too vague.
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When I first heard the phrase "Army Strong" I pictured Tarzan beating his chest and grumbling, "Me Strong." Thought it was kinda lame but I think the commercials are pretty good.
 
I like the commerical and I like the slogan better too..plus I already have about a dozen "army of one" coffee mugs I could use some new ones.:mrgreen:
I have the "Be all that you can be.." song stuck in my head.
 
I don't like it. I also don't understand the rationale for it either. Those Army ads with the kid talking to his parent are simply brilliant advertising. They were very well targeted.
 
Our latest is slogan is "Army. Forward as one" which is alright, much better than your new one, but still not a patch on the old "Army. Be the best".

"Army of one" was pretty good, emphasises individual contribution to a whole.
 
I like the commerical but I don't really like the term "Army Strong" as the new slogan.
 
I don't really like the slogan, well in fact it was mostly the movie that made me thinking. Isn't that pretty damn close to propaganda??
I mean nothing on this green earth that's stronger than the US army?
Well, i think i can come up with countless things that's stronger in the world today. How about faith? free will?
To say that the Us army is the strongest force in the world is plain bullshit..
Sure I have no problem with the American army, but they can't go around saying things like that.;)
 
Haggwarr said:
I don't really like the slogan, well in fact it was mostly the movie that made me thinking. Isn't that pretty damn close to propaganda??
I mean nothing on this green earth that's stronger than the US army?
Well, i think i can come up with countless things that's stronger in the world today. How about faith? free will?
To say that the Us army is the strongest force in the world is plain bullshit..
Sure I have no problem with the American army, but they can't go around saying things like that.;)
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The title for this shouldn't be "Army Strong" .
Much propaganda , to much propaganda.! :confused:
 
haha haha hah!

This movie is really uneducated in my opinion...
To many people don't even know where Iraq is on the map, and this is clearly propaganda made by conservative republicans wanting the uneducated fox networt watchers to be more and more PROwar:rofl
 
I agree with 'Duuh', too much propaganda!
So.. Who wants to call Kim Jung Il and tell him his Exaggerated propaganda is no longer the most exaggerated?? I'm sure he'll be glad to hear :>
 
Jay R said:
Our latest is slogan is "Army. Forward as one" which is alright, much better than your new one
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Yeah right, dream on! "Army. Foward as one" is very awkward and doesn't roll off the tongue in the least. Of course I haven't heard the little jingle that goes with that slogan but unless it's as great as the oscar meyer weiner song I'm gonna have to continue to disagree with you.
 
Haggwarr said:
I don't really like the slogan, well in fact it was mostly the movie that made me thinking. Isn't that pretty damn close to propaganda??
I mean nothing on this green earth that's stronger than the US army?
Well, i think i can come up with countless things that's stronger in the world today. How about faith? free will?
To say that the Us army is the strongest force in the world is plain bullshit..
Sure I have no problem with the American army, but they can't go around saying things like that.;)
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Well first off they're all propaganda slogans. More like "cheerleading" but yeah definitely propaganda. But yes I agree there is an argument to be made that it's almost obnoxiously over the top.

Oddly enough I still like it.
 
UncleSam said:
haha haha hah!

This movie is really uneducated in my opinion...
To many people don't even know where Iraq is on the map, and this is clearly propaganda made by conservative republicans wanting the uneducated fox networt watchers to be more and more PROwar:rofl
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Oh yes and if the democrats were in charge the new army slogan and commercials aimed at recruiting would contain less bravado and propaganda? Please.
 
I don't like it. The music is much to dramatic for the images. The imagery and wording does not convey the same power as the music. Some of the wording is weird also. "The strength to do good today and do well tomorrow". You're trying to portray being the strongest thing in existence and you are settling for good and well?

I personally liked the Marine advertising campaigns from a few years ago, the ones where the guy climbed the mountain, slay the dragon, and then morphed into a marine outfit. That portrayed being great, and a sense of being almost supernatural. That gave a sense of power.
 
Gibberish said:
I don't like it. The music is much to dramatic for the images. The imagery and wording does not convey the same power as the music. Some of the wording is weird also. "The strength to do good today and do well tomorrow". You're trying to portray being the strongest thing in existence and you are settling for good and well?

I personally liked the Marine advertising campaigns from a few years ago, the ones where the guy climbed the mountain, slay the dragon, and then morphed into a marine outfit. That portrayed being great, and a sense of being almost supernatural. That gave a sense of power.
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I liked the one that tried to make our kids believe that if they joined the Marines they would turn into Sir Lancelot in shining armour. :rofl
 
Captain America said:
I liked the one that tried to make our kids believe that if they joined the Marines they would turn into Sir Lancelot in shining armour. :rofl
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It was misleading for those uneducated but it did a great job portraying the feeling it was meant to.
 
talloulou said:
Yeah right, dream on! "Army. Foward as one" is very awkward and doesn't roll off the tongue in the least. Of course I haven't heard the little jingle that goes with that slogan but unless it's as great as the oscar meyer weiner song I'm gonna have to continue to disagree with you.
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Our adverts tend to be rather serious, we don't really have jingles as such. The current one is a montage of the sorts of things you get to do in the army (jump out of planes, wade through putrid jungle water, get lashed in some dive nightclub on the nights you have leave, etc) while the voiceover emphasises the team based nature of military life. Then it ends with the 'forward as one' line while a platoon storms a (conveniently undefended) bridge, in much the same way as the previous 'be the best' campaign. Taken in context its alright, don't think you could wear it on a T-shirt though.;)

The Royal Marines have a good one. It shows a recruit having a rough time going through some of the obstacles on the training courses and asks the viewer where their limits are, then mocks you with 'don't even bother applying'.
 
talloulou said:
Oh yes and if the democrats were in charge the new army slogan and commercials aimed at recruiting would contain less bravado and propaganda? Please.
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Are you taking the piss or what? If the liberal democrats were in power, America probably wouldn't even be in Iraq. Bush is just going in to Iraq to finish of what his daddy started :rofl
 
UncleSam said:
Are you taking the piss or what? If the liberal democrats were in power, America probably wouldn't even be in Iraq. Bush is just going in to Iraq to finish of what his daddy started :rofl
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I'm talking downtown dude! You are so right!
 
Strong army, this just doesn't work.
You say that you like this movie but I can't really say that it makes any sense.
What if every country in the world thought like the US government, what a screwed up world it would be. OH YEAH our army is the biggest and greatest ''On this green earth'' ehm? yeah right...

This movie gives a possitive view at war, and that's what makes it so stupid and sad.
The movie shows some helicopters and some movie effects go off in a made up battlefield, it shows when the soldiers are having fun training and laughing togheter. THIS is not war. Start showing the pictures of soldiers and civilians getting blowed apart, and when the military has to go to american and iraqy familys and explain why they found their son / daughters blown to pieces and they found an arm here and a leg over there and the body half a mile away since he/she got hit by a granade.
Let's see how many that would like to join the army when they've seen the real pictures of combat!

But well well, if you like these kinds of propaganda movies, why don't you take a better look at germany in the 40s. This movie is so much like their propaganda. But if i remember it correctly the americans were against the german empire? aint that right? So why is the US making the exact same thing as the germans <- for example did. I guess it's becuase you're americans and then it's alright, that doesn't make any sense to me.

These kinds of *commercials* happens in every country that has a military and in every country that has ever been in a war for that matter. But it doesn't make it right. It doesn't make it good.

pip pip cheerio, next poll please! :lol:
 
Couldn't agree with you more Haggwarr :mrgreen:
 
It's not propaganda it's a commercial to try and get people to join the army. If anyone joins the military because of one commercial without doing any research into military life, they're out of their minds. They're also out of their mind if the talk only to a recruiter before joining in., like anything that deals with their future, people should do research and if they don't, then they're fools who get what they deserve.
It would be propaganda if this was the only message people were getting about the army or were allowed to see but there is nothing stopping anyone from researching the military life and finding out the harsh and also incredibly mundane frustrating aspects of it not only for the soldiers but for their families as well.
 
talloulou said:
So what does everyone think of the new campaign? Personally I think Army Strong is helluva better than army of one. I hated army of one. But I still think Be All That You Can Be was the best.

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I dislike it I also dislike the "Army of One" slogan.I think "Be all you can be" is a more accurate slogan for the army.
 
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