# "Army Strong": More Snappy Promo Slogans... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 18, 2006, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/army-strong-more-snappy-promo-slogans/376914 "2006-10-18T10:44:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Scissorjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2006, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/army-strong-more-snappy-promo-slogans/376914/1 "2006-10-18T10:44:08Z")
Army Strong, huh? Seems like a few other organisations could benefit from similarly Tarzanesque article-and-verb-free slogans… The Catholic Church: Sin Bad Fertility Clinic: Ova Easy Erectile Dysfunction Clinic: Lover Stiff ---
**Author:** ![Jeeves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/73ab20/32.png) [@Jeeves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeeves)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2006, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/army-strong-more-snappy-promo-slogans/376914/2 "2006-10-18T16:18:59Z")
University: Smart Good ---
**Author:** ![Scissorjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2006, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/army-strong-more-snappy-promo-slogans/376914/3 "2006-10-18T19:55:54Z")
Pet Cemetery: Dog Gone ---
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2006, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/army-strong-more-snappy-promo-slogans/376914/4 "2006-10-18T21:58:44Z")
Your electric company: Power Up That’s all I got. Sorry. . . On a side note, am I the only one that thinks that more people are turned off by catchy slogans, and are less likely to enlist? I mean, I know I’m calling the kettle black here, but I wouldn’t be really be inclined to join an organization only because it has some oh-so-cool PR schtick? “Army of One”? C’mon. That just makes me think every joins up and will be an instant badass, and I know that ain’t the case. And I remember seeing commercials on AFN for safety. _Their_ motto? “Soldier safe!” :rolleyes: Tripler My personal motto: “Don’t worry. Be happy.” ---
**Author:** ![Scissorjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2006, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/army-strong-more-snappy-promo-slogans/376914/5 "2006-10-18T22:14:45Z")
Advertising is designed by very smart people to appeal to very stupid ones: they’re not selling a career in the army, whether it be peeling potatoes or getting your legs blown off in a roadside ambush; they’re making an emotional and visceral appeal to those who feel their lives lack something which only this product can supply - in this case, “Strength”, whatever that may be constued to mean. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2006, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/army-strong-more-snappy-promo-slogans/376914/6 "2006-10-19T03:48:22Z")
Birth control pills: _Inconcievable!_ _Mom Bomb_ ---
**Author:** ![StuffLikeThatThere](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc8723/32.png) [@StuffLikeThatThere](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StuffLikeThatThere)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2006, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/army-strong-more-snappy-promo-slogans/376914/7 "2006-10-19T04:42:44Z")
[QUOTE=Tripler] “Army of One”? C’mon. That just makes me think every joins up and will be an instant badass, and I know that ain’t the case. [/QUOTE] What it made me think, the first time I heard it, was, “Oh, good. Because what we really need in the military is individualists that can’t take orders.”