Semper paratus
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Semper Paratus is the motto
Motto
A motto is a phrase meant to formally summarize the general motivation or intention of a social group or organization. A motto may be in any language, but Latin is the most used. The local language is usual in the mottoes of governments...

 of a number of different organizations:

Canada

  • The Windsor Regiment (RCAC)
    The Windsor Regiment (RCAC)
    The Windsor Regiment is a Primary Reserve armoured regiment of the Canadian Forces. The regiment, which was founded in 1936 as The Essex Regiment , is based in Windsor, Ontario. During World War II, the regiment was designated as the reconnaissance regiment for the 7th Canadian Infantry Division...

    , an armoured regiment
  • The Royal Hamilton Light Infantry (Wentworth Regiment)
    The Royal Hamilton Light Infantry (Wentworth Regiment)
    The Royal Hamilton Light Infantry is a Primary Reserve unit of the Canadian Forces based at John W. Foote VC Armouries in Hamilton, Ontario....

    , an infantry regiment
  • The Brockville Rifles
    The Brockville Rifles
    The Brockville Rifles is a Primary Reserve Infantry Regiment of the Canadian Forces. It is fifteenth in the order of precedence.The motto of the regiment is Semper Paratus meaning 'Always Ready'.-History:...

    , an infantry regiment
  • The Saint John Fusiliers, a former infantry regiment, surviving today as part of the The Royal New Brunswick Regiment
    The Royal New Brunswick Regiment
    The Royal New Brunswick Regiment is a reserve infantry regiment of the Canadian Forces based in New Brunswick. It consists of two battalions, both of which are part of 37 Canadian Brigade Group. The regiment as it is now, was formed in 1954 by the amalgamation of the Carleton and York Regiment,...

  • The Essex and Kent Scottish
    The Essex and Kent Scottish
    The Essex and Kent Scottish is a Primary Reserve infantry regiment of the Canadian Forces.The regiment was formed in 1954 by the amalgamation of The Essex Scottish Regiment and The Kent Regiment....

    , an infantry regiment
  • 55th Megantic Light Infantry, a former infantry regiment of the late 19th and early 20th century
  • The Manitoba Rangers, a former infantry unit surviving today as the 26th Field Regiment, RCA
  • Galt Collegiate Institute and Vocational School, an Ontario High School established in 1852
  • William Aberhart High School
    William Aberhart High School
    William Aberhart High School is a public senior high school in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, which teaches grades 10, 11, and 12. It is operated by the Calgary Board of Education. It is a comprehensive English and French Immersion school of 1500 students. William Aberhart High School is located at 3009...

    , a french immersion high school in Calgary, Alberta
  • O.F.C. Water Rescue, an Ontario firefighter water rescue training course.
  • Criti Care Emergency Medical Services

United Kingdom

  • 19 Combat Service Support(CSS) Battalion, Kinnegar Logistic Base, Northern Ireland
  • No. CCVII Squadron RAF
    No. CCVII Squadron RAF
    No. 207 Squadron is a former bomber and communications squadron of the Royal Air Force, currently based at RAF Linton-on-Ouse in Yorkshire and operating Short Tucano T.1 trainer aircraft....

    , a fast jet flying training squadron.
  • Strathclyde Fire and Rescue
  • Ugbrooke House and Park near Chudleigh, Devon. Semper Paratus is the motto of the Clifford family coat of arms.
  • Bowdon Cricket Club in Cheshire
  • Rangers Football Club
  • Grangemouth High School, Scotland
  • Caer Urfa, Freemasonry Lodge No. 4345, South Shields
  • Netherlee Primary School, Scotland
  • Bexhill United Football Club
  • St. Mary's College, Southampton, England
  • Medway BCU, Kent Police
  • 1401 (Alfreton & Ripley) Squadron, Air Training Corps

Hong Kong

  • Government Flying Service, one of the disciplined forces of HKSAR
  • Royal Hong Kong Auxiliary Air Force
    Royal Hong Kong Auxiliary Air Force
    The Royal Hong Kong Auxiliary Air Force was an auxiliary unit of the United Kingdom Royal Air Force, based in Hong Kong. In preparation for the transfer of sovereignty from the United Kingdom to the People's Republic of China, the unit was disbanded on 1 April 1993.Although technically an armed...

     - replaced by GFS
    • Cottage Farm Rangers FC - Tamworth Sunday League Football Team

United States

  • Semper Paratus is the Official Motto of the United States Coast Guard
  • Tuck Winter Carnival Organizing Committee
  • Semper Paratus (march)
    Semper Paratus (march)
    "Semper Paratus" is the official march of the United States Coast Guard.Semper Paratus is also the official Coast Guard motto...

    , song of the United States Coast Guard
    United States Coast Guard
    The United States Coast Guard is a branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the seven U.S. uniformed services. The Coast Guard is a maritime, military, multi-mission service unique among the military branches for having a maritime law enforcement mission and a federal regulatory agency...

  • United States Air Force
    United States Air Force
    The United States Air Force is the aerial warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the American uniformed services. Initially part of the United States Army, the USAF was formed as a separate branch of the military on September 18, 1947 under the National Security Act of...

    :
    • 9th Reconnaissance Wing
      9th Reconnaissance Wing
      The 9th Reconnaissance Wing is a United States Air Force unit assigned to the Air Combat Command Eighth Air Force. It is stationed at Beale Air Force Base, California...

       - Air Combat Command
  • United States Army
    United States Army
    The United States Army is the main branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for land-based military operations. It is the largest and oldest established branch of the U.S. military, and is one of seven U.S. uniformed services...

    :
    • 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment (Toujours Pret)
    • 1st Battalion 12th Cavalry Regiment - 1st Cavalry Division
    • 5th Battalion 52d Air Defense Artillery
      5th Battalion 52d Air Defense Artillery
      The 5th Battalion, 52nd Air Defense Artillery Regiment is an air and missile defense battalion in the United States Army based at Fort Bliss, Texas. Known as "five-five-deuce," the battalion motto is "Fighting Deuce." The former motto was "One Team, One Fight!"...

    • 16th Infantry Regiment
      16th Infantry Regiment (United States)
      The 16th Infantry Regiment is a regiment in the United States Army.-Formation:The 34th Infantry Regiment and 11th Infantry Regiment consolidated into the 16th Infantry Regiment on 3 March 1869. The 11th Infantry's history prior to the consolidation is normally included with the 16th's.-U.S...

    • 1st Battalion 24th Infantry Regiment
  • Long Beach
    Long Beach, California
    Long Beach is a city situated in Los Angeles County in Southern California, on the Pacific coast of the United States. The city is the 36th-largest city in the nation and the seventh-largest in California. As of 2010, its population was 462,257...

     Fire Department
  • LITESHIP International LLC -- US Customs Brokerage in Boston, MA and Norfolk, VA
  • Clay Russell Enterprising, Inc.
  • Team CSC/ECSS Local Participation Team
  • Navy Cargo Handling Battalion THREE -- 5th Navy Expeditionary Logistics Regiment -- Navy Expeditionary Logistics Support Group
  • Noted on "Young Guards" flag for Gadsden County / Quincy, Florida in 1861, by Dr Charles Hentz in his description to have flag painted

South Africa

  • Standard Bank 'Banking Group' Internship Programme 2007-2008
  • Ixopo High School
    Ixopo High School
    Ixopo High School is a boarding school in Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa. It was founded in 1895 as the Ixopo Government School in what was originally called Stuartstown. The first black pupil was admitted for the 1989/1990 school year after the crumbling Apartheid policies were swept aside by P. W...

  • Anzac Primary School

1 South African Infantry Battalion
Georgia Department of Corrections Tactical Squads
South African Emergency Services Institute
  • 2nd Rondebosch Scouts Group

Royal Australian Navy

  • HMAS Stuart DE48, nicknamed "the Tartan Terror", paid off on 26 July 1991.

Australian Army

  • 6th Battalion (as part of 5th/6th Battalion, Royal Victoria Regiment
    5th/6th Battalion, Royal Victoria Regiment
    The 5th/6th Battalion is one of two battalions of the Royal Victoria Regiment, and is an infantry battalion of the Australian Army Reserve. The battalion can trace its lineage back to many units that existed prior to Federation, as well as units that fought during World War I and World War II and...

    ), Royal Victoria Regiment

Clinton Football Club - Gladstone, Queensland.

USSR

The motto of the Young Pioneers
Young Pioneers
- Organizations :*Pioneer movement various communist youth movements*Young Pioneers Charity A charity run by young people for young people.- Fiction :*Young Pioneers - a 1932 book by Rose Wilder Lane, also known as "Let the Hurricane Roar"...

 was Всегда готов! [vsyegdá gotóv] which means the same thing. See Solemn Promise, Motto and Rules of Young Pioneers
Solemn Promise, Motto and Rules of Young Pioneers
Solemn Promise, Motto and Rules of Young Pioneers. There were at least one pre-1967 revision, 1967 revision and 1986 revision of them. - The Solemn Promise :...

.

Gilmore Girls

A similar phrase ("In omnia paratus") was used in the TV show Gilmore Girls as the motto of Yale secret society, The Life and Death Brigade.

Prison Break

This phrase has also been used in the popular TV series Prison Break
Prison Break
Prison Break is an American television serial drama created by Paul Scheuring, that was broadcast on the Fox Broadcasting Company for four seasons, from 2005 until 2009. The series revolves around two brothers; one has been sentenced to death for a crime he did not commit, and the other devises an...

. As Johnathan Krantz (also known as The General or Pad Man) is waiting in the electric chair
Electric chair
Execution by electrocution, usually performed using an electric chair, is an execution method originating in the United States in which the condemned person is strapped to a specially built wooden chair and electrocuted through electrodes placed on the body...

, a priest whispers to him "Are you ready, my son?", and Krantz replies with "Semper paratus".
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