VAW-123 Screwtop JOPA patch helantisubron HML-765 represents the citizen-Marine aviators

HML-765 represents the citizen-Marine aviators who kept the Huey mission alive in the Reserve component during the Cold War and beyond

NAS Glynco played a role in Navy aviation training under the Chief of Naval Air Training (CNATRA) structure

the 300 remaining Marines of 3/7 provided the rearguard as two regiments broke out of Yudam-ni

in a fun morale-style design that captures the personality and esprit de corps of VMM-364

Island warriors — 2nd Battalion

VAW-123 Screwtop JOPA patch helantisubron HML-765 represents the citizen-Marine aviatorsVAW 123 Screwtop JOPA Patch Junior Officers Running the Show The JOPA of VAW 123 keeps the Screwtops running because junior officers do the real work. This Junior Officers Protection Association (JOPA) patch from Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron 123 (VAW 123), the Screwtops, celebrates the time honored military tradition of junior officer solidarity. JOPA is the unofficial fraternity of JOs who do the bulk of the squadron's operational flying,