Operation Eagle Claw Shoulder Patch Backing:With Hook & Loop HML-771 Reserve Marines maintained the

HML-771 Reserve Marines maintained the same combat readiness standards as active duty UH-1 crews

never staying in one place for long

Cougars — stalking the electromagnetic spectrum

Reserve ANGLICO Marines receive airborne training at Fort Benning's Army Airborne School and are trained in SERE

Night Systems Instructors (NSI) are specially qualified military aviators and aircrew certified to teach night vision goggle (NVG) operations

Operation Eagle Claw Shoulder Patch Backing:With Hook & Loop HML-771 Reserve Marines maintained theOperation Eagle Claw Shoulder Patch Desert One, April 1980 Operation Eagle Claw was the bold attempt to rescue American hostages from Iran courage in the face of catastrophe. This embroidered shoulder patch commemorates Operation Eagle Claw, the April 24, 1980 mission to rescue 52 American hostages held at the U. S. Embassy in Tehran, Iran. The mission ended in tragedy at Desert One, a remote staging area in the Iranian desert, when a helicopter