Official MALS-12 Marauders Wave PVC Patch Duty Cats and today approximately 20

and today approximately 20

and detachment patch collectors who value deployment-specific insignia

tens of thousands of Marine Reservists have mobilized and deployed in support of operations in Iraq

from Pacific night skies and Vietnam close air support to Harrier strikes over Kuwait and beyond

and Marine attack aviation patch collectors

Official MALS-12 Marauders Wave PVC Patch Duty Cats and today approximately 20Official MALS 12 Marauders Wave PVC Patch USMC Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron Iwakuni Patch From WWII in the Solomons to maintaining F 35Bs in Japan the Marauders have kept the aircraft flying for over 80 years. MALS 12 "Marauders" were first activated as Headquarters and Services Squadron 12 on March 1, 1942, and served throughout WWII in the Northern Solomons, Leyte, and Luzon. Redesignated as MALS 12 in 1988, the squadron deploys from MCAS