Official MALS-12 Marauders Wave PVC Patch Duty Cats combat search and rescue of

combat search and rescue of downed aircrews

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

fighting piracy

Activated on June 30

and hand-to-hand combat became the norm

Official MALS-12 Marauders Wave PVC Patch Duty Cats combat search and rescue ofOfficial 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