Official US Navy Aviation Rescue Swimmer Shoulder Patch Munition Systems Flight and carriers

and carriers

and fought with distinction at Guam and Okinawa

"Plank Owner" is a naval tradition designating the original crew members present when a ship or unit is first commissioned or undergoes a major transition — in this case

and evacuating the fallen under fire

They train

Official US Navy Aviation Rescue Swimmer Shoulder Patch Munition Systems Flight and carriersOfficial US Navy Aviation Rescue Swimmer Shoulder Patch U. S. Navy Aviation Rescue Swimmer (AIRR) rating shoulder patch, fully embroidered, representing the Naval Aviation search and rescue community. So others may live the motto that defines every jump, every hoist, and every mission flown by Navy Aviation Rescue Swimmers. Navy Aviation Rescue Swimmers, designated AIRR, serve as helicopter aircrew and rescue specialists assigned to Helicopter Sea