VAW-123 Screwtop JOPA patch helantisubron Island warriors — 2nd Battalion

Island warriors — 2nd Battalion

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

with its powerful engine

Ugly Angels SFF — special mission tiltrotors

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

VAW-123 Screwtop JOPA patch helantisubron Island warriors — 2nd BattalionVAW 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,