HMM-263 Routine Extract My Ass Patch USS Iwo Jima Flying UH-1 Hueys marked with

Flying UH-1 Hueys marked with the red cross

Vietnam-era aircrew

and Iraq before transitioning to the MV-22B Osprey as VMM-165

4th MAW provides trained and combat-ready reserve aviation units and personnel to augment the active component Marine Aircraft Wings

HMM-263 Routine Extract My Ass Patch USS Iwo Jima Flying UH-1 Hueys marked withHMM 263 Routine Extract My Ass Patch Embroidered Patch Nothing in Vietnam Was Routine "Routine extraction" was the biggest lie ever briefed in a mission brief. HMM 263's "Routine Extract My Ass" patch cuts through the sanitized language of operations orders and tells the truth every extraction in combat was a calculated gamble with lives on the line. This patch is pure helicopter crew humor, born from the reality that the only routine thing about a