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Official MWSS-174 Crash Fire Rescue Patch — The First Ones Running Toward the Flames on the Flight Line
When something goes wrong on the airfield, MWSS-174's crash crew is already rolling.
Marine Wing Support Squadron 174 (MWSS-174) is an aviation ground support unit of the United States Marine Corps, based at Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, under the command of Marine Aircraft Group 24 and the 1st Marine Aircraft Wing. Originally commissioned in 1988 at Kaneohe Bay, the squadron supported Marine aviation operations throughout the Persian Gulf and the Pacific region before being deactivated on September 8, 1994. After 27 years on the shelf, MWSS-174 was reactivated on November 8, 2021, when Marine Wing Support Detachment 24 was redesignated as part of the Marine Corps' Force Design 2030 initiative — aligning a full MWSS at each air station assigned to a Marine Aircraft Group. The squadron's mission is to rapidly deploy task-organized forces to conduct expeditionary aviation ground support operations across the Indo-Pacific, providing everything from forward arming and refueling points to full airfield services in austere and contested locations. Within that mission, the Crash Fire Rescue section holds one of the most critical jobs on any Marine airfield — standing ready around the clock to respond to aircraft emergencies, fuel fires, and flight-line incidents with specialized firefighting vehicles and equipment. These are the Marines who run toward burning aircraft when everyone else is running away, trained to suppress fires, extract aircrew, and secure the field so flight operations can resume. This patch represents the MWSS-174 CFR crew and the unique pride that comes with being the airfield's last line of defense.
Perfect For: MWSS-174 crash fire rescue Marines, aviation ground support personnel, ARFF firefighters, MAG-24 and 1st MAW support Marines, and anyone who has stood the watch on a Marine Corps flight line.
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