{"product_id":"official-11th-meu-ace-ordnance-shoulder-patch","title":"Official 11th MEU ACE Ordnance Shoulder Patch","description":"\u003cp\u003eOfficial 11th MEU ACE Ordnance Shoulder Patch - 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit Aviation Combat Element Ordnance Specialty Embroidered Shoulder Patch.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn Time, On Target, Never Quit — the ordnance Marines who arm the aircraft and keep the ACE ready to strike.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, originally formed at Camp Pendleton in 1979 and redesignated to its current title in 1988, is a forward-deployed sea-based Marine Air-Ground Task Force built around rapid crisis response and combined arms power projection. Its Aviation Combat Element fields roughly 417 personnel operating a composite reinforced squadron that includes MV-22 Ospreys, CH-53E Super Stallions, UH-1Y Venoms, and F-35B Lightning IIs, executing the six functions of Marine aviation across every deployment. Within that ACE, aviation ordnance Marines carry one of the most demanding and least-visible specialties in the element, managing every step of the weapons cycle from procurement and storage through buildup, delivery, aircraft loading, and post-mission downloading. They maintain guns, bomb racks, missile launchers, and ordnance support equipment so that pilots can execute offensive air support, anti-air warfare, and close air support on schedule and on target. This shoulder patch marks that specialty within the 11th MEU ACE, giving the ordnance community a distinct piece of unit identity that sits alongside the broader MEU insignia in any serious Marine aviation collection.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePerfect For: 11th MEU veterans, ACE aviation ordnance Marines, Camp Pendleton alumni, Marine aviation collectors, I Marine Expeditionary Force supporters, deployment shadow boxes, cruise book displays, challenge coin and patch boards, reunion gifts, and family members who want a specific tribute to the ordnance crews behind every successful ACE strike. It also suits collectors building a complete 11th MEU element-by-element display, where a dedicated ACE ordnance piece fills a gap that generic MEU patches cannot cover.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e11th MEU ACE Ordnance — the specialty, the shoulder, the mission behind every armed aircraft.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Military, Law Enforcement and Custom Patches by USMCinsignia.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45263847391341,"sku":null,"price":12.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0742\/9831\/files\/3Patch_17.png?v=1780327342","url":"https:\/\/marinepatches.com\/products\/official-11th-meu-ace-ordnance-shoulder-patch","provider":"MarinePatches.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}