Official 29 Palms ARFF TTECG PVC Patch - Aircraft Rescue and Fire Fighting unit assigned to the Tactical Training Exercise Control Group at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, rendered in durable PVC.
First in, every time — the ARFF crews at 29 Palms stand ready on the flight line so every exercise at the Corps' largest training center can run without hesitation.
The Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center at Twentynine Palms is the largest Marine Corps installation in the United States, spanning over a thousand square miles of Mojave Desert terrain and serving as the premier live-fire and combined arms training environment for the Marine Air Ground Task Force. The Tactical Training Exercise Control Group, known as TTECG, designs and oversees Service Level Training Exercises that push MAGTF units through force-on-force and live-fire scenarios that mirror real combat conditions. Supporting every one of those exercises is the Aircraft Rescue and Fire Fighting detachment, whose primary mission is the rescue and safety of personnel involved in aircraft mishaps on or near the airfield. ARFF Marines respond to fires, malfunctions, and crashes, perform extrication using hydraulic rescue tools, provide emergency medical care, and serve as the immediate hazardous material response when fuel or ordnance is involved. The combination of ARFF and TTECG on a single patch captures two essential but often overlooked pillars of the 29 Palms training machine — the controllers who run the fight and the firefighters who make it safe enough to run at all. The PVC format gives the design sharp color retention and field-ready durability suited to gear bags, flight-line vests, patch panels, and shadow box displays.
Perfect For: ARFF Marines and veterans, TTECG alumni, MCAGCC Twentynine Palms service members, Marine aviation support crews, combined arms training cadre, firefighter collectors, 29 Palms reunion keepsakes, shadow boxes, challenge coin and patch boards, and anyone who served on or around the flight line at the Corps' largest training installation.
Flight-line ready, desert-tested, and built to honor the Marines who keep the training running and the airfield safe.