{"product_id":"official-hsc-8-eightballers-morale-chest-patches","title":"Official HSC-8 Eightballers Morale Chest Patches","description":"\u003cp\u003eOfficial HSC-8 Eightballers Morale Chest Patches - Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron Eight (HSC-8) Eightballers, United States Navy, Embroidered Morale Chest Patch.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReady and Lethal: Victory Follows the Eightball. That motto says everything about a squadron that has carried combat search and rescue, anti-surface warfare, vertical lift, and special operations support across decades of carrier deployments.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHSC-8 traces its roots to a squadron established in June 1956 at Naval Auxiliary Air Station Ream Field in Imperial Beach, California, flying combat rescue missions in Vietnam and supporting the Apollo space program before the unit was reestablished in November 1969. On 28 September 2007, the squadron was redesignated Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron Eight and received its first MH-60S Seahawk with the armed helicopter kit, marking a shift from antisubmarine work to the full-spectrum sea combat role the Eightballers hold today. Based at Naval Air Station North Island in San Diego, HSC-8 is attached to Carrier Air Wing Eleven and deploys aboard USS Theodore Roosevelt in support of Carrier Strike Group Nine. The squadron's mission set spans vertical replenishment, logistics, combat search and rescue, anti-surface warfare, and special operations forces support, and its operational record includes counter-piracy operations and sustained WESTPAC and Fifth Fleet deployments. A morale chest patch from this squadron carries the weight of that history in a format built for flight suits, range bags, tactical vests, and display boards.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePerfect For: Navy helicopter veterans, MH-60S Seahawk aircrew, HSC-8 Eightballers alumni, Carrier Air Wing Eleven and USS Theodore Roosevelt crew members, NAS North Island sailors, naval aviation collectors, deployment keepsakes, shadow boxes, challenge coin and patch boards, reunion gifts, and anyone building a unit-history collection around carrier strike group aviation and sea combat helicopter heritage.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEightballers lineage, stitched for the flight suit, the shadow box, and the long memory of carrier aviation.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Military, Law Enforcement and Custom Patches by USMCinsignia.com","offers":[{"title":"Pink Poker Chip Patch","offer_id":45815474716781,"sku":null,"price":12.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Animal Print Patch","offer_id":45815474749549,"sku":null,"price":12.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Hello Sailor Kitty Patch","offer_id":45815474782317,"sku":null,"price":12.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Blackout","offer_id":45815474815085,"sku":null,"price":12.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0742\/9831\/files\/4_Patch_7_92751bb3-a55b-4315-9127-99c20a2b5685.png?v=1788997345","url":"https:\/\/marinepatches.com\/products\/official-hsc-8-eightballers-morale-chest-patches","provider":"MarinePatches.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}