{"product_id":"officially-licensed-usmc-combat-helicopter-association-reno-2010-reunion-coin","title":"Officially Licensed USMC\/ Combat Helicopter Association Reno 2010 Reunion Coin","description":"\u003cp\u003eOfficially Licensed USMC\/ Combat Helicopter Association Reno 2010 Reunion Coin - USMC\/Combat Helicopter Association officially licensed die-cast challenge coin commemorating the 2010 biennial reunion held in Reno, Nevada.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOften Tested, Always Faithful, Brothers and Sisters Forever — the motto that has held Marine rotary-wing veterans together across every decade and every reunion city since 1988.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe USMC\/Combat Helicopter Association, known widely by its newsletter callsign POPASMOKE, was founded by former Marine helicopter pilots searching for the crews they had flown with in Vietnam. What began with a handful of phone calls grew into a biennial gathering that draws pilots, crew chiefs, gunners, air observers, maintainers, corpsmen, flight surgeons, and chaplains from across the full history of Marine rotary-wing aviation. The association holds its reunion every two years in even-numbered years, rotating across the country, and the 2010 edition landed in Reno, Nevada. Each reunion produces a small run of officially licensed commemorative items, and the challenge coin is the most personal of them — a palm-sized record of the year, the city, and the community that showed up. The Reno 2010 coin carries that specific moment in association history, connecting the bearer to a gathering of veterans who flew UH-1Es, CH-46s, CH-53s, AH-1s, and the full lineage of Marine combat helicopters from Vietnam through the modern tiltrotor era. Its official licensing means the design was approved by the association itself, giving it a provenance that separates it from generic military coins.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePerfect For: USMC helicopter veterans, POPASMOKE association members and alumni, Marine aviation collectors, Reno 2010 reunion attendees, crew chiefs and gunners preserving their service story, family members honoring a Marine rotary-wing veteran, shadow box builds, challenge coin displays, unit-history collections, and anyone who wants a dated, officially licensed piece tied to a specific chapter of Marine combat helicopter heritage.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne coin, one reunion, one community — Reno 2010 locked in metal and memory.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Military, Law Enforcement and Custom Patches by USMCinsignia.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45326268366957,"sku":null,"price":12.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0742\/9831\/files\/miniPatch_6.png?v=1781193104","url":"https:\/\/marinepatches.com\/products\/officially-licensed-usmc-combat-helicopter-association-reno-2010-reunion-coin","provider":"MarinePatches.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}