{"product_id":"pilots-of-the-caribbean-patch","title":"Pilots of the Caribbean Patch","description":"\u003cp\u003eCustom \"Pilots of the Caribbean\" deployment morale patch.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePirates of the Caribbean. Pilots of the Caribbean. You know which one we are.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe U.S. Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard run a continuous presence across the Caribbean — counter-narcotics, hurricane response, partner-nation engagement, freedom-of-navigation operations, and the AUTEC underwater range on Andros Island in the Bahamas — and the aircrew who fly the missions have been calling themselves \"Pilots of the Caribbean\" for as long as the Disney franchise has been running. This morale patch turns the joke into a flight-suit shoulder design — Jolly Roger meets aviator wings, palm tree on the horizon, and the unmistakable Caribbean azure crashing into the design. The patch fits a wide range of Caribbean detachment crews: HSM-74 Swamp Foxes Det 3 at AUTEC Bahamas; HSC squadrons running CSG\/ARG operations through the SOUTHCOM AOR; P-8A Poseidons out of Jacksonville running counter-drug surveillance with Joint Interagency Task Force-South in Key West; HC-144 Ocean Sentry crews from Coast Guard Air Station Borinquen, Puerto Rico; and the ARG\/MEU helicopter squadrons cross-decking through Guantanamo Bay. Whether you've flown counter-narcotics out of NAS Key West, dropped sonobuoys over the Caribbean Basin, hovered over a Coast Guard cutter on a drug interdiction, or just spent a port call in San Juan, this is your patch. Yo-ho-ho.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePerfect For: Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard aircrew on Caribbean deployments, HSM-74 AUTEC Det Sailors, P-8A Poseidon counter-drug crews, JIATF-South aircrew, CGAS Borinquen and Miami helicopter aviators, ARG\/MEU rotary squadrons cross-decking the SOUTHCOM AOR, and Caribbean detachment patch collectors.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePilots of the Caribbean — Jolly Roger, aviator wings, full speed ahead.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Military, Law Enforcement and Custom Patches by USMCinsignia.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45038303281261,"sku":null,"price":12.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0742\/9831\/files\/4Patch_4.png?v=1775681033","url":"https:\/\/marinepatches.com\/products\/pilots-of-the-caribbean-patch","provider":"MarinePatches.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}