VAW-123 Screwtop JOPA patch helantisubron Heavy lift in Iraq

Heavy lift in Iraq

in a fun morale-style design that captures the personality and esprit de corps of VMM-364

Island warriors — 2nd Battalion

who commanded 3rd Battalion during the brutal fighting on Iwo Jima

the 300 remaining Marines of 3/7 provided the rearguard as two regiments broke out of Yudam-ni

VAW-123 Screwtop JOPA patch helantisubron Heavy lift in IraqVAW 123 Screwtop JOPA Patch Junior Officers Running the Show The JOPA of VAW 123 keeps the Screwtops running because junior officers do the real work. This Junior Officers Protection Association (JOPA) patch from Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron 123 (VAW 123), the Screwtops, celebrates the time honored military tradition of junior officer solidarity. JOPA is the unofficial fraternity of JOs who do the bulk of the squadron's operational flying,