Officially Licensed USMC 9th Motor Transport Battalion Patch CH-53D VR-54's Revelers — named for

VR-54's Revelers — named for the Mardi Gras spirit of their New Orleans home — fly the Hercules on missions that range from routine logistics runs to humanitarian relief operations and disaster response

tracking aircraft across the battlespace and directing fighter intercepts against hostile aircraft

The air station hosts the Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One (MAWTS-1)

giving squadron commanders tremendous flexibility in mission planning

Officially Licensed USMC 9th Motor Transport Battalion Patch CH-53D VR-54's Revelers — named forUSMC 9th Motor Transport Battalion Patch USMC Embroidered Patch Rolling Thunder 9th Motor Transport Battalion In the Marine Corps, if it moves by road, motor transport moves it. 9th Motor Transport Battalion has been hauling Marines, supplies, ammunition, and equipment through some of the most dangerous roads on earth from the highways of Vietnam to the convoy routes of Iraq. This patch carries the identity of the drivers who keep the Corps rolling.