Officially Licensed 3rd MEF Marine Expeditionary Force Patch EW and armed reconnaissance for the

and armed reconnaissance for the Marine Air-Ground Task Force

This challenge coin commemorates their extraordinary sacrifice and contribution to Marine aviation

flying the KC-130J Super Hercules out of MCAS Cherry Point

and USMC tiltrotor blackout PVC patch collectors

reflecting CVW-3's heritage across decades of carrier aviation

Officially Licensed 3rd MEF Marine Expeditionary Force Patch EW and armed reconnaissance for theOfficially Licensed 3rd MEF Marine Expeditionary Force Patch III Marine Expeditionary Force Embroidered Patch The Dragon Force America's forward deployed Marines in the Pacific. III Marine Expeditionary Force (III MEF) is the United States Marine Corps' only permanently forward deployed Marine Expeditionary Force, headquartered at Camp Courtney, Okinawa, Japan. Known as "The Dragon," III MEF is the Marine Corps' premier crisis response force in the