Shut Up and Color Patch Flying Monkeys carried through decades of service

carried through decades of service from the HML-367 Huey days through the HMLA era

The VMO designation eventually evolved as Marine light attack and observation missions were consolidated into HMLA squadrons

and it has never once been followed by anything remotely resembling a good deal

F-35 combat mission from USS Essex in September 2018

This throwback patch celebrates that earliest era of the squadron's nearly century-long history

Shut Up and Color Patch Flying Monkeys carried through decades of serviceShut Up and Color Patch Shut Up and Color Military Aviation Morale Patch The "Shut Up and Color" patch is one of the most iconic morale patches in military aviation culture, instantly recognizable to anyone who has served in a training command or operational squadron. The phrase originated in the high pressure environment of military flight trainingparticularly in the T 45 Goshawk training pipeline at Naval Air Stations Kingsville, Texas and Meridian,