USNR - U.S. Naval Reserve - on land, sea and air

[Tonomachi]

There are supposedly two Seal Team reserve units which are ST-17 and ST-18.  I have yet to come across a Seal Team 17 patch.

 

  

 

 

[Salvage Sailor]

NAVAL AIR STATION WASHINGTON (ANACOSTIA to ANDREWS)

NARTU WASHINGTON (NAVAL AIR RESERVE TRAINING UNIT ANDREWS)

 

Due to Anacostia's short runways, the Naval Air Station moved to Andrews Air Force Base in 1958 to facilitate jet operations. The transfer to Andrews AFB was complete by December 1961, concurrent with the commissioning of the new Naval Air Facility.

 

In April 1972, NARTU Washington became Naval Air Reserve Unit Washington with the primary mission of training Selected Reservists. NARU included VFP-206, VFP-306, VR-42 and 20 other tactical and non-tactical units. Since 1976, the logistics support mission of NAF Washington has included administrative transport flight operations and transient service support to arriving aircraft.

 

 

[Salvage Sailor]

HELWINGRES (Helicopter Wing Reserve) USNR - Tail Code "NW": Established Jun 1975, disestablished 31 May 2007.  Remaining reserve helicopter squadrons continue to use tail code NW even though the wing no longer exists.

 

 

[Salvage Sailor]

VA-203 Blue Dolphins (ATKRON 203)

US Naval Reserve strike fighter squadron tail code AF, flying Corsairs and Skyhawks

 

Attack Squadron 203 (VA-203), nicknamed the Blue Dolphins, was established at NAS Jacksonville, Florida on 1 July 1970, as a reserve force squadron (RESFORON) under a new concept in the reorganization of the Naval Air Reserve Force. The reorganization was intended to make the reserves more compatible with active duty units and to increase their combat readiness.  It was redesignated VFA-203 in 1989.

 

 

[Salvage Sailor]

RESERVE ASW TACTICAL SCHOOL, NAS WILLOW GROVE, PA

ANTI-SUBMARINE WARFARE

 

 

 

[Salvage Sailor]

LACAIR (Local Area Coordinator For Air) NARU MEMPHIS

Naval Air Reserve Unit Memphis, Tennessee

 

Local Area Coordinator for Air (LACAIR), coordinate activities for Reserve Force Squadrons and Naval Reserve augmentation units in matters pertaining to manpower management, public affairs, intraservice support, facilities planning, logistics and training support, fiscal management and industrial safety as an Echelon IV command under Commander Naval Reserve Force. Prepare and coordinate mobilization plans and drills for all assigned reserve augmentation units. 

 

 

[Salvage Sailor]

VR-52 'Taskmasters'

Fleet Logistics Support Squadron 52 (FLELOGSUPPRON 52)

Detachment Washington

 

[Salvage Sailor]

NAVAL RESERVE VR-931

NAS Willow Grove, PA (note the keystone)

Flying Elephants

 

[Tonomachi]

On 7/1/2020 at 9:36 PM, Tonomachi said:

There are supposedly two Seal Team reserve units which are ST-17 and ST-18.  I have yet to come across a Seal Team 17 patch.

 

  

 

 

This is may or may not be an original Seal Team 17 reserve unit patch.   The vendor selling these patches had other designs for different naval units all made with this type of silver grayish embroidery.  It could be a fantasy patch.  

[Salvage Sailor]

Fleet Logistics Support Squadron 55 (FLELOGSUPPRON 55) VR-55
NAS Seattle, Washington
Tail Code: RU
Name: Minutemen
VR-55 Established: 01APR76

1976 Bicentennial establishment patch

 

 

[Salvage Sailor]

On 10/3/2021 at 12:59 PM, Salvage Sailor said:

RESERVE ASW TACTICAL SCHOOL, NAS WILLOW GROVE, PA

ANTI-SUBMARINE WARFARE

 

 

 

 

NARESTRACOM ASWTAC WEST aka RESASWTACWEST

Naval Air Reserve Training Command Anti Submarine Warfare Tactical School - West

 

1970

 

 

 

 

[Salvage Sailor]

On 4/25/2023 at 11:58 AM, Salvage Sailor said:

VR-52 'Taskmasters'

Fleet Logistics Support Squadron 52 (FLELOGSUPPRON 52)

Detachment Washington

 

 

More from VR-52 TASKMASTERS

 

 

Fleet Logistics Support Squadron VR-52, NAF DETROIT

 

 

[Salvage Sailor]

Not much info available on this squadron

 

FLETACSUPPRON 861 (VR-861) NAVAL RESERVE

 

[Salvage Sailor]

VA-892 THUNDERBIRDS

Skyhawks, NAS Sand Point, Washington

 

[River Rat 1]

After getting off active duty after my first enlistment I went into the Naval Reserve and managed to get a retirement. First unit was SIMA 520 at Alameda Naval Air at the sail loft. A boring job made 50 FT boat covers and 2000 lube oil bags for the USS Enterprise and flight deck nets with WW2 era singer sowing machines. If Special Boat Unit XI did not grab me from that unit, I might have not finished my 20 years. Sima Alameda the only patch I can't find. Reserve units I was with. Sima 520, SBU XI, Cargo Battalion 3, MIUW 103. Patches I have. Funny every ship I served on when on active duty now razor blades, and every reserve command has been decommissioned makes you feel very old.