History of the Patch

	FL-383 Jacksonville Composite Squadron Search and Rescue Version 1

"This patch was designed by myself and Cadet P. Karl N. Fiebelkorn in about 1990 and produced sometime between 1991 and 92, after I graduated high school and went into the Army. Karl was an Earhart cadet and graduated high school in 1992, a year after me. Not sure if he stayed in CAP after high school when he attended Jacksonville University. He died in December 2001 from a brain aneurysm."

"The patch was designed with ideas taken from the Army's 75th Ranger Regimental crest. In the '80s, the squadron was referred to as FANG (FL Air Nat'l Guard) Three Eight Three. As cadets, being heavily into "army stuff" and ground search and rescue, we unofficially dubbed ourselves 383RD Search and Rescue Squadron. Back then, nobody cared so we just went with it. I'm actually surprised that it made it as an official patch because it doesn't accurately identify the squadron. What's worse, is the squadron, on the cadet side of the house anyway, is far from a SAR squadron. The seniors and air side perform more missions than most wings, but the cadets, not so much, if at all. Ironically cadets are the ones who designed it."

Information provided by:
Lt Col Kirt Bowden, CAP