Description
The 33rd Rescue Squadron's mascot is two green monster feet with faces, and nobody who's met the 33rd RQS is surprised by that. This circular patch has a black field with a green merrow border, and front and center are two cartoon green creatures shaped like bare feet — yellow eyes, white teeth, and an expression that says they've been waiting for this. The 33rd RQS calls them the Green Feet. This is the hook and loop version, backing ready for whatever surface it needs to live on.
The 33rd Rescue Squadron operates at Kadena Air Base in Okinawa, Japan — one of the most operationally significant bases in the Pacific. They fly the HH-60G Pave Hawk in the Personnel Recovery mission, covering vast stretches of Pacific theater where distances and weather can turn a bad day into something much worse. The Green Feet mascot reflects the unit's personality: capable, a little irreverent, and very comfortable going places no one else wants to go.
The patch is circular with a solid black field and a green merrow border. The two Green Feet creatures are embroidered in bright green, with yellow eyes and white teeth providing the color contrast. The design is immediately recognizable to anyone in the Pacific rescue community and genuinely entertaining to everyone else. The hook and loop backing makes it easy to attach to any surface that accepts it.
For 33rd RQS veterans, Kadena alumni, Pacific theater CSAR collectors, or anyone who appreciates a unit that took their mascot seriously enough to put it on an official patch, this is the real thing. The Green Feet aren't a joke — they're a statement about the unit's attitude toward the mission.
The 33rd RQS flies the Pacific. The Green Feet are watching. This patch proves both.