"VP-8"@en . "Operation Iraqi Freedom"@en . . . "Executive Officer"@en . . . . . ""@en . . . . . "Cold War"@en . . "30"^^ . . . . "Patrol Squadron Eight (VP-8) is a U.S. Navy land-based patrol squadron that was based at the Naval Air Station Brunswick, Maine, but is now stationed at Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Florida. VP-8 is tasked to undertake maritime patrol, anti-submarine warfare (ASW), and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) missions. VP-8 served as a land-based anti-submarine patrol squadron in the Battle of the Atlantic during World War II. VP-8 also became the first operational P-3 Orion squadron in the United States Navy, occurring in October 1962 just prior to the Cuban Missile Crisis."@en . "Patrol Squadron Eight (VP-8) is a U.S. Navy land-based patrol squadron that was based at the Naval Air Station Brunswick, Maine, but is now stationed at Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Florida. VP-8 is tasked to undertake maritime patrol, anti-submarine warfare (ASW), and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) missions. VP-8 served as a land-based anti-submarine patrol squadron in the Battle of the Atlantic during World War II. VP-8 also became the first operational P-3 Orion squadron in the United States Navy, occurring in October 1962 just prior to the Cuban Missile Crisis."@en . . "Commanding Officer"@en . "CDR Hassell"@en . . "The Fighting Tigers"@en . "CDR Todd \"Big Luvin\" Libby"@en . "VP-8 Unit Insignia"@en . . "Anti-Submarine Patrol"@en . "World War II"@en . . "Squadron"@en . "Command Master Chief"@en . . "Vietnam War"@en . . "VP-8 Tigers"@en . "--09-01"^^ . . . . . "Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Jacksonville, Florida"@en . . "CMDCM Johnson"@en . "Operation Desert Storm"@en .