After switch to 'Crusaders', Beaufort-based fighter squadron rolls back to 'Werewolves'

Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 122's two logos.

In April the Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort based F/A-18 Hornet flying Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 122 announced it was switching from its current World War II-era name, "Werewolves", to the one it moved from in 2008 after being deployed to Iraq, "Crusaders".

But the idelogically charged moniker drue protest and now a general has order the rolling back to the "Werewolves" designation.

I'll point you to The Island Packet's report; read it here.

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