MSO Challenge Coin
If you haven’t ordered your MSO Challenge Coin, yet, we recommend you do so. You can go to the web page of Rick Szpyrka, ex-RM2, USS Conflict, MSO-426 and order it. His web page address is www.mso426.com It’s a good site and if you haven’t visited it, yet, please do so. He has allowed us to use some of the information from his page to build ours.
According to his page, Challenge coins were originally issued by Special Forces to recognize soldiers for outstanding acts, to boost morale and to build camaraderie. Today they’re used by many military and law enforcement units.
To show your pride in having been a mine-warfare sailor, we recommend it to every one of you. The purchase of the coin helps in assuring that we will not be forgotten.