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That Octopus is probably one of their tamer patches. The National Reconnaissance Office missions have the best patches - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_NRO_Launches and http://www.thelivingmoon.com/45jack_files/03files/Mission_Pa... detail them rather well.

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Hah! One of their patches has the latin motto "Omnis Vestri Substructio Es Servus Ad Nobis", which roughly translates to "All your base are belong to us"!

I found this[1] one to be particularly reassuring.

[1] http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3c/NROL49_pa...

It says "Better the devil that you know"

Similar motif on NROL-66: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:NROL-66_Patch.png

Can't make this shit up

This one... I have no idea how this one makes me feel: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/77/NROL10_US...

Like, seriously, what if they were all like that?

I think the way it should make you feel is,

Clearly, the patches are silly and I don't know why I care so much about this

There's a whole book, titled I Could Tell You But Then You Would Have to be Destroyed by Me: Emblems from the Pentagon's Black World: http://www.amazon.com/Could-Tell-Then-Would-Destroyed/dp/193...

The DEA has some crazy patches too.

Cocaine Intelligence Unit: http://i.imgur.com/2RFM677.jpg Unicorn: http://i.imgur.com/QOsCRYE.jpg

My favourite was their Blues Brothers launch: the satellite Elwood, with a motto "on a mission from DoD"

If you are a fan of "Sneakers", you'll find this one familiar:

http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/culturebox/2012/09/sneake...

Setec Astronomy! God that brings back memories.

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