Raider Outboard motors name was selected as a dedication to the WWII Marine Raiders formed by President Franklin Roosevelt in February 1942. The Marine Raiders were a volunteer unconventional elite force conducting amphibious light infantry warfare, landing in rubber boats that operated behind enemy lines. The 1st Maine Battalion was under the command of LTC Mike Edson. The 2nd Marine Battalion was under the command of LTC Evan Carlson. The Raiders fought on multiple Pacific Islands including Guadalcanal where they moved in trenches, tunnels and machine gun pits prior to the main element coming ashore. At times the Raiders were placed into cramped quarters and deployed submarines to surprise the enemy. The Marine Raiders patch consisted of five white stars representing the Southern Cross constellation (used for navigation), a red diamond, and a white skull.  Seven Congressional Medals of Honors were given to the Marine Raiders during their two-year history. In February 1944 the unconventional fighting Marine Raiders was dissolved. The Marine Raiders were much like the SEAL teams of today. 

The Raider Outboard patch is like the Marine Raiders patch – we replaced the skull with an outboard motor outline with a C-130 in the top half and a submarine in the bottom as our motors are fully certified air droppable and submersible from the submarine.