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  • remotelove
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    1 year ago

    Sounds like we were in about the same time. I was stationed in Jax with HS-5, back in the day.

    If I remember correctly, our squadron had both HH-60s and SH-60s? Somewhere, the MH designation got thrown in there and I am also too old to really keep track.

    (I probably could still do an inspection with my eyes closed though.)

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      1 year ago

      Yeah, I was left coast and Japan.

      HS was a mix of SH-60F’s and HH-60H’s. But around 2010-2012, the F/B’s went away and the HS squadrons’ transitioned to MH-60’s, and the HSL squadrons’ went to the H-60R’s.

      The HH-60H’s got their own squadrons’ that were specifically NSW support. East coast already had one, in VA, and they stood one up in SD.

      HSC-84/85, I think. I also got out in 2012.

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        1 year ago

        Ok, I remember hearing a little about those transitions when I was getting out in 2005. What you say makes sense since our role was SAR and anti-sub. (The SAR guys were responsible for dropping off and picking up SEALs as well.)

        Thanks for validating my memories. Cheers, shippy.