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• remotelove@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

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

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  • sartalon@futurology.today ⁨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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    • remotelove@lemmy.ca ⁨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.

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