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US Navy - Helicopter Maritime Strike
Squadron 37 (HELMARSTRIKERON 37) HSM-37 'Easyriders' |
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 MH-60R Seahawk (HSM-37) aboard USS Howard (DDG 83) - July 2024  MH-60R Seahawk (HSM-37) aboard USS Daniel Inouye (DDG 118) - May 2024  MH-60R Seahawk (HSM-37) aboard USS Dewey (DDG 105) - March 2024  MH-60R Seahawk (HSM-37) - off Hawaii - March 2024  MH-60R Seahawk (HSM-37) - off Hawaii - March 2024  MH-60R Seahawk (HSM-37) aboard USS Higgins (DDG 76) - March 2024  MH-60R Seahawk (HSM-37) aboard USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) - February 2024  MH-60R Seahawk (HSM-37) aboard USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) - February 2024  MH-60R Seahawk (HSM-37) aboard USS Dewey (DDG 105) - September 2023  MH-60R Seahawk (HSM-37) aboard USS Dewey (DDG 105) - September 2023  MH-60R Seahawk (HSM-37) aboard USS Decatur (DDG 73) - June 2023  MH-60R Seahawk (HSM-37) aboard USS Wayne E. Meyer (DDG 108) - June 2023  MH-60R Seahawk (HSM-37) aboard USS Wayne E. Meyer (DDG 108) - June 2023  MH-60R Seahawk (HSM-37) aboard USS Wayne E. Meyer (DDG 108) - June 2023  MH-60R Seahawk (HSM-37) at MCB Hawaii, Kaneohe Bay - April 2023  cutout for details  MH-60R Seahawk (HSM-37) - Hawaii - February 2023  MH-60R Seahawk (HSM-37) - Hawaii - February 2023  MH-60R Seahawk (HSM-37) aboard USS Wayne E. Meyer (DDG 108) - January 2023  MH-60R Seahawk (HSM-37) aboard USS Decatur (DDG 73) - January 2023  MH-60R Seahawk (HSM-37) during Exercise RIMPAC 22 - July 2022  MH-60R Seahawk (HSM-37) aboard USS Pearl Harbor (LSD 52) - January 2022  MH-60R Seahawk (HSM-37) aboard USS O'Kane (DDG 77) - January 2022  MH-60R Seahawk (HSM-37) aboard USS O'Kane (DDG 77) - September 2021  MH-60R Seahawk (HSM-37) aboard USS Michael Murphy (DDG 112) - September 2021  MH-60R Seahawk (HSM-37) aboard USS Michael Murphy (DDG 112) - July 2021  MH-60R Seahawk (HSM-37) - assistance after Hurricane Iota - Honduras - November 2020  MH-60R Seahawk (HSM-37) - assistance after Hurricane Iota - Honduras - November 2020  MH-60R Seahawk (HSM-37) - assistance after Hurricane Iota - Honduras - November 2020  MH-60R Seahawk (HSM-37) aboard USS Halsey (DDG 97) - August 2020  MH-60R Seahawk (HSM-37) aboard USS Halsey (DDG 97) - July 2020  MH-60R Seahawk (HSM-37) aboard USS Halsey (DDG 97) - July 2020  MH-60R Seahawk (HSM-37) aboard USS Halsey (DDG 97) - June 2020  MH-60R Seahawk (HSM-37) over Hawaii - November 2019  MH-60R Seahawk (HSM-37) over Hawaii - November 2019  MH-60R Seahawk (HSM-37) aboard USS Wayne E. Meyer (DDG 108) - November 2019  MH-60R Seahawk (HSM-37) aboard USS William P. Lawrence (DDG 110) - September 2019  MH-60R Seahawk (HSM-37) aboard USS Wayne E. Meyer (DDG 108) - August 2019  MH-60R Seahawk (HSM-37) aboard USS Michael Murphy (DDG 112) - June 2019  MH-60R Seahawk (HSM-37) aboard USS Michael Murphy (DDG 112) - June 2019  MH-60R Seahawk (HSM-37) aboard USS Michael Murphy (DDG 112) - June 2019  MH-60R Seahawk (HSM-37) aboard USS Chung-Hoon (DDG 93) - May 2019  MH-60R Seahawk (HSM-37) aboard USS Preble (DDG 88) - May 2019  MH-60R Seahawk (HSM-37) aboard USS Chung-Hoon (DDG 93) - March 2019  MH-60R Seahawk (HSM-37) aboard USS Preble (DDG 88) - January 2019  MH-60R Seahawk (HSM-37) aboard USS Chung-Hoon (DDG 93) - January 2019  MH-60R Seahawk (HSM-37) aboard USS Chung-Hoon (DDG 93) - November 2018  MH-60R Seahawk (HSM-37) aboard USS Chung-Hoon (DDG 93) - November 2018  MH-60R Seahawk (HSM-37) aboard USS Michael Murphy (DDG 112) - September 2018  MH-60R Seahawk (HSM-37) aboard USS Preble (DDG 88) - July 2018  MH-60R Seahawk (HSM-37) aboard USS Preble (DDG 88) - July 2018  MH-60R Seahawk (HSM-37) at MCB Hawaii, Kaneohe Bay - April 2018  MH-60R Seahawk (HSM-37) aboard USS Preble (DDG 88) - March 2018  MH-60R Seahawk (HSM-37) aboard USS Preble (DDG 88) - October 2017  MH-60R Seahawk (HSM-37) - Hawaii - May 2017  MH-60R Seahawk (HSM-37) - April 2017  MH-60R Seahawk (HSM-37) - March 2016  MH-60R Seahawk (HSM-37) at MCB Hawaii, Kaneohe Bay - January 2016  MH-60R Seahawk (HSM-37) at MCB Hawaii, Kaneohe Bay - October 2015  MH-60R Seahawk (HSM-37) aboard USS Preble (DDG 88) - August 2015  MH-60R Seahawk (HSM-37) aboard USS Preble (DDG 88) - August 2015  MH-60R Seahawk (HSM-37) - August 2015  MH-60R Seahawk (HSM-37) - June 2015  MH-60R Seahawk (HSM-37) - April 2015  aircrew operates a multi-spectral targeting system (MTS) inside a MH-60R Seahawk (HSM-37) - March 2015  MH-60R Seahawk (HSM-37) aboard USS Halsey (DDG 97) - September 2014  MH-60R Seahawk (HSM-37) aboard USS Halsey (DDG 97) - January 2014  MH-60R Seahawk (HSM-37) aboard USS Halsey (DDG 97) - January 2014  MH-60R Seahawk (HSM-37) aboard USS Halsey (DDG 97) - January 2014 |
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Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron THIRTY-SEVEN (HSM-37) was
established on 3 July 1975 aboard Naval Air Station, Barbers Point,
Hawaii, and remains the Navy’s oldest operational Light Airborne
Multi-Purpose System (LAMPS) squadron. As a result of the Base
Realignment and Closure Act (BRAC), HSM-37 relocated to the
beautiful windward side of Oahu at Marine Corps Base Hawaii in
February 1999. The Squadron consists of 45 officers and 215 enlisted
personnel who maintain and operate ten Sikorsky SH-60B “Seahawk”
helicopters. On 6 February 1992, HSM-37 became the only U.S. Navy
Helicopter squadron to transition from the SH-2F Seasprite (LAMPS MK
I) to the SH-60B Seahawk (LAMPS MK III). HSM-37 operated as a
composite LAMPS MK I/III squadron until 1 October 1993, at which
time it completed the transition to the SH-60B. As of 2014, the
Easyriders have welcomed the MH-60R, which is the Navy's next
generation submarine hunter and anti-surface warfare helicopter;
MH-60R will be the cornerstone if the Navy's Helicopter Concept of
Operations. The mission of the Easyriders is to provide highly
trained, combat-ready LAMPS MK III detachments to Pacific Fleet
ships. Since establishment, the Easyriders have deployed well over 100 LAMPS detachments around the globe. As the only LAMPS squadron in the Middle Pacific (MIDPAC) region, HSM-37 provides a variety of helicopter services to MIDPAC based ships in addition to deploying detachments. These detachments support all Pearl Harbor based Arleigh Burke-class destroyers and Ticonderoga-class cruisers throughout the Western Pacific and Indian Oceans. Homeguard support includes, but is not limited to, such operations as Combat System Sea Qualification Trials (CSSQT), USW weapons qualifications, and the training of shipboard Landing Signal Enlisted (LSE) personnel. This close coordination with Pearl Harbor based ships helps HSM-37’s flight crews and maintenance technicians achieve and maintain the highest levels of combat readiness. The LAMPS MK III primary missions are Surface Warfare (SUW) and Under Sea Warfare (USW) prosecution through utilization of AGM-114 Hellfire Missiles and MK-46/50 torpedoes. Secondary missions include search and rescue (SAR), medical evacuation (MEDEVAC), vertical replenishment (VERTREP), naval surface fire support (NSFS), and communications relay (COMREL). Leading tactical development in the LAMPS MK III community, a 1998 Easyrider crew was the first to fire the Hellfire missile against a high-speed maneuvering target boat. In 2000, Easyrider crews again proved their combat prowess by conducting a coordinated airborne attack against a target during a RIMPAC exercise. In 2005, HSM-37 was selected to embark the first West-coast LAMPS detachment for deployment onboard the experimental High Speed Vessel SWIFT (HSV-1) and again in 2007 aboard HSV 2 SWIFT as a “proof of concept” for SH-60B/R embarkation in the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS). Easyrider detachments remain in high demand due to their adaptability and flexibility towards the modern peacetime and combat environments. The squadron’s commitment to excellence is readily evident in its unit awards: two Meritorious Unit Commendations, eight Battle Efficiency (“E”) awards, three CNO Aviation Safety awards, twelve Arnold J. Isbell trophies for Anti-Surface and Anti-Submarine Warfare Excellence and seven HSMWINGPAC Top Torpedo awards. HSM-37 is the current holder for the Squadron Blue “M” award and the COMPACFLT Retention Excellence award which rewards the squadron’s more than 70% retention rate. The squadron celebrated 93,000 Class-A mishap-free flight hours in 2011. source: HSM-37 website |
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