HSM-74

Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron Seven Four
Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron Seven Four
	HSM-74 Insignia
Active	21 Aug 1986 to present
Country	United States of America
Branch	United States Navy
Type	Navy Helicopter Squadron
Role	Surface Warfare (SUW); Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW)
Part of	Carrier Air Wing Three
Garrison/HQ	Naval Air Station Jacksonville
Nickname(s)	"Swamp Foxes"
Engagements	Operation Inherent Resolve ; Operation Enduring Freedom ; Operation Iraqi Freedom ; Global War on Terror
Decorations	2015 Battle Effectiveness Award ; 2013 Battle Effectiveness Award ; 2013 Arleigh Burke Fleet Trophy; 2013 Captain Arnold J. Isbell Trophy; 2013 COMHSMWINGLANT Aviation Safety; Award FY15 Retention Excellence Award; FY14 Retention Excellence Award; FY13 Retention Excellence Award; FY12 Retention Excellence Award;
Website	http://www.public.navy.mil/airfor/hsm74/Pages/default.aspx
Commanders
Commanding Officer	CDR Phillip R Krites
Executive Officer	CDR Eric Kohut
Command Master Chief	CMDCM Simone C Milo

Last updated June 28, 2023

Helicopter Maritime Strike Seven Four (HSM-74), the "Swamp Foxes", is a United States Navy helicopter squadron based at Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Jacksonville, Florida. HSM-74 is attached to Carrier Air Wing Three and deploys aboard cruisers, destroyers, frigates, and aircraft carriers in support of a carrier strike group. It was established on 21 August 1986 as Helicopter Antisubmarine Squadron (Light) Forty Four (HSL-44)

Mission

The squadron employs the MH-60R multi-mission helicopter. Primary missions include Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW), Anti-Surface Warfare (SUW), Command, Control, Communications (CCC), Command and Control Warfare (C2W), Mobility (MOB), and Non-Combat Operations (NCO). Secondary missions consist of Search and Rescue (SAR), Medical Evacuation (MEDEVAC), Vertical Replenishment (VERTREP), Naval Surface Fire Support (NSFS), and Communications Relay (COMREL).^[2]

Transition from HSL-44

Squadron insignia during period of designation as HSL-44 HSL-44 squadron insignia.jpg — Squadron insignia during period of designation as HSL-44

HSL-44 was redesignated HSM-74 on 9 June 2011 at Naval Air Station Jacksonville. The change reflected their transition from employing the SH-60B to the MH-60R, as well a from a detachment-based, expeditionary squadron to its realignment in support of a carrier air wing. As part of this transition, then-HSL-44 relocated to NAS Jacksonville from their previous home of Naval Station Mayport in November 2009.

General Information

HSM-74 operates twelve MH-60R helicopters in four combat elements. These combat elements (or CELs) consist of the carrier element and Detachments 1, 2, and 3. The carrier element deploys and maintains five helicopters while the detachments maintain two each. Each CEL can work independently of every other CEL.

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References

↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-05-13. Retrieved 2014-05-13.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
↑ "MH-60R". Archived from the original on 2007-10-19.

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[1] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-05-13. Retrieved 2014-05-13.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[2] "MH-60R". Archived from the original on 2007-10-19.

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