HSC-84
Overview
United States Navy Reserve
The United States Navy Reserve, until 2005 known as the United States Naval Reserve, is the Reserve Component of the United States Navy...
. Along with the "Firehawks" of HSC-85
HSC-85
Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 85 Firehawks is a United States Navy Reserve helicopter squadron based at Naval Air Station North Island, San Diego, California. HSC-85 currently flies the HH-60H Rescue Hawk...
, the “Red Wolves” are one of only two squadrons in the U.S. Navy dedicated to supporting Navy SEAL
United States Navy SEALs
The United States Navy's Sea, Air and Land Teams, commonly known as Navy SEALs, are the U.S. Navy's principal special operations force and a part of the Naval Special Warfare Command as well as the maritime component of the United States Special Operations Command.The acronym is derived from their...
and SWCC
Special Warfare Combatant-craft Crewmen
-History:Special Boat Teams can trace their history back to World War II. Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron Three rescued General Douglas MacArthur from the Philippines after the Japanese invasion and then participated in guerrilla actions until American resistance ended with the fall of Corregidor...
Teams, and Combat Search & Rescue. They currently operate eight HH-60H Rescue Hawks
SH-60 Seahawk
The Sikorsky SH-60/MH-60 Seahawk is a twin turboshaft engine, multi-mission United States Navy helicopter based on the United States Army UH-60 Black Hawk and a member of the Sikorsky S-70 family. The most significant airframe modification is a hinged tail to reduce its footprint aboard ships.The...
organized into four independent, two aircraft detachments that can deploy anywhere in the world within 72 hours of notice.
HSC-84 can trace its squadrons' lineage to Helicopter Attack Light Squadron 4 (HAL-4), which was established on 1 July 1976 at NAS Norfolk, VA by CDR Theodore G Sholl,USNR.
