Serious question and not trying to poke at you, but can't they remove the HIRSS? I thought I saw a couple of Sierras in Haiti that weren't wearing them.
Trip down memory lane for you...
00322-N-4649B-216 CARIBBEAN SEA, (March 22, 2010) An MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 22 embarked aboard the multipurpose amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD 5) transports ammunition during a vertical replenishment. Bataan is conducting operations off the coast of Haiti supporting Operation Unified Response after a 7.0 magnitude earthquake caused severe damage in and around Port-au-Prince Jan. 12. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Erin Boyce/Released)
100222-N-4047W-190 CARIBBEAN SEA (Feb. 22, 2010) An MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 28 lands aboard the Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) during an underway replenishment off the coast of Haiti. Comfort temporarily left Haiti to re-supply, but will return to continue supporting Operation Unified Response. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Shannon Warner/Released)
100204-N-6676S-009 KILLICK, Haiti (Feb. 4, 2010) Boatswain's Mate 2nd Class Bradley Gnage, from Caledonia, N.Y., directs an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter , assigned to the Fleet Angels of Helicopter Sea Combat Support Squadron (HSC) 2, away from the flight deck of the amphibious dock landing ship USS Gunston Hall (LSD 44) during a vertical replenishment with the Military Sealift Command dry cargo and ammunition ship USNS Lewis and Clark (T-AKE 1). Gunston Hall was diverted from a scheduled deployment to West Africa to help Haitian relief operations as part of Operation Unified Response. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class John Stratton/Released)