Don't be a douche. It's an honest question. Are they putting R's on Amphibs nowadays is ultimately @RedFive 's question. Because up to this point we haven't been made aware of it. (Makes sense they are there for the ASW/ASUW missions...)
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Should I stay or should I go? Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying And Love HSC.
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Don't be a douche. It's an honest question. Are they putting R's on Amphibs nowadays is ultimately @RedFive 's question. Because up to this point we haven't been made aware of it. (Makes sense they are there for the ASW/ASUW missions...)
VP is very much alive, kicking, and valued - esp paired with BAMS.
I'd imagine they supplemented the ARG For SOH passgae due to recent issues. Or perhaps they're an ESG and the DDGs HSM Det is using the LHD for gas so the DDG can maneuver as necessary. I'm sure HSC is still there.
Fully aware, the issue is the increasing amount of stuff being dumped on our plate.
Depends on if they land in contested airspace greater than 20 miles from mom. Can’t let them do it too much though or else they will forget how to Starboard-D.
On this day in history, space capsules are recovered on land... in Russia. But, USS Anchorage, with HSC-8 aboard, did recover an unmanned Orion capsule after its test flight in 2014.
No duh! And neither HSC or HSM are candidates for retrival of any of the current commercial space ventures. If I had not noticed the avatar I would have thought that a post from @Flash . ?
Plenty of HSC shoutouts here 
https://www.wsj.com/articles/uss-boxer-crew-describes-tense-moments-in-strait-of-hormuz-11563637632?
https://www.wsj.com/articles/uss-boxer-crew-describes-tense-moments-in-strait-of-hormuz-11563637632?
Right now on Iranian air warriors the Iranian HSC guys are probably crowing about all the SOF stuff they do while the HSM guys are pointing out “congrats you boarded like one tanker in the last 40 years” and everyone else is talking about how it’s a community problem not a Big Iranian Navy problem that perfectly good guys are jumping ship for the Revolutionary Guard.
Not meant as a specific question to the last few days' events but a general question...does HSC train to LSF? I can understand it would be much harder since the queuing could be more limited like from either a ship (which can be very hit and miss) or a potentially delayed L16 track.
Yes, we train to it and have done more than a few intercepts in this AOR as well.
Seems like this kind of insertion exposes both the helo and fast ropers to a lot of risk, if someone on deck had an AK and wanted to pick them and the helo off. For those of you who have done stuff like this, how do you mitigate that possibility?
Do it at night, have more than one helo to provide cover, and shoot anything that moves.
Other than vehicle interdiction, VBSS is the highest risk/most dangerous event you can do.