@SynixMan I just felt like I came off the top rope with a douchy people's elbow of self righteousness after re-reading my post. You're totally right about the need for some type of maritime asset to be ready to handle the alert initially in an emergent type situation. Whether that's the Navy or Marines I haven't the knowledge to touch the topic. Enough about CSAR.....
I think the historical bit that should piss off Navy helo guys is the tanker war of the 80's. Mainly that somehow the need arose for Army helos to base off floating things.
Do you guys have a document that your combatant commanders list what missions they want you guys to be good at in priority order? Yes, that's a serious question, I have no fucking clue how the Navy works.
Most of the issues from the tanker wars are no addressed by organic assets. Rs and/or R/S teams can move about and work low threat targets, if needed, and if not, the Rs (and to some extent, the S) can send in fast movers to go after larger/higher threat targets. The R also provides some pretty substantial ISR/SSC capability over and above an E-2 that's overhead, so keeping track of who and what has been greatly improved.
There are documents for various theaters that spell out even more specific tactics in the maritime environment. Those then drive (among other things) what a squadron trains to and their readiness.
By the way, what is EWS? Your APR?