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HCS-5 Disestablished

Not affiliated w/ either -4 or -5, but have been keeping my eye on them. It was my understanding that while -5 was going away, it was becoming something else (HSC). That may still happen, and the article was just the official "we're done for now" and they'll reconstitute in a new mission (see the decom'ing squadrons thread).

My data is about 6 months old, but the word I got about -4 is that it will be around until Iraq is done. Time will tell.
 
BigIron said:
I thought they were "turning into" HSC-84 & 85. Bad gouge?
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Nope! Who remembers HAL-4 and HAL-5?

Bonus if you know what HC-9 was!

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BigIron said:
I thought they were "turning into" HSC-84 & 85. Bad gouge?
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I couldn't remember the numbers, but that's what I was getting at. Maybe the changed the plan after the rewrite of post-change plans.
 
BigIron said:
I thought they were "turning into" HSC-84 & 85. Bad gouge?
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Interesting you bring that up, I happened to call the # on HCS-5's website today and I got HSC-85. I wanted to buy some Redhawk merchandise and hell the guy had to tell me it was HSC-85 (Formerly HC-85) not HCS-5.

Then I check Navy.mil and found out they got chopped two weeks ago..So much for wanting to buy a patch before they got axed
 
gatordev said:
I couldn't remember the numbers, but that's what I was getting at. Maybe the changed the plan after the rewrite of post-change plans.
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Probably so...

I have a lot of cohorts looking to go FTS with either of these squadrons.
 
HC-85 changed its name to HSC-85 and absorbed HCS-5 after disestablishment. It seems that they will probably lose the mission that they have been doing. HCS-4 is now HSC-84 with the same mission.

Kinda stupid standing down a NSW centric squadron in the middle of SOF heavy war....
 
hscs said:
HC-85 changed its name to HSC-85 and absorbed HCS-5 after disestablishment. It seems that they will probably lose the mission that they have been doing. HCS-4 is now HSC-84 with the same mission.

Kinda stupid standing down a NSW centric squadron in the middle of SOF heavy war....
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Yeah, unless you HSC types are going to take it over ....??...
 
Not going to happen any time soon -- HS squadrons are tied to the boat and HSC doesn't have the background, manning, nor the equipment at this time.
 
hscs said:
HC-85 changed its name to HSC-85 and absorbed HCS-5 after disestablishment. It seems that they will probably lose the mission that they have been doing. HCS-4 is now HSC-84 with the same mission.

Kinda stupid standing down a NSW centric squadron in the middle of SOF heavy war....
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Talked to some 160th buddies of mine and they had nothing but great things to say about both 4 and 5 and the work they did with them in country.
I talked with 5 while I was leaving the Army and it seemed as if they had some really experienced bubbas flying for them.
 
hscs said:
Not going to happen any time soon -- HS squadrons are tied to the boat and HSC doesn't have the background, manning, nor the equipment at this time.
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So we're just not going to be doing those missions anymore?
 
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