HC-4 was legendary in its "Verticle Onboard Delivery" role. It prided itself on "reach" with it's CH-53E's. It was big Navy that stopped funding their AAR qual/capability ("you don't need that for PMC"), then their night shipboard capability stopped being funded, etc. Their CH's went to the Marines when these airframes were needed to be replaced with worn out partial-mission-capable stripped MH's. And then CENTCOM drama about being HC-4 getting tasked to provide hot/high support when it was needed in Afghanistan - neither NVG or defensive capability was funded, to a tragic mishap. The squadron guys did heroics only to see sr. leadership fail to support the capability/mission. A familiar movie