I think this is a fair take. But for what it's worth, while I haven't done any of those things in combat, I have routinely trained with SEALS, and guys in my squadron on this tour have also worked with Marine SPECWAR and USCG teams. We practice HVBSS frequently; we TERF frequently. We shoot less often than I like but the profiles themselves are a lot of fun to fly and you get to basically practice those whenever you want.
And, everyone says "Starboard D," but let's be honest: it's a 20 mile ring where you also get to do SSC or whatever the new hotness name is for that, so it's the same thing you guys are doing but with a smaller leash during FW flight OPS.
Oh, and I have a rescue from Plane Guard so, I mean, things did work out for me in that sense.
With all that said: I did tell studs when I was in the HTs the above was all and will remain true for a while, but R's are the future and where Rotary Wing aviation will continue to trend towards until FVL as far as I can tell. Nonetheless, the less sexy jobs of VERTREP, SAR, and generic logistics (and nowadays "combat logistics") are a lot of fun to fly and aren't going away anytime soon and the S is a far superior platform for those missions.