HSM-72

Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron 72 (HSM-72)
Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron 72 (HSM-72)
	HSM-72 Proud Warriors Insignia
Active	5 October 1984 - present
Country	United States of America
Branch	United States Navy
Type	Navy Helicopter Squadron
Role	Surface Warfare (SUW); Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW)
Part of	CVW-1
Garrison/HQ	NAS Jacksonville
Nickname(s)	"Proud Warriors"
Motto(s)	"Principled, Disciplined, Confident"
Colors	Red and Blue
Mascot(s)	Native American Indian
Engagements	Global War on Terror
Commanders
Current; commander	Commander Derek W. Bintz

HSM-72 Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron Seven-Two, also known as Proud Warriors is a helicopter squadron of the United States Navy based at Naval Air Station Jacksonville. The Proud Warriors are a part of Carrier Air Wing One and deploy aboard the USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75).^[1] The squadron was established as Helicopter Antisubmarine Squadron (Light) Forty Two (HSL-42) on 5 October 1984

Mission

The squadron employs the MH-60R multi-mission helicopter. Primary missions include Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW), Anti-Surface Warfare (SUW), Command, Control, Communications (CCC), Command and Control (C2) Search and Rescue (SAR), Medical Evacuation (MEDEVAC), Vertical Replenishment (VERTREP), Naval Surface Fire Support (NSFS), and Communications Relay (COMREL).^[2]

Transition from HSL-42

HSL-42 was redesignated HSM-72 on 15 January 2013 at Naval Air Station Jacksonville. The change reflected their transition from employing the SH-60B to the MH-60R, as well as from a detachment-based, expeditionary squadron to its realignment in support of a carrier air wing. As part of this transition, then-HSL-42 relocated to NAS Jacksonville from their previous home of Naval Station Mayport.