This is the squadron patch for the HSL-42 “Proud Warriors”. Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Light FOUR TWO (HSL-42) was established on 5 October 1984 as the East Coast’s first LAMPS MK III squadron. The command includes 60 officers and 240 enlisted personnel with 15 Sikorsky SH-60B aircraft assigned to 10 permanent, independent detachments. The squadron’s mission is to train, deploy, and support combat-ready LAMPS MK III detachments providing a multi-mission Air Warfare capability to surface combantants. When deployed, to detect, classify, and target an enemy and, when called upon, to place a weapon on target, on time, every time! The squadron also prepares and develops junior personnel to take charge of the future Navy and to ensure the highest possible quality of life for all hands. “Everbody succeeds, personally and professionally!” & HSL-42 detachments meet fleet operational requirements in the Atlantic, Caribbean, Mediterranean, and Middle East regions of the world, using the SH-60B “Seahawk”, the world’s finest, most advanced helicopter, to extend the Surface Warfare (SUW) and Undersea Warfare (USW) capabilities of the parent ship. LAMPS MK III helicopters utilize a lethal mix of MK-46 or MK-50 homing torpedoes, Penguin or Hellfire missiles, M-60D or GAU-16 machine guns, sonobuoys, chaff and other ordnance to ensure mission success. In addition to the primary missions of SUW and ASW, the “Seahawk” performs secondary missions of Search and Rescue (SAR), Commuications Relay (COMREL), Vertical Replenishment (VERTREP) and Medical Evacuation (MEDEVAC).
