HSL-37 was established on 3 July, 1975 aboard Naval Air Station, Barbers Point, Hawaii, as the third operational Light Airborne Multi-Purpose System (LAMPS) squadron in the Pacific Fleet. On 6 February 1992, HSL-37 became the first and only US Navy helicopter squadron to transition from the SH-2F “Seasprite” LAMPS MK I to the SH-60B “Seahawk” LAMPS MK III. HSL-37 operated as a composite LAMPS MK I/MK III squadron until 1 October 1993, at which time it completed the transition to the SH-60B. The mission of the “EASYRIDERS” is to provide highly trained, combat-ready LAMPS detachments to the ships of the Pacific Fleet Surface Force. This patch was created out of the blue “almost silky” material when they were renamed to HSM from HSL.
