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Batman47 Board Founder/CNC User is Offline Joined: 10 Feb 2007 Posts: 394 Karma: 5 applaud / smite 425 points 0 warnings 0 tempbans	Posted: Sun Nov 11, 2007 11:57 pm    Post subject: Helicopter Mine Countermeasures Squadron Fifteen (HM-15) · Quote Helicopter Mine Countermeasures Squadron Fifteen (HM-15) HELMINERON FIFTEEN NAS Fort Worth JRB http://members.aol.com/helmineron/hm-15.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HM-15 Established on 2 January 1987 http://www.pbase.com/image/41489933 With integration, HM-14 has 700 officers and Sailors, active and Reserve, 12 MH-53E Sea Dragons and twice the minesweeping equipment it had before. Four officers and 160 enlisted personnel are TARs (Training and Administration of Reserves) who serve full time, to ensure the Selected Reservists (SELRES) - 18 officers and 76 enlisted - receive training for mobilization and peacetime missions. A regular drill weekend is scheduled each month to train and support the majority of the Reserve element. An additional weekend is set aside as "fly weekend" to give Reserve pilots time in the cockpit. Shifts of day, night, weekend and support checks keep the squadron operational 24-hours a day. This resulted from the integration of the Blackhawks of HM-15 with its reserve sister squadron, the Golden Bears of HM-19. This was the first integration effort of its kind in the U.S. Navy, creating a squadron of over 750 regular, TAR, and Selected Reserve Personnel. On 5 November 1994, the "new" HM-15, the largest helicopter squadron in the Navy, with 17 MH-53E aircraft, stood ready to complete rapid response AMCM operations anywhere in the world. By 28 January 1995, HM-15 successfully completed a MRCI, receiving its "proof-of-concept" certification from COMINEWARCOM as being fully integrated and ready for deployment as an "integrated force." On 15 April 1995, the squadron deployed aboard the USS Tripoli (LPH-10) for Exercise KERNEL BLITZ 95. During this exercise, HM-15 achieved the first ever simultaneous launching of three MK-105 minesweeping platforms in thirty minutes, setting a new benchmark for AMCM MK-105 operations from an LPH-class ship. http://www.pbase.com/image/41489933 HM-15 : Helicopter Mine Countermeasures Squadron 15 - Unit Pages http://unitpages.military.com/unitpages/unit.do?id=202907 Navy NewsStand - Eye on the Fleet Gulf of Mexico (Sep. 2, 2005) – U.S. Navy air crewmen assigned to Helicopter Mine Countermeasures Squadron One Five (HM-15) stationed at Naval Air Station Corpus Christi, Texas, attend to hurricane victims on board an MH-53E helicopter. HM-15 is embarked aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD 5), assisting in the post-Hurricane Katrina disaster relief efforts in downtown New Orleans. The Navy's involvement in the humanitarian assistance operation is led by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), in conjunction with the Department of Defense. http://www.navy.mil/view_photos.asp?page=2672&sort_type=0&sort_row=1 USS Saipan (LHA 2) returns from 5th & 6th Fleet MSO USS SAIPAN, At Sea -- The amphibious assault ship USS Saipan (LHA 2) along with Helicopter Mine Countermeasures Squadron Fifteen (HM-15) “Blackhawks” successfully conducted a mine countermeasure exercise in the Arabian Gulf September 20, 2006. http://eqneedf.jconserv.net/viewtopic.php?t=921 _________________ U. S. Navy Veteran  August 1977 to July 1983 Yoeman Second Class, with student pilot's license
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