| Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron Seven Four | |
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HSM-74 Insignia |
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| Active | June 9, 2011 to present |
| Country | United States of America |
| Branch | United States Navy |
| Type | Navy Helicopter Squadron |
| Role | Surface Warfare (SUW) Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) |
| Part of | Carrier Air Wing Three |
| Garrison/HQ | Naval Air Station Jacksonville |
| Nickname | "Swamp Foxes" |
| Engagements | Operation Enduring Freedom Operation Iraqi Freedom Global War on Terror |
| Commanders | |
| Current commander |
CDR Joseph O'Brien |
Helicopter Maritime Strike Seven Four (HSM-74), the "Swamp Foxes", is a United States Navy helicopter squadron based at Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Jacksonville, Florida. HSM-74 is attached to Carrier Air Wing Three and deploys aboard cruisers, destroyers, frigates, and aircraft carriers in support of a carrier strike group.
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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 Warfare (C2W), Mobility (MOB), and Non-Combat Operations (NCO). Secondary missions consist of Search and Rescue (SAR), Medical Evacuation (MEDEVAC), Vertical Replenishment (VERTREP), Naval Surface Fire Support (NSFS), and Communications Relay (COMREL).[1]
HSM-74 was established on 9 June 2011 at Naval Air Station Jacksonville, when the squadron was re-designated HSM-74 from their previous designation of Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Light Four Four (HSL-44). 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-44 relocated to NAS Jacksonville from their previous home of Naval Station Mayport in November 2009.