HSM-71

Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron Seven One
Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron Seven One
	HSM-71 insignia
Active	4 October 2007 - present
Country	United States of America
Branch	United States Navy
Role	Anti-Surface Warfare (ASUW); Under-Sea Warfare (USW); Search & Rescue (SAR)
Part of	Carrier Air Wing 9
Garrison/HQ	Naval Air Station North Island
Nickname(s)	"Raptors"
Motto(s)	"The First and the Finest"
Commanders
Current; commander	CDR Kenneth Petkunas

Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron Seven One (HSM-71) is a United States Navy helicopter squadron based at Naval Air Station North Island, San Diego, California. Nicknamed the "Raptors", they are attached to Carrier Air Wing Nine (CVW-9) and deploy with the strike group centred on the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) . The squadron was formed on 4 October 2007 and was the first fleet squadron to receive the MH-60R Seahawk. It received its first Battle "E" in 2009, and was also awarded the Captain Arnold Jay Isbell Trophy for superior air antisubmarine warfare (ASW) in 2009 and again in 2010.

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