From Joint Region Marianas Public Affairs
MANGILAO, Guam (NNS) -- Sailors from Helicopter Sea Combat
Squadron (HSC) 25 conducted a search-and-rescue (SAR) operation and recovered
two distressed swimmers off the coast of Pagat Caves in Mangilao, Guam Dec. 30.
HSC-25 received a request from U.S. Coast Guard Sector Guam
at approximately 4 p.m. A Navy MH-60S Knighthawk was then launched from
Andersen Air Force Base where the crew retrieved the individuals. Navy
personnel transported the patients to U.S. Naval Hospital Guam for treatment.
The incident was the 31st SAR executed by HSC-25 personnel
in 2013. Also in 2013, the command executed 25 medical evacuations and assisted
Guam Homeland Security in one aerial firefighting incident.
HSC-25 is the Navy's only forward-deployed MH-60S
expeditionary squadron. As a part of Helicopter Sea Combat Wing Pacific, it
provides an armed helicopter capability for U.S. 7th Fleet in support of
logistics, search and rescue and humanitarian assistance missions.
HSC-25 is also the only squadron that maintains a 24-hour
search-and-rescue and medical evacuation alert posture, directly supporting the
U.S. Coast Guard and Joint Region Marianas.
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