Helicopter Sea Combat Wing, Atlantic

The following Commanding Officers’ History Listing is for the Navy Helicopter Wings and Squadrons of the Atlantic Fleet HC, HS, HM, and HSC Communities.  Names with a ** indicate eventual promotion to Flag Rank. 

CHSCWLANT (formerly CHSW-1/CHSWL and CHTW-1/CHTWL) • HSCWSLANT • HM-12 • HM-14
 • HM-15

HSC-2
 • HSC-5
 • HSC-7• HSC-9 • HSC-11 • HSC-22 • HSC-26
 • HSC-28


CHSCWLANT (formerly CHSW-1/CHSWL and CHTW-1/CHTWL)
CHSW-1
W.O. Wirt APR 73
** W.E. Aut AUG 75
E.O. Buchanan OCT 75
  SEP 76
D.R. Bilicki AUG 77
** R.L. Rich, Jr. JUL 79
B.A. Spofford AUG 81
J.N. Glover JUL83
C.L. Reynolds FEB 85
S.W. McDermaid JUL 85
P.D. McGovern JUL 87
M.T. Vanderberg JUL 93
R.O. Abshier NOV 91
Redesignated CHSWL 01JUL93
R.O. Abshier JUL 93
** J.J. Waickwicz JUL 93
M.A. Squires OCT 93
N.J. Ross DEC 95
H.J. Kircher JAN 98
M.K. Adrick JAN 00
J. V. Pendley SEP 01
K.B. Lynch MAR 03
ombined with CHTWL, redesignated CHSCWLANT 2005  
CHTW-1  
J.W. Osberg OCT 82
L.D. Presnell JAN 85
P.F. Erny MAY 87
C.F. Harrison MAY 89
T.C. Lackey AUG 91
J.W. Tennant JUL 93
Redesignated CHTWL 01SEP93
J.W. Tennant SEP 93
L.T. Stites JUL 95
B. Russell OCT 97
C.G. Deitchman APR 99
J.A. Brown DEC 01
K. Burker NOV 03
(Combined with CHSWL)
Redesignated CHSCWLANT		 01APR05
K. Burker APR 05
J.W. Smith NOV 05
P.A. Lluy JUN 07
S. Schreiber SEP 08
T.M. Cashman MAY 10
P. Esposito JUL 11
T.J. Flannery MAY 13
H.P. Everly DEC 14
M.S. Leavitt MAY 16
A. Worthy DEC 17
S. Bailey JUN 19
R. Keys DEC 20
HSCWSLANT
B. Kiple APR 05
G. Romero NOV 07
J. Hutchinson MAR 09
D. Cunningham JUN 10
R.L. Bähr OCT 11
J.M. Montagnet JAN 13
A.C. Claybrook DEC 14
P.J. Ingman FEB 16
S.A. Walgren MAY 17
E. Isaacson AUG 18
HM-12
D.W. Humphreys APR 71
R.B. McPherson MAR 72
J.M. Hatcher APR 73
M.A. Runzo APR 74
S.J. Vaden APR 75
L.D. Presnell APR 76
E.E. Rogers, II JUL 77
F.M. Dreesen OCT 78
J.M. Quarterman, Jr. JAN 80
C.E. Brooks MAY 81
R.V. Goodloe, Jr. JUL 82
R.M. Carlton DEC 83
F.T. Massey FEB 85
J.L. Hughes MAY 86
C.F. Harrison JUL 87
E.L. Duckworth JAN 89
J.W. Tennant JUN 90
K.W. Martello APR 92
D.E. Dewey JUL 93
Redesignated AWSTS 01OCT94
J.R. Thomas OCT 94
G. Olsen JUL 95
M. Meier JUL 98
D.P. Holt JUL 00
T.B. Bitzer NOV 01
S.E. Halpern OCT 03
K.R. Hibbert JUN 05
J.D. Rocha JUN 07
I. Gonzalez AUG 09
E.E. Swearingen AUG 11
M.A. Joynt NOV 12
R.J. Davis MAY 14
Reestablished HM-12 01OCT15
R.J. Davis OCT 15
J.D. Bahr MAY 16
P. Gendron  
P. Murphy AUG 2019
HM-14
D.W. Humphreys APR 71
T.H. Hoivik AUG 79
F.T. Massey NOV 80
M.G. Steen, Jr. FEB 82
C.F. Harrison JUN 83
E.L. Duckworth FEB 85
E.A. Saccio JUL 86
W.D. Stewart DEC 87
W.G. Arnold MAR 89
J.A. Haggart APR 90
R.B. Jones MAR 91
L.F. Morris JUL 92
D.N. Hartwell SEP 93
K.D. Garbow SEP 94
T.P. Keating SEP 95
J.D. Scott SEP 96
R.K. Young SEP 97
B.F. Dagnall JAN 99
*** K.D. Scott APR 01
S.A. Bordon MAR 02
I.C. McIntyre JUL 03
T.M. Cashman FEB 04
G. Hall FEB 05
M.A. Joynt OCT 06
A. Covert APR 08
M. Potts APR 09
T.M. Evans MAY 10
N.G. Garcia AUG 11
J. Brown AUG 12
D. Stallworth AUG 13
J.C. Kinnear OCT 14
D.S. Brady FEB 16
P. Murphy JUN 17
J. Arbuckle AUG 18
K. Leslie OCT 19
HSC-2 (formerly VX-3, HU2, and HC-2)
VX-3
C.C. Marcey JUL 46
Redesignated HU-2 01APR48
C.E. Houston APR 48
C.D. Foley OCT 49
F.E. Dally OCT 50
J.J. Hilton AUG 51
R.S. Roberts JAN 53
W.A. Hudspeth JAN 55
J.A. Harmon AUG 56
T.B. Wheatley DEC 57
C.J. Burton DEC 58
C.B. Campbell DEC 59
J.F. Uncles JUN 61
A.C. Lefevre JUN 62
E.F. O’Brien JUN 63
M.M. Gunter, Jr. JUN 64
G.E. Kemp MAR 65
Redesignated HC-2 01JUL65
G.E. Kemp JUL 65
G.E. Skinner, Jr. APR 66
O.E. Gercken MAR 67
J.H. Hartley APR 68
H.H. Abe MAR 69
J.F. Mozley JAN 70
D.J. Hoyes JAN 71
D.R. Bilicki JAN 72
M.J. Marriott JAN 73
E.M. Clune JAN 74
H.P. Dews JAN 75
R.M. Redmond JAN 76
Disestablished HC-2
 30SEP77
Re-established HC-2
 01APR87
D.A. Duval APR 87
L. Larue JUL 88
J.J. Ward, Jr. JUL 89
J.A. Baker JUL 90
J. Dailey JUL 91
R.A. Merrill SEP 92
W.W. Long, Jr. DEC 93
M.A. Anderson FEB 95
T. Hewitt MAY 96
E.J. Martin, Jr. SEP 97
S. White DEC 98
G.N. Birklund FEB 00
T.L. Watkins MAY 01
B.M. Holdener JUN 02
A.F. Califano SEP 03
J.W. Connor NOV 04
Redesignated HSC-2 24AUG05
J.W. Connor AUG 05
H.K. Croeber JAN 06
R.J. Davis MAY 07
C.G. Rapp JUL 07
G. Wilson MAY 09
S. Mounts JAN 10
M.W. Carlin MAR 11
H.P. Everly JUN 12
T.D. Vandegrift APR 13
C.G. Bailey SEP 14
R.T. Keys MAR 16
J. Torian JUN 2017
K. Zayac FEB 2019
E. Johnson SEP 2019
S. Thomas OCT 2020
HM-15
D.F. Beach JAN 87
J.W. Tennant APR 87
G.P. Tornatore OCT 88
K.W. Martello DEC 89
B.F. Russell JAN 91
B.E. Dewey FEB 92
T.B. Davilli MAY 93
** W.E. Shannon SEP 94
J.F. Vuolo SEP 95
J.A. Brown SEP 97
V.W. Jimenez SEP 98
R.D. Howell DEC 98
R.F. Riehl MAR 00
P.W. Menah APR 01
S.J. Richey APR 02
P.A. Lluy MAR 03
A. Buduo, III APR 04
G.B. Parisi MAR 05
R.A. Bennett MAY 06
F.J. Dowd MAY 07
D.M. Padul MAY 08
R.B. Hencke APR 09
R.B. Thomas MAY 11
S.A. Santoski MAY 12
T.J. Flannery AUG 12
M.L. Leavitt NOV 12
J.D. Bahr MAY 13
P.E. Gendron AUG 14
D. Monagle NOV 15
B.V. Spozio FEB 17
T. Juria MAY 18
A. Ragusa AUG 19
E. Johnson NOV 20
HSC-5 (formerly HS-5)
HS-5
R.W. Like JAN 56
C.A. Wheaton, Jr. JUL 57
L.W. Metzger JUL 58
W.C. Stearns, Jr. JUL 59
R.W. Raddatz MAY 60
R.O. Wallace JAN 61
M.O. O’Hopp SEP 61
J.D. Caldwell SEP 62
I.F. Brown JUN 63
W.E. Simpson MAY 64
F.L. Highsmith MAY 65
C.N. Tilton MAY 65
J.G. Kamrad MAY 67
E.A. Skube MAY 68
A.C. Ferguson JUN 69
W.E. Zidbeck JUL 70
J.A. Hickey JUL 71
C.P. Hammon JUL 72
A.L. Kruger JUN 73
E.R. Sands JUN 74
D.P. Fisher OCT 75
R.P. Murray JAN 77
R.G. Henry APR 78
R. Grant JUL 79
C.L. Reynolds JAN 81
J.M. Drager MAR 82
R.T. Scott JUL 83
M.P. Vanderberg DEC 84
J.T. O’Connell MAY 86
** S.J. Tomaszeski SEP 87
M. Murry NOV 88
G.E. Kovach NOV 89
J.W. Smith FEB 91
H.J. Kircher, IV MAY 92
T.H. Brown, Jr. SEP 93
R.C. Raymer DEC 94
J.R. Moster MAR 96
J.V. Pendley JUL 97
F. Flight MAR 98
V. Lamolinara FEB 00
S.R. Schreiber JUN 01
W.T. Gilligan AUG 02
R. E. Conway NOV 03
B.W. Calkins FEB 05
P.M. Esposito MAY 06
R.C. Undersander AUG 07
W.A. McConvey SEP 08
Redesignated HSC-5 28FEB09
W.A. McConvey FEB 09
M.S. Leavitt DEC 09
B. Ogden MAY 11
D. Vigeant AUG 12
A. Kelley OCT 13
T.J. Esparza MAY 15
D.J. Burfield AUG 16
M. Dutton NOV 17
M. Wright MAR 19
C. Newman MAY 20
HSC-7 (formerly HS-7)
HS-7
H.M. Nelson APR 56
M. Graham APR 57
W.G. Dixon APR 58
C.R. Johnson JUN 59
J.W. Johnson JUN 59
J.W. Beaudoin JUN 60
J.R. Letourneau JUN 61
G.W. Cogswell JUN 62
D.J. Roulstone MAY 63
W.S. Thompson MAY 64
A.R. Bott MAY 65
R. Beckwith MAY 66
Disestablished HS-7 31MAY66
Re-established HS-7 DEC 69
C.D. Moran DEC 69
P.J. Braun NOV 70
L.R. Edwards DEC 71
D.B. Blair NOV 72
G.A. Schussler DEC 73
** R.H. Jesberg DEC 74
H.R. Price DEC 75
W.G. Barnes FEB 77
W.E. Schiller MAY 78
R.D. Sidney AUG 79
D.A. Wright, III NOV 80
R.K. Wilsbach MAY 82
C.M. Peterson, II NOV 83
** R.L. Christensen APR 85
T.C. Davis AUG 86
M.E. Persson JAN 88
D.W. McElroy JUN 89
G.M. Cerney OCT 90
W. Christman JAN 92
**G.M. Mauer APR 93
J.T. Bader JUL 94
S.C. Linnell JUL 95
H.C. Keese DEC 96
J.A. Hesterman APR 98
R.P. Scudder JUL 99
A.T. Macyko DEC 00
K.M. Kenney MAR 02
D.L. Cuthbert JUL 03
G.R. Hansen AUG 04
M.M. Huber FEB 05
M.D. Sheahan DEC 06
M. Huber MAY 07
K.P. Lenox SEP 07
S.D. Mordhorst FEB 09
L.G. McCullen APR 10
Redesignated HSC-7 15APR11
L.G. McCullen APR 11
D. Yoder JUN 11
S. Knowles AUG 12
M.V. Wilson NOV 13
T.B. Moore FEB 15
S.J. Minihane APR 16
K. Kulow JUL 17
T. Elkins DEC 18
C. Upright APR 20
HSC-9 (formerly HS-3)
HS-3
Francis H. McClannan JUN 52
J.R. Wilson JUN 53
A.H. Willis FEB 55
Forrest H. McClannan APR 56
F.H. Hollowell MAR 57
E.K. Larkin MAR 58
R.G. Amme MAR 59
W.L. Barnett MAR 60
A.H. Munson MAR 61
J.M. Wondergem MAR 62
J.C. Wilkins JAN 63
K.L. Morse JAN 64
J.T. Carter, Jr. DEC 64
E.N. Bouffard DEC 65
*** R.A. Miller NOV 66
M.J. Twite, Jr. SEP 67
G.M. Rankin, Jr. JUN 68
W.A. Domingue MAY 69
S.R. Snyder MAY 70
W.H. Winchester MAY 71
U.W. King MAY 72
W.H. Pharis APR 73
F.C. Brockhausen MAY 74
R.A. Fisher JUN 75
J.M. Quarterman, Jr. OCT 76
B.A. Spofford JAN 78
H.E. Perry APR 79
P.L. Nelson JUN 80
P.D. McGovern SEP 81
H.W. Nesbitt NOV 82
M.J. Panchura, Jr. MAY 84
S.L. Fahrenkrog OCT 85
L.L. Fitzgerald MAR 86
J. Hrenko, Jr. JUL 88
T.F. Darcy NOV 89
J.P. Avveduti, Jr. DEC 90
G.W. Faber OCT 92
J.H. Thompson JAN 94
R.H. Magee APR 95
C.P. Bourne AUG 96
E.W. Dobson, Jr. OCT 97
J.S. Husaim JAN 99
G.A. Chamberlain MAR 00
L.W. Schonenberg JUN 01
J.B. Hopkins, II OCT 02
S.M. Holmes FEB 04
T.J. Fitzgerald APR 05
M.R. Moore JUN 06
M.A. Truluck SEP 07
S.B. Starkey DEC 08
Redesignated HSC-9 01JUN09
S. B. Starkey JUN 09
W.T. Cox, Jr. APR 10
B.K. Pummill JUL 11
B.L. Arthur OCT 12
B.S. Peeples JAN 14
J.D. Sowers MAY 15
N.V. Mantalvanos JUL 16
R. Dexter OCT 17
M. Marks APR 20

 

HSC-11 (formerly HS-11)
HS-11
V.W. Collins JUN 57
G.E. Dumas JUL 58
P.L. Sullivan JUL 59
B.L. Clark JUL 60
W. Taylor JUL 61
H.V. Pepper JUL 62
J.A. Seargent JUN 63
C.O. Fiske MAY 64
N.H. McLaughlin JUL 65
J.R. Williford JUN 66
H.A. Shartel JUN 67
R.E. Combs JUL 68
W.H. Brown FEB 69
F.R. Spiegler SEP 69
F.R. Bartlett SEP 70
R.J. Switzer AUG 71
** F.W. Johnston JUN 72
C.L. Fries MAY 73
M.E. Taunt MAY 74
F.M. Dressen JUN 75
C.T. Steckler JUN 76
D.R. Steiner MAY 77
L.E. Lewis, Jr. AUG 78
E.G. Moniger DEC 79
R.A. Catone APR 81
G.E. Skaar JAN 83
J.A. Curtis JUN 84
A.A. Ferber DEC 85
C.P. Finney, Jr. JUN 87
R.B. Lambert OCT 88
I.A. Bowlin FEB 90
W.D. Molley, Jr. MAY 91
D.R. O’Brien OCT 92
G.L. Stark OCT 93
R.L. Wilde FEB 95
M.G. Mulcahy JAN 96
K.P. Buell SEP 97
J.T. Vazquez DEC 98
J.W. Smith MAR 00
B. Canady JUN 01
J.D. Schoeneck AUG 02
E.J. D’Angelo SEP 03
S.J. Yoder JAN 04
J.R. Nettleton DEC 05
M. Michel APR 07
M. Sandie SEP 08
M. Clark DEC 09
E.A. Moreno APR 11
R.T. Keys JUL 12
T. Kinsella OCT 13
R.G. Smallwood, III FEB 15
S.M. Merritt APR 16
Redesignated HSC-11 01JUN16
S.M. Merritt JUN 16
J. McGrady JUN 17
M. Welman AUG 18
P. Morley JAN 19
D. Short OCT 20
HSC-22
M.McMillan SEP 06
D.F. Olson JAN 08
C.D. Hayes APR 09
B.J. Murphy MAY 10
T.E. Symons JUL 11
P.C. de Marcellus NOV 12
W.W. Andrews FEB 14
K.P. Zayac APR 15
M.W. Hoskins MAY 16
T. Rhatigan JUL 17
S. Bailey Jun 18
M. Persiani AUG 18
M. Wright NOV 20

 

HSC-26 (formerly HC-6)
HC-6
C.H. Knight SEP 67
F.D. Smith JUL 68
J.L. Woodard JUL 69
B.W. Witherspoon JUL 70
J.S. Bronson, III JUL 71
J.J. Connelly JUL 72
A.E. Weselesky JUL 73
J.W. Osberg JUN 74
J.A. Magee JUL 75
V. Beck JUL 76
E.L. Cooper JUL 77
L.W. Beguin OCT 78
C.E. Plaugher JAN 80
E.L. Peterson APR 81
C.E. Matyas JUL 82
F.W. St. Pierre JAN 84
R.J. Boucree JUL 85
J.M. Haggerty JAN 87
R.M. Petersen JUL 88
K.L. Brownlee JUL 89
R.D. Vint AUG 90
R.E. Keyes SEP 91
D.A. Mawhinney SEP 9
K. Dowling SEP 9
J.M. Caram JAN 95
D. Jerabek MAR 96
K.J. Burker JUN 97
P.O. Wheeler SEP 98
S.R. Lupton DEC 99
F.L. Harrison FEB 01
J. Picker MAY 02
T. Melcher AUG 03
K. Inglesby DEC 04
Redesignated HSC-26 24AUG05
K. Inglesby AUG 05
G. Banister MAR 06
D.W. Brune MAY 07
J.A. Sipes AUG 08
H.M. Howell DEC 09
J.P. Kline MAR 11
J.A. Rodriguez JUN 12
 J.F. Torian SEP 13
 B.F. Kertanis DEC 14
 A.J. Taylor FEB 16
L. Behr AUG 17
K. Harrison SEP 18
B. Foster DEC 19
HSC-28 (formerly HC-8)
HC-8
J.E. Joyce DEC 84
J.F. Ponzo JUN 86
L.T. Stites SEP 87
R.R. Gangewere DEC 88
J.P. Butler NOV 89
R.D. Watts NOV 90
S.C. Kukral JAN 92
D.H. Struble APR 93
D.D. Dubard JUL 94
J.M. Costello OCT 95
C.A. Hase JAN 97
J.P. Barron MAY 98
K.R. Barton FEB 99
G.M. Matais JAN 01
S.W. Knott MAR 02
J. Miley JUN 03
P.J. Brennan SEP 04
Redesignated HSC-28 13MAY05
P.J. Brennan MAY 05
C.G. Rapp NOV 05
D.A> Stracener FEB 07
P.M. Mantz MAY 08
T.A. Gilchrist AUG 09
T.D. Vandegrift NOV 10
S.T. Bailey FEB 12
D.W. Rosa MAY 13
E.D. Johnson JUL 14
E.M. Alcorn NOV 15
S.M. Thomas MAR 17
T. Prouty APR 18
S. Pinckey JUL 20

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