Marine Light Helicopter Squadron 771
HML-771
"Hummers"
LINEAGE
Activated 15 April 1958 at Naval Air Station,
South Weymouth, Massachusetts, as Marine Helicopter Transport
Squadron 771, Marine Air Reserve Training Detachment, Marine Air
Reserve Command.
Redesignated 1 April 1962 as Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron
771, Marine Air Reserve Training Detachment, Marine Air Reserve
Command.
Redesignated 1 September 1971 as Marine Light Helicopter Squadron
771, Marine Air Reserve Training Detachment, Marine Air Reserve
Command.
Reassigned during October 1979 to Marine Aircraft Group 49
Detachment, 4th Marine Aircraft Wing, Naval Air Station, South
Weymouth, Massachusetts.
Marine Aircraft Group 49 Detachment redesignated 1 January 1980
as Marine Aircraft Group 49 Detachment A, 4th Marine Aircraft
Wing, Naval Air Station, South Weymouth, Massachusetts.
Deactivated 10 July 1994 (officially deactivated 1 August
1994).
UNIT HONORS
NAVY UNIT COMMENDATION
STREAMER
Southwest Asia
1990 - 1991
NATIONAL DEFENSE SERVICE STREAMER
- Nicknames:"Hummers"
- ID Code: 7Z 1958-70*; 5Z 1970-72*;
QK 1972-94
* Station Code: 7W/5W - South Weymouth, MA - Aircraft: HSS (SH-34); HUP (UH-25); UH-34D; CH-46A/D; UH-1E/N
- Squadron Web Page: HML-771