Army and Marine Corps Special Forces and advisors. Ask the “Brown Water Navy” Sailors, including the SEALs and UDT. All they have to do is ask the units our squadron supported. Indeed, we Seawolves were the “Best of the Best.” We dared to go when and where others would not go. If it weren’t for the Seawolves and their sacrifices, many more names would be on this wall. These were navy helicopters used primarily for logistic resupply however, working in combination with SEAWOLFS, they were also involved in combat missions, which routinely involved inserting and extracting SEALs.
In 1969, HH-1K and UH-1L Huey “Slicks,” also built by Bell Aviation and nicked named “SEALORDS,” were added to the HAL-3 inventory. Indeed, SEALs and SEAWOLVES became an inseparable and dominating warrior team in areas where they were co-located.
Nicked name “SEAWOLVES,” they commenced providing rapid reaction close-air support to host of navy craft, and often provided dedicated armed reconnaissance and fire support to Navy SEALs. HAL-3 pilots began flying heavily armed Bell Aviation UH-1B and UH-1M Huey helicopters. This one of a kind naval aviation unit played a major role in the American led campaign to deny Viet Cong use of all important waterways in the Vietnam Delta regions. The need for HAL-3 was demanded by the peculiar nature of guerrilla warfare in Vietnam. It was established on 1 April 1967 in Vietnam to provide close air support for the Navy’s Game Warden River Patrol Force (a.k.a.
Helicopter Attack (Light) Squadron THREE (HAL-3) was the only rapid reaction armed helicopter squadron ever commission in the U.S.
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