HSM-51

Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron FIVE ONE
HSM-51 squadron emblem
Active	1991
Country	United States of America
Branch	United States Navy
Type	Naval Helicopter Squadron
Role	Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) Anti-Surface Warfare (ASUW) Search and Rescue (SAR) Executive Transport (For SEVENTH Fleet)
Part of	Commander, Helicopter Maritime Strike Wing, Pacific Fleet
Garrison/HQ	Naval Air Facility Atsugi
Nickname(s)	"Warlords"
Colors	Red and Black
Engagements	Operation Desert Storm Operation Enduring Freedom Operation Iraqi Freedom

Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron Five One (HSM-51) "WARLORDS" is a United States Navy helicopter squadron based at Naval Air Facility Atsugi, Ayase City, Kanagawa Prefecture, Honshū Japan. HSM-51 one of the seven squadrons making up Helicopter Maritime Strike Wing, Pacific Fleet, based in San Diego and deploys aboard multiple ships in the US Navy's Seventh Fleet based in Yokosuka, Japan.

Commanding Officer CDR Stephen Froehlich

Executive Officer CDR Carey Castelein

Command Master Chief CMDCM (AW/SW/FPJ) Jonathon Carter

The "Warlords" are the US Navy's premiere forward deployed Sikorsky MH-60R "Seahawk" helicopter squadron. Home ported in Naval Air Facility Atsugi, Japan, the "Warlords" provide combat-ready armed anti-surface and anti-submarine helicopter detachments to ships deploying in the Korean, Western Pacific and Persian Gulf regions, as well as Executive Transport for Commander, U.S. Seventh Fleet home ported in Yokosuka, Japan. They have recently successfully transitioned from the old SH-60B helicopter to the new and improved MH-60R.