Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron

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A Headquarters & Headquarters Squadron, abbreviated as H&HS or HQHQSQDN, is the headquarters entity for a United States Marine Corps aviation facility.

Organization

A H&HS usually consists of the headquarters group (the station commanding general or officer), the squadron headquarters (commanding officer and his staff), public affairs and journalism, facilities planning & maintenance, a motor pool, air traffic control, meteorology, fuels, ordnance, other aviation support, Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting, a Provost Marshal, the Station Judge Advocate's Office, some sort of United States Navy medical facility, and Marine Corps Community Service, which usually hosts things like a post exchange, a commissary, gas stations, barber shops, library, movie theater, family services, Single Marine Program, and the like.

List of H&HSs

Insignia Station Location
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Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point
Havelock, North Carolina
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Marine Corps Air Station New River
Jacksonville, North Carolina
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Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort
Beaufort, South Carolina
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Marine Corps Air Facility Quantico
Triangle, Virginia
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Marine Corps Air Station Miramar
San Diego, California
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Marine Corps Air Station Yuma
Yuma, Arizona
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Marine Corps Air Station Camp Pendleton
Oceanside, California
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Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni
Iwakuni, Japan
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Marine Corps Air Station Futenma
Ginowan, Okinawa, Japan

See also