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Home Town Hot Springs, Arkansas
Last Address San Diego, California
Date of Passing May 19, 2009
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AW1 Samuel "G" Kerslake, U.S. Navy, age 41, died on May 19, 2009, along with four other personnel from HS-6. Born July 25th, in U.S.A.F. hospital in Lakenheath, England. Grant grew up in Hot Springs, Arkansas. A graduate of Lake Hamilton High school in 1986. Grant then enlisted in the Navy on May 16, 1989, and reported to his first operational command, HS-8, in July of 1990. Over the years, he completed extensive training and served as an instructor at HS-10, Leading Petty Officer at HS-6, and test and evaluation crewman at VX-1, before he returned to HS-6 for a second tour on March 21, 2005. Grant was the epitome of the skilled helicopter crewman, earning every qualification known to the helo community. Grant was the HS-6 Sailor of Year for 2007 and was the CHSCWP Naval Aircrewman of the Year for 2008. Over 19 years of flying he amassed more than 5000 hours, rescued a pilot from cold Pacific waters, and gained a reputation as an Enlisted leader, second to none. He was a strict teacher, but every Sailor who had the opportunity to serve with him was enriched by his skill and supervision. Grant was a loving husband and devoted father, teacher and mentor to his two boys. Samuel Grant Kerslake (41) is survived by his wife Christie Kerslake and sons Justin and Samuel Ryan, his father Samuel Kerslake and wife Sue, his mother Jo Anne Kerslake and Dale Hobgood, his brother William "Will" Kerslake, wife Jennifer and thier son Liam, his Maternal Grandmother Irene Winans and numerious aunts, uncles, nieces and nephews.
In the Beginning At the time of commissioning the new squadron was equipped with HO4S helicopters. Shortly after its return to NAAS Ream Field in August 1956, HS-6 began her transitioning to the SH-34, and a new mission; Anti-Submarine Warfare fighting against the emerging threat from nuclear-powered submarines and cruise missiles.
HS-6 had her first Change of Command 24 August 1956
CDR Ernest C. Harris, Jr. assumed command of the HS-6 Screaming Indians
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 HS-6 Screaming Indians
                   Commanding Officers      Service Years
                             ErnestC.Harris,Jr.           07 May  - 1957                               EarlF.Oglesby             15 July  - 1958                               JohnB.Cabell             07 July  - 1959                              R.M.Williams,Jr.       30 December  - 1960                               GeorgeA.Oâ??Shea       22 December  - 1961                               RalphR.Riley        28 December  - 1962                               MarkR.Starr         06 December  - 1963                               GeorgeH.Seidel        23 December  - 1964                              RobertS.Vermilya       17 December  - 1965                             WarrenH.Lockwood        12 October  - 1966                                AlbertD.Fox              July  - 1967                             FrancisX.McCarth         February  - 1969                                WilliamReed              May  - 1968                                FrankHerndon          November  - 1969                               WilliamE.Walker         November  - 1970                               PaulM.Hine,Jr.         November  - 1971                                  J.S.Daly           November  - 1972                               NoelL.Ruppert         December - 1973                              A.EugenePellerin        December  - 1974                              KennethM.Warmbir      November  - 1975                                JohnP.Leach          December  - 1976                             LeonardO.Woltersdor  f     November  - 1977                                JamesN.Glover         January  - 1979                                 G.E.Hurley           March  - 1980                                R.E.Leonard            July  - 1981                               LewisD.Madden        October  - 1982                                M.M.Staley            April  - 1984                             MichaelE.Middleton      September  - 1985                               BraddC.Hayes          March  - 1987                                M.Shekum             June  - 1988                                 N.Ross           November  - 1989                               A.R.Saunders        January  - 1991                              R.C.OwsleyII         March  - 1992                               J.McDonald            June  - 1993                               M.F.Wanjon         September  - 1994                               JohnS.Rosa         December  - 1995                             AnthonyVanaria        December  - 1996                            RonaldA.Sandoval          June  - 1998                             DavidP.Maloney           June  - 1999                             MichaelH.Glaser        December  - 2000                               D.F.Bean            March  - 2002                            RobertG.Lineberry           June  - 2003                             SteveA.Swittel         September  - 2004                            GregoryT.Eaton         November  - 2005                            MichaelBaratta            March  - 2007                           F.J."Jack"Schuller           April  - 2008                           WesleyR.McCall            April  - 2009                           BrentA.Alfonzo             July  - 2010
                    Ships Deployed & Air Wings
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 (1956-1959)  USS Princeton (CVS-37)          Â
  (1960-1970)  USS Kearsarge (CVS-33)
- Carrier Anti-Submaring Group
FIVEÂ THREE (CSG-53)
     (1971-1973)  USS Independence (CVA-62)
   - Carrier Air Wing SEVEN (CVW-7)
   (1973-1982)  USS Constellation (CV-64)
 - Carrier Air Wing NINE (CVW-9)
   (1983-1989)  USS Enterprise (CVN-65)
     - Carrier Air Wing ELEVEN (CVW-11)
        (1990-1993)  USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72)
   - (CVW-11)
                (1993-1997)  USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63)                           Â
   - (CVW-11)
    (1997-1999)  USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70)
   - (CVW-11)
(2000-2003)  USS Nimitz (CVN-68)
   - (CVWâ??11)
        (2003-2005)  USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76)
   - (CVWâ??11)
 (2006-2011)  USS Nimitz (CVN-68)     - (CVWâ??11)
 Helicopter Platforms Operated
   (1956-1958) HO4S Chickasaw
 (1958-1961) HSS-1N Seabat
       (1962-1989) Sikorsky SH-3 Sea King
        (1989-2001) Sikorsky SH-60 Seahawk
          (1989-2001) Sikorsky HH-60 Pave Hawk
            (2001-2009) Sikorsky SH-60 F/H Seahawk
 Deployments WESTPACs
â??60, â??62, â??63, â??65, â??67, â??89, â??91, â??93, â??94, â??96, â??97, â??99, â??01, â??03, â??05, â??07, â??09
 EASTPACs
â??71, â??73, â??75, â??77, â??80, â??82, â??85, â??87
 OperationsÂ
   (1961-1962) Mercury Space Program Recovery
  (1966-1968) Vietnam Downed Aviator Rescue
   (1969 )    (DD-754) and (R-21) Collision Rescue
    (1971-1973) Apollo 14 Space Program Astronaut Recovery
        (1975-1976) Apollo Space Program - Soyuz Astronaut Recovery
   (2001-2003) Global War On Terrorism (GWOT)                            Combat Search And Rescue(CSAR)
(2003-2009)Â Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF)
         (2005-2009) Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF)/ OIF
 Honors and Awards
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       (1966) Navy Unit Commendation
           Rescued 16 downed aviators, Vietnam
            (1969) SEVENTH Fleet Commendation
        USS Frank E. Evans (DD-753) and
       HMAS Melbourne(R-21) Collision
(1974)Â Battle â??Eâ?? Award
                     (1977) Captain Arnold Jay Isbell ASW excellence
            - CNOâ??s Safety â??Sâ?? Award
                     (1978) Captain Arnold Jay Isbell ASW excellence
            (Second Award)
          - Battle â??Eâ?? Award (Second Award)
                     (1985) Captain Arnold Jay Isbell ASW excellence
     (Third Award)
                 (1986) Admiral Jimmy Thach Carrier Based
            ASW Excellence
                   - Captain Arnold Jay Isbell ASW Excellence
        (Fourth Award)
                 - CNOâ??s Safety â??Sâ?? Award (Second Award)
           (1988) Sikorsky Maintenance Award
               - CNOâ??s Safety â??Sâ?? Award (Third Award)
              - Joint Meritorious Unit Commendation
                  (1989) (1st Ever) DESRON 21 â??Order Of The
            Pummeled Dolphinâ?? ASW Excellence
                  (2005) CNOâ??s Safety â??sâ?? Award (Third Award)
             - COMPACFLT Retention Excellence
      - Arleigh Burke Fleet Trophy
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