https://www.nhahistoricalsociety.org/commanding-officer-history-listing/
Good topic Jim and Carl.
At NHAHS, this area in general, the people who had command at all levels from the rotary and vertical lift community has been an interest of ours, historically. When the current website was created during 2016-2018, NHAHS worked off research done by one of our list members, CAPT Tom Ford, USN (Ret.) who not only providing word files for all COs and Commanders etc. for the Navy up through 2016, but provided the same data for the Marine Corps and Coast Guard. I laid it out in text as best I could but I added a DB search tool where you can input either a last name or a command and the search will show you the results. This aspect is only for the Navy related folks.
It has been on our list to add names in all the categories since 2016, but getting that information is not easy or been possible of recent.
Carl I will add the listings below for the 2016-2020 you kindly shared, but if anyone on the list has access to this information, I (We at NHAHS) would be most appreciative…Please share it…..Thanks Carl for the share….most appreciated….mgb
Mike Brattland CDR USN (Ret.)
NHAHS BOD Member & Webmaster, NHA Trustee
(NHA) LTM #70 R-12230 CGAA LTM P-5463
P.O Box 180578
Coronado, California 92178-0578
619 454-0496 Cell
retiredaffairs@nhahistoricalsociety.org
From: Carl Bush <cfbush48@yahoo.com>
Sent: Friday, December 5, 2025 7:12 AM
To: Helobubbas <helobubbas@helobubbas.com>; James Lowder <lowderjf@gmail.com>
Subject: [Helobubbas] Re: COMHSLWINGLANT?
James,
Here is a list of the early HSMWINGLANT Commodore's:
M.B. O’Conner | Mar-1985 |
* K.F. Delaney | May-1987 |
R.M. Wikstrom | Jun-1989 |
* R.T. Ziemer | Oct-1990 |
W.C. Turville, Jr. | Jun-1992 |
Redesignated CHSLW-1 | Jul-1992 |
Redesignated CHSLWLANT | Jul-1993 |
W.C. Turville, Jr. | Jul-1993 |
A.W. Clark, III | Jul-1994 |
D.W. Willmann | May-1996 |
G.W. Hoffman | Apr-1998 |
R.F. Sears | Dec-2001 |
*** W.K. Lescher | May-2002 |
W.A. Cuilik | Mar-2004 |
Redesignated CHSMWLANT | Jul-2006 |
M. Martin | Jul-2006 |
G. Doyle | Sep-2007 |
C.F. Bush | Jul-2009 |
D.J. ten Hoopen | Feb-2011 |
D.E. Boyles | Aug-2012 |
C. Conley | Jan-2014 |
W.S. Walsh | Sep-2015 |
M.L. Burd | May-2017 |
M. Weaver | Jan-2019 |
R. Whitfield | Jun-2020 |
On Friday, December 5, 2025 at 07:09:07 AM EST, James Lowder <lowderjf@gmail.com> wrote:
Bubbas,
Can anyone point to a web site covering the history of COMHSLWINGLANT from 1989 through 1992?
I would like to re-connect with the Commodore I worked with as the SH2G FIT O-in-C. First, I have to figure out who he was!
--
Best regards,
Jim Lowder
806-731-3906
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