Siamundo Posted September 7, 2019 Share #1 Posted September 7, 2019 Obviously related to nighttime helicopter anti-submarine activities. Radar Training Unit? Replacement Training Unit? Reconnaissance Training Unit? The only references I could find to RTU units were replacement training units form the Army Air Force during WW II. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mysteriousoozlefinch Posted September 7, 2019 Share #2 Posted September 7, 2019 RTU-84 was located at Imperial Beach with HS-84. Eventually it apparently became HS-1421. All USNR anti-sub outfits. RTU was Reserve Training Unit I believe. CTRL+F on a windows computer to search RTU-84 Naval Aeronautical Organization July 1971 Naval Aeronautical Organization January 1972 HS-1421 Naval Aeronautical Organization July 1975 Naval Aeronautical Organization July 1976 Naval History and Heritage Command Insignia Collection Finding Aid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Siamundo Posted September 7, 2019 Author Share #3 Posted September 7, 2019 Aha! Thank you very much. 'Reserve' was one of the R's I forgot to think about. Also, thank you for the links to their history, I appreciate it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted September 7, 2019 Share #4 Posted September 7, 2019 The typical USNR NARTU patch has the "N A" for Naval Air on them so quite unusual to see only RTU on this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted September 7, 2019 Share #5 Posted September 7, 2019 Just a note on Naval terminology, NARTU can also be a Naval Air Reserve Transportation Unit vice Training Unit. Here's our topic on Naval Reserve Patches Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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