Formed the first S & R Team in RVN and we were mentioned in the Pacific Stars and Stripes, late 64. Late 64 we did our own guard duty and had our own door gunners and was under MACV. Changed in 65 from MACV to 1^st Avn Brigade. At that time the country was called South Vietnam instead of the Republic of Vietnam. In early 65 we had an Infantry unit(25th Inf out of Hawaii) assigned to the 117^th Avn Co [AML] to do our guard duty, door gunning and other infantry oriented jobs. We also began receiving UH1D and started hauling less ARVN’s and had more active attack and fire suppression and ground support dropping soldiers into LZ’s. In 65 Slicks were known as Tailor Made. The gunships were called Sidewinders.