Lieutenant junior grade (Lt.jg.) Dean R. Halton, U.S. Navy

Lieutenant junior grade (Lt.jg.) Dean R. Halton, U.S. Navy, the son of FOOLS member and Fire Engineering editor-in-chief Chief Bobby Halton, is serving his country as a pilot with the Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 26 (HSC-26) “Chargers,” an MH-60S Knighthawk helicopter squadron based in Norfolk, Va.. Lt.jg. Halton is currently deployed to the Middle East.

HSC-26 consists of more than 460 officer and enlisted men and women. Their primary mission includes vertical replenishment, search and rescue, medical evacuation, Naval Special Warfare operations, noncombat evacuations, and logistics support.

As aviators in the combat theater of operations, Halton and his fellow pilots are authorized to wear non-military fire and police patches on their uniform flight suits as a way of honoring those organizations, and they have requested fire department patches from the FOOLS membership worldwide. Any member interested in sending your company's patch should send it to: Bobby Halton, 12144 N. 180th East Avenue, Collinsville, OK 74021.