its colors and was decommissioned. The 1980s & 1990s On 28 September 1984, HMM-364 was reactivated at Marine Aircraft Group 24, 1st Marine Brigade, Fleet Marine Force, Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii. On 12 October 1984, Commandant of the Marine Corps, Gen. P. X. Kelley, publicly reactivated the squadron by presenting the unit colors to the Commanding Officer. In February 1990, the squadron deployed to Okinawa, Japan. From August 1990 to March 1991, HMM-364 was placed in reserve during Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm becoming the sole supporting squadron for 1st Marine Expeditionary Brigade. In June 1991, the squadron once again deployed to Okinawa. During the deployment, the squadron supported Marine Air Ground Task Force 4-90 in the Republic of the Philippines before, during and after the eruption of Mount Pinatubo and resulting devastation. Continuing into 1992, the squadron would find themselves on Kauai, for Operation Garden Isle, performing humanitarian relief due to the devastation left by Hurricane Iniki. From January through July 1993 the squadron deployed to Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, Okinawa as part of the Unit Deployment Program. During this period, squadron aircraft flew more than 2,200 mishap free hours while supporting Exercise Team Spirit in Pohang, South Korea, Joint Personnel Recovery Agency operations in Cambodia and Exercise Cobra Gold in Thailand. In February 1996, the squadron provided executive transport for President Clinton and other dignitaries while they toured flood damaged Portland, Oregon. This marked the first time in history that a U.S. President had flown in a Fleet Marine Force helicopter. On 5 December 1998, the squadron embarked aboard the participating in Operation Southern Watch and various split-ARG operations off the Horn of Africa. In June 1999 the squadron returned from deployment and moved into their new home at Marine Aircraft Group 39 aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California. The squadron began training to their new core competency of being part of 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing's "Fly In" Echelon for contingency operations. Global War on Terror In 2003, HMM-364 was tasked with preparing for a possible deployment to Kuwait in support of the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force and Operation Iraqi Freedom. By the end of February, the squadron was off loaded, and all twelve CH-46E helicopters flown to Ali Al Salem Air Base. In conjunction with MAG-39 and its augments, HMM-364 began mission planning and rehearsals for combat operations against Iraq.