 In early October HMM-162 was replaced by HMM-365.On 26 November E/2/9 Marines was replaced by the reinforced Company L 3rd Battalion 9th Marines.On 7 February 1965, following the Attack on Camp Holloway, US President Lyndon B. Johnson ordered retaliatory airstrikes against North Vietnam and the deployment of HAWK missiles to South Vietnam to defend against any attacks by the Vietnam People's Air Force (VPAF).