Between May 1989 and November 1990 the Red Dragons participated in numerous exercises including MAGTF 89-3 deployed aboard USS Ogden, in support of the Exxon Valdez oil spill cleanup.

On 1 December 1990, while assigned as the Aviation Combat Element of the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (11th MEU), HMM-268 responded to the Persian Gulf Crisis.

During Operation Desert Storm, HMM-268 moved ashore and provided combat assault support to 5th MEB, including the "G-Day" tactical insertion of 3rd Battalion, 1st Marines along the Saudi Arabian/Kuwaiti border.

In September 1993, the Red Dragons again deployed to the Western Pacific and were directed to Somalia to support Operation Restore Hope II, in Mogadishu.

In February 1998, as the ACE for the 11th MEU (SOC), HMM-268 (REIN) was tasked to deploy ahead of schedule in response to Iraq's disregard of United Nations decree.

The squadron redeployed to Iraq in early 2006, and from 25 February, were responsible for casualty evacuation and assault support in the area around Al Taqaddum Airfield where they were based.

[1] On 28 June 2008, HMM-268 deployed to Naval Air Station Lemoore after California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger requested military assistance to fight raging wildfires.

The helicopters provided medium lift rotary wing support to United States Northern Command and the National Fire Center.

While deployed, the Red Dragons participated in seven Theater Security Cooperation (TSC) exercises in Cambodia, Singapore, Malaysia, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Oman, as well as supported several national tasking missions.

[3] VMM-268 deployed to Southwest Asia as part of the Aviation Combat Element of Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response Central Command 16.1 in the continuing fight against Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant.