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Chief Warrant Officer 4 George Wayne Griffin Jr., of Delhi, La., was one of four Louisiana Army National Guardsmen killed in a UH-60M Black Hawk helicopter crash, March 10, 2015. Griffin commissioned as a warrant officer in 1999 before eventually going on to become the battalion standardization pilot with over 6,000 flight hours, including more than 1,000 combat hours. The Soldiers were participating in a routine night-time training exercise with the Marine 2nd Special Operations Battalion when the Black Hawk crashed into the Santa Rosa Sound, east of the Navarre Bridge in Florida.
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New Orleans, LA - Chief Warrant Officer 4 George Wayne Griffin Jr., of Delhi, La., was one of four Louisiana Army National Guardsmen killed in a UH-60M Black Hawk helicopter crash, March 10, 2015. Griffin commissioned as a warrant officer in 1999 before eventually going on to become the battalion standardization pilot with over 6,000 flight hours, including more than 1,000 combat hours. The Soldiers were participating in a routine night-time training exercise with the Marine 2nd Special Operations Battalion when the Black Hawk crashed into the Santa Rosa Sound, east of the Navarre Bridge in Florida.


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