article_snippet: Military officials who spoke with Daily Mail Online says local pilots are used to the conditions but the pilot who was flying at the time was from Louisiana or North Carolina.
article_snippet: Base officials said the Marines were part of a Camp Lejeune-based, 1-244th Assault Helicopter Battalion from Jacksonville, North Carolina.
article_snippet: The soldiers were from a National Guard unit based in Hammond, Louisiana.
article_snippet: During an afternoon press conference, Major General Glenn Curtis of the Louisiana National Guard confirmed that all of Major General Glenn Curtis of the Louisiana National Guard soldiers were male and that three had aided in the Hurricane Katrina response.
article_snippet: Major General Glenn Curtis of the Louisiana National Guard described Major General Glenn Curtis of the Louisiana National Guard men as 'tremendous pilots' and 'tremendous soldiers' Two Black Hawks took off together from the base ahead of the crash on Tuesday night.
article_snippet: The pilot on the Black Hawk which crashed on Tuesday night was from either Louisiana or North Carolina.
highlights_snippet: Marines were from Camp Lejeune in Jacksonville, North Carolina .
  
highlights_snippet: four soldiers   were from a National Guard unit in Hammond, Louisiana .