article_snippet: (CNN)All 11 service members aboard an Army Black Hawk helicopter that crashed in waters off the Florida Panhandle two days ago are believed dead, and the operation has transitioned from rescue to recovery, an Air Force official said Thursday.
article_snippet: The military is now focused on recovering the helicopter, which searchers found at the bottom of the Santa Rosa Sound near Eglin Air Force Base, and the bodies of all seven Marines and four Louisiana Army National Guard members who were aboard, Air Force Col.
article_snippet: The troops were with 1-244th Assault Helicopter Battalion from Hammond, Louisiana, according to a statement from the U.S. Coast Guard.
article_snippet: The second Black Hawk -- which, like the first, was assigned to the 1-244th Assault Helicopter Battalion based in Hammond, Louisiana -- safely returned to the base, some 40 miles east of Pensacola.
article_snippet: The 11 service members, all men, were involved in a seven-day training exercise of amphibious operations, said Capt.
article_snippet: the Marines the Marines were with a Marine Special Operations regiment out of Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.
highlights_snippet: Guardsmen aboard were based in Louisiana .
  
highlights_snippet: Four National Guard aircrew members and seven Marines were aboard the helicopter .
  