{"id":8193,"date":"2017-07-20T19:57:36","date_gmt":"2017-07-20T19:57:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/uncategorized\/2017\/07\/20\/army-staff-sgt-thomas-c-florich-iii-laid-to-rest-in-arlington\/"},"modified":"2026-08-04T17:44:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T17:44:16","slug":"army-staff-sgt-thomas-c-florich-iii-laid-to-rest-in-arlington","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/gallery\/2017\/07\/20\/army-staff-sgt-thomas-c-florich-iii-laid-to-rest-in-arlington\/","title":{"rendered":"Army Staff Sgt. Thomas C Florich III laid to rest in Arlington"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow aligncenter\" data-effect=\"slide\"><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_container swiper\"><ul class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_swiper-wrapper swiper-wrapper\"><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"227\" height=\"319\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-18265\" data-id=\"18265\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635773285627894232-arm-florichjpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635773285627894232-arm-florichjpg.jpg 227w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635773285627894232-arm-florichjpg.jpg?resize=213,300 213w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 227px) 100vw, 227px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Staff Sgt. Thomas Florich, of Fairfax County, Virginia, was one of four Louisiana Army National Guardsmen killed in a UH-60M Black Hawk helicopter crash off the coast of Florida on March 10, 2015. The helicopter repairman had more than 125 flight hours and served during Operation Deepwater Horizon and Hurricane Isaac. 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. <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-18272\" data-id=\"18272\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635773278554808892-arm-florich-burial03jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635773278554808892-arm-florich-burial03jpg.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635773278554808892-arm-florich-burial03jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635773278554808892-arm-florich-burial03jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635773278554808892-arm-florich-burial03jpg.jpg?resize=1024,682 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635773278554808892-arm-florich-burial03jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Soldiers from the Old Guard conduct a burial service for U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Thomas C. Florich, III at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., on Tuesday, September 8, 2015. Florich, a helicopter crewman with the Louisiana National Guard, was killed along with four other soldiers and seven Marines in a training accident in March. <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-18285\" data-id=\"18285\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635773278564324953-arm-florich-burial06jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635773278564324953-arm-florich-burial06jpg.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635773278564324953-arm-florich-burial06jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635773278564324953-arm-florich-burial06jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635773278564324953-arm-florich-burial06jpg.jpg?resize=1024,682 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635773278564324953-arm-florich-burial06jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Thomas C. Florich, III is buried with military honors at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., on Tuesday, September 8, 2015. Florich, a helicopter crewman with the Louisiana National Guard, was killed along with four other soldiers and seven Marines in a training accident in March. <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-18293\" data-id=\"18293\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635773278556992906-arm-florich-burial08jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635773278556992906-arm-florich-burial08jpg.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635773278556992906-arm-florich-burial08jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635773278556992906-arm-florich-burial08jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635773278556992906-arm-florich-burial08jpg.jpg?resize=1024,682 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635773278556992906-arm-florich-burial08jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Staff. Sgt. Adrienne Doctor, a bugler from the U.S. Army Band plays &#8220;Taps&#8221; during the burial service for U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Thomas C. Florich, III at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., on Tuesday, September 8, 2015. Florich, a helicopter crewman with the Louisiana National Guard, was killed along with four other soldiers and seven Marines in a training accident in March. <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-18302\" data-id=\"18302\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635773278556680904-arm-florich-burial02jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635773278556680904-arm-florich-burial02jpg.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635773278556680904-arm-florich-burial02jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635773278556680904-arm-florich-burial02jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635773278556680904-arm-florich-burial02jpg.jpg?resize=1024,682 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635773278556680904-arm-florich-burial02jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Meghan Florich, holding her newborn child, stand with her father-in-law Stephen Florich and other moruners at the burial service for U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Thomas C. Florich, III at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., on Tuesday, September 8, 2015. Florich, a helicopter crewman with the Louisiana National Guard, was killed along with four other soldiers and seven Marines in a training accident in March. <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-18316\" data-id=\"18316\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635773278554028887-arm-florich-burial09jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635773278554028887-arm-florich-burial09jpg.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635773278554028887-arm-florich-burial09jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635773278554028887-arm-florich-burial09jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635773278554028887-arm-florich-burial09jpg.jpg?resize=1024,682 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635773278554028887-arm-florich-burial09jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Stephen Florich salutes during the burial service for his son U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Thomas C. Florich, III at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., on Tuesday, September 8, 2015. Florich, a helicopter crewman with the Louisiana National Guard, was killed along with four other soldiers and seven Marines in a training accident in March. <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-18322\" data-id=\"18322\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635773278572593006-arm-florich-burial13jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635773278572593006-arm-florich-burial13jpg.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635773278572593006-arm-florich-burial13jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635773278572593006-arm-florich-burial13jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635773278572593006-arm-florich-burial13jpg.jpg?resize=1024,682 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635773278572593006-arm-florich-burial13jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Maj. Gen. Glenn Curtis, Adjutant General of the Louisiana National Guard, presents Meghan Florich with a second flag for her newborn child during the burial service for her husband U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Thomas C. Florich, III at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., on Tuesday, September 8, 2015. <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-18333\" data-id=\"18333\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635773278562920944-arm-florich-burial11jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635773278562920944-arm-florich-burial11jpg.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635773278562920944-arm-florich-burial11jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635773278562920944-arm-florich-burial11jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635773278562920944-arm-florich-burial11jpg.jpg?resize=1024,682 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635773278562920944-arm-florich-burial11jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Soldiers from the Old Guard conduct a burial service for U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Thomas C. Florich, III at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., on Tuesday, September 8, 2015. Florich, a helicopter crewman with the Louisiana National Guard, was killed along with four other soldiers and seven Marines in a training accident in March. <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-18341\" data-id=\"18341\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635773278574465018-arm-florich-burial15jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635773278574465018-arm-florich-burial15jpg.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635773278574465018-arm-florich-burial15jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635773278574465018-arm-florich-burial15jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635773278574465018-arm-florich-burial15jpg.jpg?resize=1024,682 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635773278574465018-arm-florich-burial15jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Secretary of the Army John McHugh speaks with Meghan Florich and her father-in-law Stephen Florich during the burial service for her husband U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Thomas C. Florich, III at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., on Tuesday, September 8, 2015. Florich, a helicopter crewman with the Louisiana National Guard, was killed along with four other soldiers and seven Marines in a training accident in March. <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-18350\" data-id=\"18350\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635773278575089022-arm-florich-burial17jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635773278575089022-arm-florich-burial17jpg.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635773278575089022-arm-florich-burial17jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635773278575089022-arm-florich-burial17jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635773278575089022-arm-florich-burial17jpg.jpg?resize=1024,682 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635773278575089022-arm-florich-burial17jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Meghan Florich places a rose on her husband&#8217;s casket during the burial service for U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Thomas C. Florich, III at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., on Tuesday, September 8, 2015. Florich, a helicopter crewman with the Louisiana National Guard, was killed along with four other soldiers and seven Marines in a training accident in March. <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-18353\" data-id=\"18353\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635773278757142189-arm-florich-burial10jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635773278757142189-arm-florich-burial10jpg.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635773278757142189-arm-florich-burial10jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635773278757142189-arm-florich-burial10jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635773278757142189-arm-florich-burial10jpg.jpg?resize=1024,682 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635773278757142189-arm-florich-burial10jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Secretary of the Army John McHugh attends the burial service for U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Thomas C. Florich, III at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., on Tuesday, September 8, 2015. McHugh ordered that Florich, a helicopter crewman with the Louisiana National Guard who was killed in a training accident in March be permitted to be buried at the cemetery. <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-prev swiper-button-prev swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"><\/a><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-next swiper-button-next swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"><\/a><a aria-label=\"Pause Slideshow\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-pause\" role=\"button\"><\/a><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_pagination swiper-pagination swiper-pagination-white\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"single-post-gallery","format":"gallery","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-noindex":"","_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-nofollow":"","_yoast_wpseo_canonical":"","_acf":"","_yoast_wpseo_primary_category":21,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_smg_distribution_targets":[]},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"coauthors":[1817],"class_list":["post-8193","post","type-post","status-publish","format-gallery","hentry","category-gallery","post_format-post-format-gallery"],"acf":{"subheadline":"","legacy_arc_id":"H65HFRKLGJF3HPZRVTDY2ALD7Y","arc_canonical_url":"\/2017\/07\/20\/army-staff-sgt-thomas-c-florich-iii-laid-to-rest-in-arlington\/","remove_feature_photo":false,"is_sponsored":false,"subtype":"","redirect_url":"","disable_inline_ads":false,"native_logo_pretext":"Presented By:"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.0 (Yoast SEO v28.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Army Staff Sgt. 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