A spokesperson from Fort Belvoir, where the helicopter was based, said at least one crew member was medically evacuated from the accident site.
Officials from Fort Belvoir, which is located around 65 miles from the country club, said the UH-60 Black Hawk is from their 12th Aviation Battalion.
A golf pro at Breton Bay said the helicopter "was kind of flying sideways, pretty low". The two injured crew members - one in serious and one in critical condition - are at the University of Maryland R. Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, Baltimore, Maryland.
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The helicopter were conducting a routine training flight, the Army said.
"We saw three helicopters".
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Several people reportedly witnessed the crash.
Harvey said he saw the helicopter fly over the driving range and the first hole, and thought the helicopter was turning to land when it went down.
Leonardtown is about 60 miles southeast of Washington, D.C.
"You could just hear the rotors hitting trees", Harvey said of the landing.
A fighter jet crashed in a wooded area near Joint Base Andrews in Maryland less than two weeks ago.
The BayNet, a southern Maryland news outlet, posted a photo from the crash scene of what appears to be a destroyed black chopper with fire department personnel on hand. There were no major injuries reported. An F-16 on a training mission went down in Clinton on April 5.
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