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==Notable Actions==
*'''905-906.M41''' — Shortly before the [[Badab War]] the Howling Griffons 4th Sixth Company along with parts of their 6th [[4th Company, Howling Griffons Chapter|Fourth]], [[7th Company, Howling Griffons Chapter|Seventh]], [[10th and Company, Howling Griffons Chapter|Tenth]], [[1st Company, Howling Griffons Chapter|First]], Companies carried out a lengthy search and destroy campaign within the [[Caradryad Sector]]. It can be safely assumed that a large number of planetary assaults were carried out during this action as they were severely lacking in [[Thunderhawk]]s and [[drop pods]] when answering the call for aid in the [[Badab War]] as they had not had the chance to return to [[Mancora]].{{Fn|1}}
*'''906-909.M41''' — [[Badab War]]. The Howling Griffons, along with the [[Novamarines]], responded to calls for aid. Having just finished a campaign in the [[Caradryad Sector]], the Howling Griffons' task force was no more than 250 Space Marines and had insufficient planetary assault resources to aid in front line assaults. As a result, their initial engagements were to carry out garrison duties or convoy protection. Their largest deployment was to garrison the airless moons in the [[Khymara]] system, rebuilding old listening posts as staging areas for later in the war. Unfortunately this posting put them in the path of the [[Executioners]] in 907.M41{{Fn|2}} who were coming to aid the Secessionists as part of their blood oath to Huron. The Howling Griffons were annihilated; after the [[Executioners]] withdrawal, the casualty rate was more than 70%, including the catastrophic loss of their strike cruiser, ''[[Augeias]]'', and [[Chaplain Dreadnought]] [[Armand Titus]]. Despite these losses, the remaining force continued to fight wherever they could until officially relieved in 909.[[M41]]{{Fn|1}}
