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National Guard well-equipped to handle West Coast wildfires
August 2, 2021 — ARLINGTON, Va. – When wildfires happen in the West, the National Guard is there to fight those fires. And for now, they've got a good handle on the effort, the chief of the National Guard Bureau said... MORE

An Air National Guard C-130 drops retardant on the Beckwourth Complex Fire July 9, 2021, near Frenchman Lake in Northern California.

Updated electronic warfare course resumes at Camp Buehring
July 26, 2021 — CAMP BUEHRING, Kuwait – Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) were a deadly threat during Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom, causing most casualties in both conflicts. IEDs remain a... MORE

Sgt. Ismael Pulido, electronic warfare NCO, Chief Warrant Officer 2 Anthony Meneely, Chief Warrant Officer 4 Douglas Montgomery discuss Counter Radio-Controlled Improvised Explosive Device Warfare system training at Camp Buehring, Kuwait. Pulido, Meneely and Montgomery are the Task Force Phoenix Cyberspace Electromagnetic Activities cell.

Hawaii Airmen train in California on disaster response
July 16, 2021 — CONCORD, Calif. – Medical specialists from the Hawaii Air National Guard's 154th Medical Group Detachment 1 took their expertise on the road to participate in a California disaster response... MORE

Hawaii Air National Guard Staff Sgt. Chris Whitworth, 154th Medical Group, Detachment 1 medic, crawls through a simulated collapsed structure in search of notional explosion victims April 15, 2021, in Concord, Calif.. Whitworth was participating in exercise Sentinel Response, an urban search and rescue exercise to practice interoperability with first responders and elements of the California National Guard.

Highway Patrol officers add value on Cal Guard deployment
June 14, 2021 — CAMP BUEHRING, Kuwait – National Guard members are Citizen-Soldiers who often have civilian careers with very different skill sets than their military occupational specialties.On the military side,... MORE

Sgt. Daniel Gunther and Staff Sgt. Cindy Gray at Camp Buehring, Kuwait. Gunther and Gray are California Army National Guard members deployed to the Middle East with Task Force Phoenix. On the civilian side, both are highway patrol officers with the California Highway Patrol (CHP).

Cal Guard helps vaccinate nearly 1.5 million Californians
June 3, 2021 — SACRAMENTO, Calif — “One shot, one arm at a time,” boasted U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Donald McKinney Jr., a California National Guard combat medic, while inoculating a Tehama County resident with the... MORE

U.S. Army Lt. Col. Leroy L. Cisneros of the California Army National Guard, commander of the Community Vaccination Center in Oakland, California, oversees operations of both Army and Air Guardsmen who worked with civilian health care workers to vaccinate more than 500,000 San Francisco Bay Area residents after the temporary facility opened February 2021. In three months, Cisneros’ hard-working crew reached the half-million mark before closing in late May.

National Guard, partners to conduct ORCA 21 CBRNE exercise
May 14, 2021 — JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – Hundreds of National Guard Civil Support Team units from 11 states will participate in Exercise ORCA 2021 in Anchorage, Matanuska-Susitna Valley and Seward... MORE

Members of the Michigan National Guard’s 51st Civil Support Team run through decontamination procedures during Northern Exposure 21, March 16, 2021, at Mount Pleasant, Michigan. Northern Exposure 21 was integrated with another exercise known as Rising Waters 2021. This year's scenario was catastrophic flooding leading to chemical contamination, which was followed by a possible WMD situation.

Pennsylvania-California military ties date back to Civil War
May 11, 2021 — CAMP BUEHRING, Kuwait – As Soldiers of California’s 40th Combat Aviation Brigade trade places with their counterparts of Pennsylvania’s 28th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade, troops will be... MORE

U.S. Soldiers with the California National Guard's 40th Combat Aviation Brigade are taking over the aviation mission in the Middle East from the Pennsylvania National Guard's 28th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade, taking part in Pennsylvania-California military cooperation that has been going on since the Civil War.

NYNG troops participate in Indiana disaster response drill
May 3, 2021 — MUSCATATUCK, Ind. – Almost 200 New York Army National Guard Soldiers from the 101st Expeditionary Signal Battalion and 204th Engineer Battalion were among 4,200 troops taking part in an exercise... MORE

Soldiers assigned to the New York Army National Guard's Bravo Company, 101st Expeditionary Signal Battalion, bring satellite stations online at Regional Support Camp Nighthawk, in Nineveh, Ind., April 19, 2021, as part of the Guardian Response 21 exercise at Muscatatuck Urban Training Center. New York National Guard Soldiers supported other state National Guard elements during the exercise.

California National Guard trains for CRE mission
April 29, 2021 — MUSCATATUCK URBAN TRAINING CENTER, Ind. – Soldiers of the California Army National Guard, 216th Engineer Movement Augmentation Company, trained for search and rescue operations as part of the... MORE

Search and rescue Soldiers of the California National Guard, 216th Engineer Movement Augmentation Company, Pomona, California, place a neck brace on a mock casualty during vehicle extraction training at Muscatatuck Urban Training Center April 24-25, 2021. The training was part of Guardian Response 2021, a multicomponent Homeland Emergency Response Exercise run by the Army Reserve’s 78th Training Division.

California Guardsman honors mother with vaccination mission
April 15, 2021 — LOS ANGELES – As deaths due to COVID-19 surpass half a million in the United States, it’s difficult to find someone not personally affected by the pervasive contagion. Daughters lost fathers, brothers... MORE

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Larry Guillen, a fire support specialist with Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion, 40th Infantry Division, California National Guard, supports the COVID-19 vaccination effort at California State University Los Angeles April 6, 2021. Guillen's mother died of the coronavirus in January.

California Guard security force begins Alaska mission
April 14, 2021 — FORT GREELY, Alaska – Trading the warm sunshine of Southern California for the frozen snowscape of the Alaska Interior, a detachment of Soldiers with the California National Guard’s 330th Military... MORE

Soldiers with the California Army National Guard's 330th Military Police Company arrive at Fairbanks International Airport in Alaska March 30, 2021. The Soldiers will integrate with the Military Ground-based Interceptor Security Company, 49th Missile Defense Battalion, Alaska National Guard, at Fort Greely, to guard the expanding Missile Defense Complex.

Cal Guard 146th Medical Group vaccinates military dependents
April 7, 2021 — PORT HUENEME, Calif. – California National Guard medical facilities across the state are scheduling military dependents for COVID-19 vaccinations. Dependents over the age of 18 registered in the... MORE

U.S. Air National Guard Tech. Sgt. Abraham Virata, a medical technician with the 146th Medical Group, vaccinates a military dependent at the Channel Islands Air National Guard Station, Port Hueneme, California, March 31, 2021.

Task Force Phoenix trains at North Fort Hood for deployment
March 29, 2021 — NORTH FORT HOOD, Texas – Flexibility and adaptability have been key for the 40th Combat Aviation Brigade in the lead-up to a 9-month deployment to the Middle East.The brigade is poised to deploy to... MORE

Staff Sgt. Jose Bulow, a flight medic with Golf Company, 1st Battalion, 168th Aviation Regiment (General Support Aviation Battalion), is hoisted into a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter, March 26, 2021, at North Fort Hood, Texas, as part of training before a 9-month mission to the Middle East. Golf Company is attached to Task Force Phoenix, led by the California Army National Guard's 40th Combat Aviation Brigade.

National Guard committed to COVID response
March 11, 2021 — ARLINGTON, Va. – Risks are part of the job description for pararescue jumpers. But, as Chief Master Sgt. Seth Zweben recalled, the leap into the unknown to deliver COVID-19 virus test kits to 3,500... MORE

California National Guard’s 129th Rescue Wing lowered COVID-19 test kits to the deck of the Grand Princess cruise ship off the coast of California March 5, 2020. A year later, the National Guard continues to respond to the pandemic in 50 states, three territories and the District of Columbia.

Idaho, California, Oregon, Nevada CST units train together
February 16, 2021 — SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA, Calif. – The Idaho National Guard’s 101st Civil Support Team was among several National Guard CSTs that participated in a large-scale exercise in Northern California Feb... MORE

Staff Sgt. Mohamed Musa, from the Oregon National Guard 102nd CST, dons HAZMAT gear during the BAYEX 2021 exercise with CST units from Oregon, Nevada and California in Northern California Feb. 1-5, 2021. The exercise tested the ability to respond to training scenarios in the San Francisco Bay Area involving weapons of mass destruction emergencies.

Blue and Green keep Camp Roberts ASP operational
February 4, 2021 — CAMP ROBERTS, Calif. – At a time of high demand for its services, the COVID-19 pandemic created a challenge for the normally smooth operations of the Camp Roberts Ammunition Supply Point (ASP). The... MORE

Airman 1st Class Lauren Luttges and Tech Sgt. Roger Van Tassel, both from the California Air National Guard's 144th Fighter Wing in Fresno, inspect howitzer rounds at the Camp Roberts Ammunition Supply Point (ASP), Jan. 26, 2021. Van Tassel and Luttges are supporting the California Army National Guard after several Soldiers at the ASP were quarantined due to COVID-19.

Morale efforts sustain Guard members during DC mission
February 4, 2021 — WASHINGTON – Behind a serving line inside the District of Columbia National Guard’s armory, empty boxes that once contained warm meals quickly stacked up, forming a small hill of cardboard and ripped... MORE

From left: U.S. Army 2nd Lt. Jeremy Wesloh, Sgt. 1st Class Justin Valenti, Sgt. Lucas Zabka, and Staff Sgt. Jessica Fetsch, all with the 191st Military Police Company, North Dakota National Guard, play cards near the U.S. Capitol in Washington Jan. 19, 2021. More than 25,000 National Guard Soldiers and Airmen from throughout the country traveled to Washington to support federal and local authorities for the presidential inauguration. About 7,900 remain in February.

Cal National Guard Soldiers assist car accident victims
January 27, 2021 — SACRAMENTO, Calif. – U.S. Army Soldiers with the California National Guard’s 1st Battalion, 184th Infantry Regiment, provided aid at the scene of a car accident while guarding the Robert T. Matsui... MORE

U.S. Army Cpl. David Campbell, an infantryman with the California National Guard's Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 184th Infantry Regiment, provided aid at the scene of a car accident while guarding the Robert T. Matsui United States Courthouse in Sacramento, California., Jan. 19, 2021. Campbell received recognition and a division coin from U.S. Army Col. Robert Wooldridge, deputy commander for support , 40th Infantry Division.

Cal Guard medical team supports COVID-19 nursing facility
January 11, 2021 — AUBURN, Calif. —The long arm of the California National Guard continues extending to struggling communities fighting the latest coronavirus outbreak. Regional Medical Strike Team (RMST) 17, one of... MORE

U.S. Army Capt. Jessica Lieland, center, officer in charge of Regional Medical Strike Team (RMST) 17, California National Guard, leads a 10-member delegation at Westview Healthcare Center in Auburn, California, Jan. 8, 2021. The Cal Guard medical team from the 224th Sustainment Brigade, Long Beach, California, arrived at the facility on Christmas and immediately assisted residents stricken with the coronavirus disease.

Colorado, California National Guard win sniper championships
December 14, 2020 — BARLING, Ark. – Twenty-three two-person sniper teams from across the National Guard and 12 interservice teams competed in the 50th Winston P. Wilson Sniper Championship and the 30th Annual Armed... MORE

Staff Sgt. Jared Ramey, Ohio National Guard, prepares his equipment during the Stalk event Dec. 9, 2020 at the 50th Winston P. Wilson and 30th Armed Forces Skill at Arms Meeting Sniper Championships hosted by the National Guard Marksmanship Training Center, with the help of the U.S. National Guard Sniper School. The competition was held at the Fort Chaffee Joint Maneuver Training Center Dec. 4-10, 2020.

Alaska Guard Supports Denali Base Camp Establishment

Connecticut Guard Supports Joint Airborne Training

HIMARS Unit Fires Simultaneously Across 700 Miles, Three States

Washington Guard Leads Multi-Agency Radiation Response Workshop

California Guard Conducts Training Ahead of Wildfire Season