Commander,
Land Component Command, California Army National Guard
Brigadier General Sylvia R. Crockett was assigned as the Land Component Commander of the California Army National Guard in October 2014. In this capacity, she is responsible for providing command and control over all non-divisional units in California. The units consist of five brigade-level commands and include the 1106th Theater Aviation Sustainment Maintenance Group, 49th Military Police Brigade, 115th Regional Support Group, 223rd Regional Training Institute, and the California Army National Guard Medical Command.
General Crockett enlisted in the California Air National Guard as a supply technician in 1982. After serving two years with the 129th Rescue Wing, she transferred to the California Army National Guard to attend the California Military Academy. She was commissioned in 1985 as an Adjutant Corps Officer and subsequently became branch qualified as a Military Intelligence Officer. General Crockett has served in command positions from company through brigade.
1985 California State University-Sacramento, Bachelor of Science, Criminal
Justice, Sacramento, California
2009 National Defense University, Masters of Science, National Security
Strategy, Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, District of Columbia
2010 Joint Task Force Commanders Training Course, United States NORTHCOM,
Colorado Springs, Colorado
2013 Army Strategic Leadership Development Program - Basic, Falls Church,
Virginia
1. August 1985 - January 1987, Personnel Management Officer, 49th Personnel
Services Company, Alameda, California
2. January 1988 - May 1988, Protocol Officer, US Army South, Panama
3. May 1988 - August 1988, Chief, Company Support Division, 49th Personnel
Services Company, Alameda, California
4. September 1988 - June 1992, Executive Officer, 49th Personnel Services
Company, Alameda, California
5. June 1992 - May 1993, Battalion S2, Headquarters and Headquarters Support
Company, 223rd Military Intelligence Battalion, San Francisco, California
6. June 1993 - March 1996, Commander, Company C, 223rd Military Intelligence
Battalion, Glendale, California
7. March 1996 - May 1998, Army National Guard Training Advisor, Headquarters, I
Corps, Fort Lewis, Washington
8. June 1998 - July 1999, Battalion S3, 250th Military Battalion, San Rafael,
California
9. August 1999 - October 2000, Executive Officer, Headquarters, State Area
Command, Sacramento, California
10. November 2000 - October 2002, Commander, Headquarters and Headquarters
Detachment, 49th Personnel Services Battalion
11. October 2002 - May 2004, Executive Officer, Headquarters, State Area
Command, Sacramento, California
12. May 2004 - July 2004, Special Assistant to The Adjutant General, Joint Force
Headquarters, Sacramento, California
13. July 2004 - September 2006, Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel, Joint Force
Headquarters, Sacramento, California
14. September 2006 - August 2008, Commander, Headquarters, 223rd Regimental
Training Institute, San Luis Obispo, California
15. August 2008 - June 2009, Student, National War College, Fort Lesley J.
McNair, Washington, District of Columbia
16. June 2009 - October 2009, Director of Security and Intelligence, Joint Force
Headquarters, Sacramento, California
17. October 2009 - November 2009, J2, Joint Force Headquarters, Sacramento,
California
18. November 2009 - July 2010, J3, Joint Force Headquarters, Sacramento,
California
19. August 2010 - August 2011, Chief of Joint Staff, Joint Force Headquarters,
Sacramento, California
20. August 2011 - September 2014, Assistant Division Commander (Support), 40th
Infantry Division, Los Alamitos, California
21. October 2014 - Present, Commander, Land Component Command, Joint Force
Headquarters, Sacramento, California
Legion of Merit (with 1 Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster)
Meritorious Service Medal
(with 3 Bronze Oak Leaf Clusters)
Army Commendation Medal (with 1 Silver Oak
Leaf Cluster and 3 Bronze Oak Leaf Clusters)
Army Achievement Medal (with 1
Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster)
Army Reserve Component Achievement Medal (with 1
Silver Oak Leaf Cluster and 3 Bronze Oak Leaf Clusters)
National Defense
Service Medal (with 1 Bronze Service Star)
Global War on Terrorism Service
Medal
Humanitarian Service Medal
Armed Forces Reserve Medal (with Silver
Hourglass and M Device)
Army Service Ribbon
Army Reserve Component
Overseas Training Ribbon
Second Lieutenant 17 August 1985
First Lieutenant 16 August 1988
Captain 2 January 1990
Major 19 January 1994
Lieutenant Colonel 4 January
2000
Colonel 3 June 2004
Brigadier General (LINE) 22 February 2012
(Current as of December 2015)