California

California Army National Guard Master Sergeant Jon Schon, a flight engineer with Company B, 1-126th Aviation Regiment, based out of Stockton, watches after the last of his passengers disembarks from the CH-47 Chinook helicopter at the Marines’ Mountain Warfare Training Center (MWTC) near Bridgeport, Calif., March 28, 2014. Today’s mission entailed airlifting more than 600 […] More

California Air National Guard with the 129th Rescue Wing continue to conduct water rescue operations in Vidor, Texas, Aug. 31, 2017, in the wake of Hurricane Harvey. The Guardsmen are patrolling the area in motorboats, looking for people who are trapped in their homes or on rooftops because of the massive flooding. Once the residents […] More

U.S. Army Sgt. Cameron Powell, a CH-47 Chinook helicopter flight engineer with B Company, 1st Battalion, 126th Aviation Regiment, California Army National Guard, conducts a pre-flight check at a helibase in Red Bluff, California, before taking members of a firefighting hand crew to the Red Bank Fire, Sept. 9, 2019. By midday, the Chinook and […] More

U.S. Air National Guard Lt. Col. Adam Goldstone from the 146th Airlift Wing’s Medical Group (146 MDG), unloads donated food from the back of a Foodbank Santa Barbara delivery truck at the West Boy’s and Girls Club located in Santa Barbara, California. March 27, 2020. Goldstone and California Air National Guardsmen from the 146 MDG […] More

California National Guard Master Fitness Trainer (MFT) students from around the state conduct Physical Readiness Training (PRT) in preparation of the confidence course, part of the two-week MFT course, Camp San Luis Obispo, Dec. 2019. PRTs 3-part guerilla drill includes the lunge walk, shoulder roll and the Soldier carry. Course topics include sport and exercise […] More