Afghan contractors and Soldiers of Train, Advise and Assist Command-South, comprised of the 40th Infantry Division, California National Guard, and the 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, fi More
A Soldier from 2nd Platoon, Company D, 1st Battalion, 41st Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, pulls security from the turret of his vehicle during a ground defense area More
U.S. Army Lt. Col. Jerald Clements of Rancho Cordova, Calif., the Detachment 1 commander for the 40th Infantry Division and senior planning officer for Talisman Sabre’s Combined Forces Land Component Command (C More
California Army National Guard soldiers from the 40th Infantry Division wear customized shirts to represent their service at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Dec. 12, 2013. The Army will play against Navy during the Army- More
Korean War veterans, military leaders and school officials unveil the new Kaiser Hall Museum at Gapyeong High School in South Korea Feb. 7. Photo credit: Pfc. Lee Ho-su, Eighth Army Public Affairs.
A Soldier with the California National Guard's Company B, 1st Battalion, 184th Infantry Regiment, 79th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 40th Infantry Division prepares to launch himself into a building, June 17 at More
Spec. Jensen Tittelfitz, C troop, 1st Squadron, 82nd Cavalry Regiment, Guard unit from Bend, Oregon, right, obtains pizza and chicken wings at the USO party in the desert, McGregor Range, N.M., Jul. 18. The 1/8 More
Soldiers with the Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 40th Infantry Division, National Guard, Los Alamitos, Calif. and the Forward Detachment, 102nd Military Police Battalion, 153rd MP Brigade, 53rd Troop Co More
Service members from multiple military branches and civilian emergency-response agencies work in concert to provide an efficient response to a fictional 7.8-magnitude earthquake May 12 on the Cal Guard's Joint More
Lt. Col. John Andrews, 40th Infantry Division, electronic warfare (EW) officer, talks with the 116th Cavalry Brigade Combat Team (CBCT) EW section during the CBCT’s rotation, Aug. 18, 2015, at the National Trai More
Spc. Anel Parra and Spc. Allante Chapple, drivers for the California Army National Guard’s 224th Sustainment Brigade command team, set up their Lightweight Individual Shelters at Camp Roberts, Calif., May 15. M More
A World War II era building waits as the 315th Engineer Vertical Construction Company prepares its renovations at Camp Roberts, Calif., May 16. The California National Guard unit has been tasked to renovate bui More
Staff Sgt. Latonya Price, a unit supply specialist with the 224th Sustainment Brigade, prepares to cast her ballot at the unit’s Long Beach headquarters, June 7, as Spc. Anel Parra, a driver for the brigade’s c More
Capt. Brad Hornback, left, chaplain for the California Army National Guard’s 40th Infantry Division, speaks with chaplains from the 7th Army Training Command’s Joint Military Readiness Center in Hohenfels, Germ More
U.S. Army Lt. Col. Zac Delwiche, left, speaks to Maj. David Hartshorn, both of the 40th Infantry Division, during the Allied Spirit V exercise on Sep. 28, 2016, at the 7th Army Training Command's Hohenfels Trai More
U.S. Soldiers with the 1st Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, Joint Multinational Readiness Center prepare their tracked vehicle while role-playing as opposing force during Exercise Allied Spirit V at 7th Army T More
Soldiers from the California Army National Guard’s Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 746th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, bid farewell to family and friends during a deployment ceremony at the batta More
U.S Army Maj. Nathan Wall, deputy logistics officer for Train, Advise and Assist Command-South, takes a group photo with his laboratory group at Loma Linda University School of Medicine before deploying with th More
Campaign streamers decorate the hallways of the 40th Infantry Division's headquarters at the Joint Force Training Base in Los Alamitos, California, Sept. 16. The headquarters also serve as a museum for the divi More
Brig. Gen. John W. Lathrop uses an intercom to share a motivational message with CalGuard Soldiers on a chartered plane at the Joint Force Training Base airfield in Los Alamitos, California, Sept. 18. Lathrop a More
U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Jeffrey Smiley (RT), Commanding General of the 40th Infantry Division, California Army National Guard, discusses the situational battlefield during the daily command update brief during exe More
A pair of California National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters from B Company, 1st Battalion, 140th Aviation Regiment, land to refuel at Camarillo Airport in Camarillo, California, Sat., Dec. 9, 2017. The hel More
A pair of California National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters from B Company, 1st Battalion, 140th Aviation Regiment, return to Camarillo Airport in Camarillo, California, Sun., Dec. 10, 2017, after making w More
Brig. Gen. John W. Lathrop, commanding general for Train, Advice, Assist Command-South, speaks to an Afghanistan senior leader, March 19, 2018, during a Humanitarian Assistance/Disaster Response exercise in Kan More
Sgt. 1st Class Vicente Martinez, right, platoon leader for 1st Platoon, Company D, 1st Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, shows Spc. Gerald Merten, an in More
A soldier from 30th Mountain Battalion ‘Carpathians’ Eagles’ out of the Romania Army stands outside his teams Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected vehicle, March 27, 2018, during a movement to Camp Hero, Afghanistan More
Master Sgt. Janet Bretado, logistics advisor for the Military Advisory Team, Train, Advise and Assist Command-South, meets with her Afghan counterparts, March 27, 2018, in Kandahar, Afghanistan. TAAC-South, com More
Maj. Patrick Devine, right, chaplain, Train, Advise and Assist Command-South and 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, greets retired Staff Sgt. John Hosea, a native of Las Vegas, Nevada, Apr More
Maj. David Weiss, left, advisor for the Afghan National Army and Afghan National Police border patrol force for Train, Advise and Assist Command-South and a member of the 40th Infantry Division, California Nati More
Spc. Daimon Silva, a medical logistics specialist assigned to Charlie Company, 704th Brigade Support Battalion, 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, poses in front of the NATO Role III Multi More
Australian Airforce Flight Lieutenant Chris Goode, aviation operations officer for Train, Advise and Assist Command-South hands out programs to U.S. service members during an Anzac Day observance, April 25, 201 More
TARIN KOWT, Afghanistan (April 28, 2018) -- U.S. Army Spc. Kyle Mueller, an infantryman assigned to 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, conducts a radio check, April 28, 2018, while pulling More
KANDAHAR AIRFIELD, Afghanistan (May 6, 2018) -- U.S. Army Brig. Gen. John Lathrop, commanding general for Train, Advise and Assist Command-South (TAAC-S), greets German Army Lt. Gen. Johann Langenegger, chief o More
An Afghan soldier places a tourniquet on a simulated casualty, May 8, 2018, during a medical evacuation exercise hosted by Soldiers from the 2nd Battalion, 1st Security Force Assistance Brigade at the Regional More
KANDAHAR AIRFIELD, Afghanistan (May 9, 2018) -- Ambassador Cornelius Zimmermann, senior civilian representative to Afghanistan, Brig. Gen. John Lathrop, commanding general for Train, Advise and Assist Command-S More
KANDAHAR AIRFIELD, Afghanistan (May 14, 2018) -- Col. Peter B. Cross, chief of staff for Train, Advise and Assist Command-South (TAAC-S), walks with Congresswoman Susan Davis, congresswoman for the state of Cal More
A Soldier from 3rd Platoon, Delta Company, 1st Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, receives the Combat Infantryman Badge, May 14, 2018, during an awards c More
Master Sgt. Lou Spinazze, senior enlisted leader for the Police Advising Team for Train, Advise and Assist Command-South, talks with Afghan senior enlisted leaders, May 25, 2018, during a meeting at the Regiona More
A U.S. Army Soldier from Train, Advise and Assist Command-South, which is composed of Soldiers from the 40th Infantry Division, California National Guard and the 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, writes the nam More
Pfc. Trenton Kreuger, an infantryman assigned to Alpha Company, 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, poses for photo in Kandahar, Afghanistan, June 1, More
First Sgt. Branden Velazquez, senior enlisted leader for Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, instructs Soldiers from 1st Bn., 12th Inf. More
BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan (June 14, 2018) – U.S. Army 2nd Lt. Clay Stanley, platoon leader for 3rd Platoon, Delta Company, 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantr More
Afghan contractors and Soldiers of Train, Advise and Assist Command-South, comprised of the 40th Infantry Division, California National Guard, and the 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, en More
KANDAHAR AIRFIELD, Afghanistan (June 30, 2018) -- U.S. Army Col. Dave Zinn, right, deputy commander for Train, Advise, and Assist Command-South, greets U.S. Army General John W. Nicholson, commander for Resolut More
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (July 5, 2018) -- Afghan National Army soldiers from throughout the 205th Corps listen to their senior leaders, July 5, 2018, during the Eagle Strike Company graduation ceremony at Camp He More
U.S Army Soldiers from the 40th Infantry Division, California National Guard, listen to the remarks from U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Jeffrey Smiley, commanding general for Train, Advise and Assist Command-South, July More
KANDAHAR AIRFIELD, Afghanistan (July 16, 2018) -- U.S. Army Command Sgt. Maj. Anton Hillig, senior enlisted leader for Train, Advise and Assist Command-South, Afghan army Command Sgt. Maj. Abdul Karim Pahlawan, More
U.S. Army Spc. Mark Ballinger, a native of Hesperia, California, assigned to the 40th Infantry Division, California National Guard as a cable systems installer-maintainer poses for a photo, July 21, 2018, in Ka More
KANDAHAR AIRFIELD, Afghanistan (July 25, 2018) -- U.S. Army Gen. Joseph Votel, left, commander for U.S. Central Command, U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Jeffrey Smiley, middle, commander for Train, Advise and Assist Comma More
PASAB, Afghanistan (Aug. 8, 2018) – U.S. Army Capt. Vicente Garcia, far right, poses for a group photo with three district chiefs of police during an expeditionary advisory package at Zharay Province in Afghani More
KANDAHAR AIRFIELD, Afghanistan (August 27, 2018) --- U.S. Army Gen. Austin Miller, the incoming Resolute Support /U.S. Forces-Afghanistan mission commander, U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Jeffrey Smiley, Train, Advise an More
KANDAHAR AIRFIELD, Afghanistan (Sept. 18, 2018) -- A member of the Fire Department on Kandahar Airfield fills a container with water, Sept. 18, 2018, before conducting fire training with Afghan National Police More
Members of the maintenance team and Soldiers emplace a Vietnam era Bell UHA-1 Iroquois for in it's new home in front of Fiddler's Green on Joint Forces Training Base Los Alamitos, California, May 4. (U.S. Army More
Lt. Col. Dennis Keener, former 79th Infantry Brigade Combat Team executive officer, addresses the crowd during a celebration of three departing 79th IBCT leaders on Aug. 11, 2019. Keener is continuing his caree More
U.S. Army Reserve senior leaders pose for a photograph during a visit to Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, Sept. 10, 2019. The senior leaders were in the U.S. Army Central area of operations to visit with deployed soldiers More
U.S. Army Spc. Benjamin Young, left, and Sgt. Carlton Shippee, right, play trombones as part of a brass quartet from the California Army National Guard's 40th Infantry Division Band to welcome guests, Nov. 9, 2 More
California Army National Guard soldiers from the 1498th Transportation Company, 224th Sustainment Brigade, 40th Infantry Division, operate a Humvee down Palm Canyon Drive during the 23rd Annual Palm Springs Vet More
U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Gen. Paul Rock, the Commanding General of 3D Marine Expeditionary Brigade, gives his remarks during the Okinawa-based Opening Ceremony for Exercise Yama Sakura 77 on Camp Courtney, Okinaw More
Members of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Amphibious Rapid Deployment Brigade participate in the Okinawa-based Opening Ceremony for Exercise Yama Sakura 77 on Camp Courtney, Okinawa, Japan, Dec. 9, 2019. Y More
John M. Spizer, Chief of Staff, U.S. Army Japan, Lt. Gen. Takashi Motomatsu, commander, Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Western Army, and Maj. Gen. Laura Yeager, commander, 40th Infantry Division, converse duri More
Army Capt. Steven Dowell, I Corps Headquarters, discusses tactics with Army Maj. Juan Rebolledo, I Corps Headquarters, during a bilateral operations conference Dec. 12, 2019, at Camp Asaka, Japan. The meeting t More
U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer 2 Chris Fossmo, left, commander of the 40th Infantry Division (ID) Band, conducts the band’s performance of the Army song at the conclusion of the 224th Sustainment Brigade chang More
California State Guard Lt. Cmdr. Richard Oberreiter, strategic communications director, talks with U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Laura Yeager, commander of the California Army National Guard and the 40th Infantry Divisio More
U.S. Soldiers from the California Army National Guard’s 1st Battalion, 160th Infantry Regiment, 79th Infantry Brigade Combat Team reach down to pet a man’s dog, May 31, 2020, while working at Pershing Square in More
U.S. Soldiers from the California Army National Guard’s 79th Infantry Brigade Combat Team interact with community members in Los Angeles, June 1, 2020. California National Guard Soldiers and Airmen activated to More
U.S. Army Maj. Manuel Arino, provost Marshall with the California Army National Guard’s 40th Infantry Division, gives a treat to Xena, a Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department explosives and firearm detection More
U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Michael J. Leeney, deputy commanding general, 40th Infantry Division, California Army National Guard, talks to members of the Los Angeles Police Department at the City of Los Angeles Emerge More
A youngster offers canned drinks to Soldiers in the California Army National Guard’s 79th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, June 4, 2020, during their mission in downtown Los Angeles, to support state and local age More
The California National Guard’s Joint Task Force-79 assembles for a photo with members of the Los Angeles Police Department on June 5, 2020 at the Los Angeles Convention Center in downtown Los Angeles. The task More
A U.S. Soldier with the California Army National Guard’s 40th Infantry Division shakes the hand of a protestor as the protestor thanks the Soldier for his service during the peaceful protest in front of the Sta More
U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Mike Paque, left, radio system repair supervisor with the 224th Sustainment Brigade, California Army National Guard, Capt. Michael Lambert, center, commander of the 1113th Transportation Co More
U.S. Army Sgt. Antonio Vasquez, right, a squad leader with the 1072nd Transportation Company, 746th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, California Army National Guard, shakes hands with a local resident in do More
U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer 5 Robert Metoyer, a UH-60M Black Hawk helicopter pilot with the California Army National Guard’s 1st Assault Helicopter Battalion, 140th Aviation Regiment, right, gets a handshak More
U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Laura Yeager, commander of both the California Army National Guard and the 40th Infantry Division, presents a coin to James Ro, president of the Korean War Memorial Monument Committee, Aug. More
Soldiers of the 79th Infantry Brigade Combat Team pose together after recieving coins from Col. Robert Wooldridge, the assistant division commander of the 40th Infantry Division. Wooldridge coined the Soldiers More
U.S. Army Sgt. Randle Enders, assigned to Cal Guard’s 40th Infantry Division checks radios for connection for mission use at Camp San Luis Obispo, California, Aug. 30, 2020 during Defender Pacific 20. The abili More
U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Lateef Azziz, assigned to Cal Guard’s 40th Infantry Division checks fuel gauges to ensure adequate fuel is available at Camp San Luis Obispo, California, Aug. 30. 2020 during Defender Pacif More
U.S. Army Spc. Jonathan Carpenter, assigned to Cal Guard’s 40th Infantry Division hammers grounding stakes to hold up antennas on Camp San Luis Obispo, California, Aug. 30, 2020 during Defender Pacific 20. Exer More
U.S. Army Spc. Jonathan Carpenter, assigned to Cal Guard’s 40th Infantry Division installs cables to the command post platform to connect power from the generators at Camp San Luis Obispo, California, Aug. 30, More
U.S. Army 1st Lt. Phylester Jones, an infantry officer with the California National Guard's Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 184th Infantry Regiment, patrols Capitol Park in Sacramento, California, Jan. 16, 2021 More
U.S. Army Col. Robert Wooldridge, the 40th Infantry Division’s Deputy Commanding Officer for Support, and California Highway Patrol Commissioner Amanda Ray, perform a military and law enforcement tradition of t More
U.S. Army Col. Robert Wooldridge, the Deputy Commanding Officer for Support of 40th Infantry Division, inspects operations of the mass vaccination site on California State University, Los Angeles, Feb. 20, 2021 More
U.S. Navy Vice Adm. Scott Van Buskirk (far right), the commander of the 7th Fleet, as well as the overall Combined Joint Task Force commander of Talisman Sabre 2011, Australian Army Maj. Gen. Rick Burr, center, More
Dave Pressey presented a plaque to Gapyeong Principal Han Byung-heon on behalf of the 40th Infantry Division Veterans Association at the Kaiser Hall Museum Opening Feb. 7. Photo credit: Pfc. Lee Ho-su, Eighth A More
Spc. Branden Olivera with Company A, 1st of the 184th Infantry Regiment and a Hanford, Calif., resident pulls security as the remainder of his squad clears a building, June 17, at the combined arms training facility.
First Lt. Julio Rodriguez, left, from Miami and Pfc. James Gunter, right, from Fayetteville, N.C., of Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 4th Brigade, 1st Armored Division, socialized with Lucy Sanchez, mobi More
Soldiers with the Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 40th Infantry Division, National Guard, Los Alamitos, California, and the Forward Detachment, 102nd Military Police Battalion, 153rd MP Brigade, 53rd Tro More
Staff Sgt. Don Williams, 40th Infantry Division (ID), battle noncommissioned officer, monitors the 116th Cavalry Brigade Combat Team’s (CBCT) movements on a Command Post of the Future computer system during the More
After a long day of erecting tents and establishing operational capabilities, food service specialists from the 224th Sustainment Brigade’s Headquarters Company served a hot meal to worn down troops from their More
Soldiers from the 315th Engineer Vertical Construction Company not only build; they sweep and measure the floor at Camp Roberts, Calif., May 16. The California National Guard unit has been tasked to renovate bu More
Spc. Anel Parra, a driver for the 224th Sustainment Brigade’s command team, reviews voter information with her battle companion, Culinary Specialist Spc. Melissa Dicaro, at the unit’s Long Beach headquarters, J More
U.S. Army Maj. David Hartshorn, left, of the 40th Infantry Division, speaks to members of the Lithuanian armed forces during the Allied Spirit V exercise Sep. 28, 2016, at the 7th Army Training Command's Hohenf More
A U.S. Soldier with the 1st Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, checks the mounted weapon while role-playing as opposing force during Exercise Allied Spirit V at 7th Army Training Command's Hohenfels Training Are More
Visitors to the Joint Force Training Base in Los Alamitos, California, lower their heads for an invocation during the 40th Infantry Division’s headquarters dedication, Sept. 16. The building was dedicated to fo More
Brig. Gen. John W. Lathrop shakes hands with Brig. Gen. Jeffrey D. Smiley before boarding a chartered plane at the Joint Force Training Base airfield in Los Alamitos, California, Sept. 18. Lathrop, along with n More
U.S. Army Col. Julian H. Bond, Commander, Joint Forces Training Base Los Alamitos, delivers welcoming remarks at The Pub at Fiddlers Green, Nov. 16, 2017, during the base's 14th annual Thanksgiving Appreciation More
U.S. Army Maj. Moses Scheinfeld (RT) discusses operations with U.S. Army Capt. Jaybriel Kekauoha during exercise Allied Spirit VII at the U.S. Army's Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Hohenfels, Germany, More