Volunteers introduce therapy dogs to members of fire response teams outside the Incident Command Post check in at Chico, California, Nov. 18, 2018. The dogs were just one of many ways the community has come to More
Spc. Mark Maynard, a military police officer with the 870th Military Police Company, discusses operations with Norm Rosene, Public Information Officer for the North Valley Animal Rescue Group, in Chico, Califor More
Derek Milsaps, USDA Assistant Director for Northern California, and Soldiers from the California Army National Guard’s 2632nd Transportation Company unload donated supplies at the Camelot Equestrian Park in Oro More
A Soldier from the 223rd Military Intelligence Battalion performs a deadlift during an Army Combat Fitness Test at the Parks Reserve Forces Training Area in Dublin, California, March 16. The deadlift is the fir More
Capt. Lehuanani Halemano of the Hawaii Army National Guard watches as a Soldier successfully completes a standing power throw during an Army Combat Fitness Test at Parks Reserve Forces Training Area in Dublin, More
Spc. Melisa G. Flores, a paralegal specialist with the 223rd Military Intelligence Battalion, dries off a 10-pound medicine ball before the power-throw event during an Army Combat Physical Fitness test hosted a More
Jarrett Shelton (left), a paramedic from Riverside County American Medical Response and Mark Scott, a paramedic from San Joaquin County American Medical Response, properly label ventilators that will ship to va More
A squad from the Polish Scout Recon Platoon, prepare to enter a simulated hostile building in a lane training of Cordon and Search exercise in preparations for the upcoming FTX.
Ukrainian dancers sang and danced for the soldiers attending the Rapid Trident 10 welcoming ceremony in Central City, Ukraine, Sept. 6, 2010.
Spc. Michael O’Connell, a 31B Military Police from Detachment 1, 270th Military Police Company, 49th Military Police Brigade, lurches forward with an ammo can full of dirt toward his first target in the Devil’s More
During a training exercise in Oakland, Calif., Spc. Cooper O. Allen of the Utah National Guards 85th Civil Support Team, Salt Lake City, Utah, is undergoing decontamination procedures after exiting the BART tra More
A member of the Hawaii National Guard’s search and rescue team uses a gas-powered steel cutting saw to remove a pole to rescue victims during the annual Makani Pahili emergency response training exercise at the More
After extracting a victim from a crushed car during a training scenario at the Joint Patriot Exercise July 2011 in Volk Field, Wis. Pfc. Mark Quezada, and Air National Guard medics, Staff Sgt. Carlos Chavez and More
Spc. Sara Brown with the decontamination team of the Task Force 9th Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and Explosive Enhanced Response Force Package maintains positive control of a victim going throug More
Soldiers from the 670th Military Police Company, 185th Military Police Battalion, 49th Military Police Brigade, communicate and manuever through an obstacle at Camp San Luis Obispo's Field Leadership Reaction C More
Cpl. Chad L. Cheek of the 270th Military Police Company, 185th Military Police Battalion, 49th Military Police Brigade, California Army National Guard, exits a gas chamber during less-than-lethal training July More
Candidates from the California Army National Guard's Grizzly Academy prepare to catch a fellow student during a confidence building session July 19 at Camp San Luis Obispo, Calif. The young candidates are teste More
Soldiers within the 185th Military Police Battalion, 49th Military Police Brigade, California Army National Guard, battle for a football during the battalion morale day July 21 at Camp San Luis Obispo, Calif. T More
Chief Master Sgt. Robert Lang, left, and Sgt. Elvis Maese of the 149th Combat Communications Squadron, California Air National Guard, in North Highlands, Calif., lay a folded American flag Sept. 11 beneath a wr More
The Sacramento Fire Pipes and Drums lead the California National Guard Color Guard to the grandstand Sept. 11 at the start of the 10th anniversary tribute at Sacramento’s Capitol Mall. Thousands of civilians, i More
Brothers Spcs. Benjamin and Stephen Lindsey, members of the 235th Engineer Company, 579th Engineer Battalion, 49th Military Police Brigade, California Army National Guard, decontaminate a civilian Nov. 4 during More
Airmen from the California and Arizona National Guard combine to form a Fatality Search and Recovery Team Nov. 4 during the 2011 Arizona Statewide Vigilant Guard Exercise in Phoenix. While a observer/controller More
Bradley Fighting Vehicles belonging to the 1st Battalion, 185th Armor (Combined Arms Battalion), California Army National Guard, maneuver in a wedge formation while conducting exercises during drill weekend Nov More
Kenneth Walsh, father of California Army National Guard member Spc. Sean Michael Walsh, sits beside his son’s flag-draped coffin Dec. 3 at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church in Saratoga, Calif., as final respects we More
California Army National Guard soldiers of the 749th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, 115th Regional Support Group, and volunteers from the Benicia Tree Foundation, plant trees outside the CSSB’s armory in More
California Army National Guard soldiers with Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 184th Infantry (Light), push further into Charlie Company’s territory in a force-on-force event during a field training exercise, May 2 More
From a distance, explosive ordnance disposal technicians with the California National Guard’s 217th Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company use the Talon Robot to do reconnaissance on ordnance during their annual t More
Buena Park, Calif., native, Sgt. Harold L. Adams, an explosive ordnance disposal sergeant from the Camp Roberts-based 217th Ordnance Company (EOD), California Army National Guard, fires the M107 long-range disr More
Soldiers from the California Army National Guard prepare an intravenous solution to a heat casualty victim during a medical evacuation (MEDEVAC) in their HH-60L MEDEVAC near Placer County. The Guardsmen were ac More
Sgt. 1st Class Jeffrey Winch, 223rd Regiment Regional Training Site-Maintenance, runs through the obstacle course during the California Army National Guard's Best Warrior Competition at Camp San Luis Obispo, Se More
Lt. Col. Dan Markert, the J33 chief of current operations at the Joint Force Headquarters and member of the California National Guard Biathlon team, competes the Chuck Lyda Memorial Biathlon at the Auburn Ski C More
California Army National Guard Staff Sgt. Nathan Saylor and Sgt. 1st Class Teresa Spier from Company A, 3-140th Service and Support Aviation Battalion, fuel up one of their UH-72 Lakota helicopters at the Calif More
A California Army National Guard UH-72 Lakota helicopter from Company A, 3-140th Service and Support Aviation Battalion, lifts off a helipad at the California Department Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire) More
Wooden molds lead the way to a reddish concrete base, poured only hours earlier, that will serve as the platform for a fallen Soldier memorial sculpture, Fairfield, Calif., Aug. 7. The sculpture will become the More
California Army National Guard Pfc. Lani Pascual from the 69th Public Affairs Detachment, 115th Regional Support Group, tests the media relations skills of Sgt. Marta Petrenko from the Headquarters and Headqua More
Cadre members from the 223rd Regional Training Institute, California Army National Guard, show Marine Corps Sgt. Maj. Bryan B. Battaglia, senior enlisted adviser to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, th More
Sgt. Andrew Bituin and Spc. Jonathan Iniguez, members of the California Army National Guard 330th Military Police Company’s Casualty Assistance and Support Element, participate in a training scenario June 2 at More
Chief Warrant Officer 3 Nathan Champion, a pilot with the California Army National Guard’s 3rd Battalion, 140th Aviation Regiment out of Stockton, Calif., prepares his LUH-72 Lakota helicopter for a flight over More
Spc. Abraham Jimenez of 1st Battalion, 126th Aviation Regiment, California Army National Guard, recoils a fuel hose after pumping up a LUH-72 Lakota helicopter Aug. 1 at Middletown Helibase, Middletown, Calif., More
Sgt. Jason Beal of the 69th Public Affairs Detachment, California Army National Guard, during Allied Spirit IV at Hohenfels Training Area, Germany, late January. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Ed More
Sgt. Barbara Kizer and Sgt. Thomas Sneed, fuelers with 1st Battalion, 168th Task Force Medevac out of Mather, California, fuels a UH-72 Lakota helicopter during training near Sutter Creek, April 16. The annual More
Lt. Col. Marvin Green, the battalion commander of the California National Guard 340th Brigade Support Battalion, 224th Sustainment Brigade, gives his daily briefing to members of his battalion as well as the 14 More
Stasia Kudrez, a trainer and evangelist with Google, describes the indicators of a mobile-friendly website during a workshop in Washington D.C., June 9. The workshop was designed to help veteran and military sp More
Members of California National Guard Officer Candidate School Class 58 wait to enter Perlee Theatre on Camp San Luis Obispo Aug. 20 where they will be commissioned as the California Army National Guard's newest More
The 340th Brigade Support Battalion held a change of command ceremony in Seaside, CA, Oct. 23. Lieutenant Col. Marvin Green relinquished command to Lt. Col. John Preston. (U.S. Army National Guard photo / Sgt. More
Engineers with the 235th Engineer Company (Sapper) create a clean break to breach a confined space for search and rescue operations at the Del Valle Regional Training Center Nov. 17 during Vigilant Guard, a dis More
Air Force Tech. Sgt. Mickey Chan of the California Air National Guard’s 129th Air Rescue Wing, an extraction unit out of Moffett Field, California, comforts a notional casualty from a train derailment Nov. 17 i More
Jonathan Woodward, left, of the California Air National Guard’s 129th Air Rescue Wing, and Spc. Ricardo Denis of the California Army National Guard’s 649th Military Police Company, 49th Military Police Brigade, More
The California National Guard 95th Civil Support Team and local emergency responders from Stockton, Lodi, Manteca and Lathrop participate in Vigilant Thunder, a multi-agency exercise held Jan. 18 at the Stockto More
An observer watches as members of 132nd Multi-Role Bridge Company finish assembling a temporary pontoon bridge at Whiskeytown Lake, near Redding, California February 11. The unit invited members of the local ar More
Soldiers from Delta Company, 1-184th Infantry Battalion, work to build sandbags as part of flood prevention in Snelling, California, Feb. 17, 2017. The California National Guarsmen worked together with a team f More
California Guardsmen help CAL Fire's Capt. John Slate move fallen branches, Feb. 17, 2017, to clear the way for military vehicles arriving at George J. Hatfield State Recreation Area in Hilmar, California. So More
Staff Sgt. Cyndi Pearl Baltezore, a California Army National Guard infantry Soldier with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1-185th Infantry Battalion (Stryker Brigade Combat Team) carries a 70-pound rucks More
A juvenile golden eagle is seen here in an oak tree on Camp Roberts, California. It was one of two golden eagles hatched at Camp Roberts in the spring of 2017. (Photo by Michael Moore)
Soldiers from the 1-18th CAV and the U.K.’s Honourable Artillery Company pose for a photo on June 14 at the Camp Roberts Soldier Bowl after completing a two-week training exercise.
115th RSG commander Col. Bruce Balzano, left, talks to Command Sgt. Maj. Scott Witt during the KFOR 23 validation exercise at Hohenfels, Germany.
Newly pinned Cal Guard 2nd Lt. Rhian Rogan poses with her parents during the Cal Guard OCS Class of 2017 graduation at Camp San Luis Obispo's Perlee Theater on Aug. 26. (Photo by Gene Arias)
California National Guard Soldiers participate in CAL FIRE hand crew training Sept. 6 at Camp Roberts. They headed out Sept. 7 to the Salmon-August Complex Fire near Etna, California and the Mission Fire, near More
CalGuard Soldiers from the 40th Infantry Division await the arrival of the official party during a Change of Command ceremony, Sept. 16 at the Joint Force Training Base in Los Alamitos. The ceremony included a More
A Soldier with the CalGuard’s 40th Infantry Division kisses his daughter Sept. 18 at the Joint Force Training Base airfield in Los Alamitos, California. Soldiers were sharing last moments with their families be More
Spc. Kenneth D. Johnson, Spc. Justice Hayes and Sgt Luis Quinonez of the California Army National Guard’s 1040th Quartermaster Company and 340th Brigade Support Battalion, assists a group of California Conserva More
Crew chief Sgt. Bryan Salazar presents HH-60M Medevac Black Hawk at Mountain Gate helibase Aug.16, 2018. Sgt. Salazar's responsibilities include water bucket operations, aerospace surveillance and pilot support More
Members of Task Force 144, from the California National Guard, ship out to support Cal Fire in the ongoing effort to contain the Carr fire in Redding, Calif. Aug. 16, 2018. The Task Force work 12 hour shifts, l More
The United States Army stands in formation for the opening ceremony of Rapid Trident in International Peacekeeping and Security Centre, Yavoriv, Ukraine, Sept. 3 2018. Rapid Trident is a Ukrainian-led exercise More
The California National Guard works with Bulgarian Soldiers to train Ukrainian troops on the medical evacuation lanes at the International Peacekeeping and Security Center at Rapid Trident Sept. 4, 2018. Maj. S More
California National Guard 115th Regional Support Group work with international members in the computer-assisted command post exercise for Rapid Trident Sept. 5, 2018. The main training objective for the CPX is More
Ukrainian Col. Gen. Serhii Popko (left), Commander of Ukrainian Land Forces Command greets a country representative from Germany, for Rapid Trident distinguished visitor day Sept. 7 at the International Peaceke More
Ukrainian Col. Gen. Serhii Popko (left), Commander of Ukrainian Land Forces Command, presents a plaque to U.S. Army Lt. Gen. John Thomson (right), Commander of NATO Allied Land Command (LANDCOM), after signing More
U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Kelly Fisher and Rapid Trident Co-Director Maj. Gen. Eduard Moskalov conduct a press briefing following a demonstration of military tactics and training held at the International Peacekeepi More
Ukrainian service members practice tactical contact movements at the International Peacekeeping and Security Centre in Yavoriv, Ukraine, Sept 7, 2018. The training, part of the multinational Rapid Trident train More
Multinational representatives listen to an Operational Capabilities Concept Evaluation class at the International Peacekeeping and Security Centre in Yavoriv, Ukraine, Sept 10, 2018. The 34 students in the clas More
A participant crosses the finish line of the Op Unifier Run, Sept 9, 2018 at the International Peacekeeping Security Centre near Yavoriv, Ukraine. The Op Unifier run was hosted by Canada and all the proceeds we More
Participants of Rapid Trident played soccer as part of this year’s Culture Day, Sept. 9, 2018, at the International Peacekeeping Security Centre near Yavoriv, Ukraine. Rapid Trident 2018 involves approximately More
Two Ukrainian soldiers stand guard at an entry control point during a field training exercise for Rapid Trident, Sept 10, 2018 at the International Peacekeeping Security Centre near Yavoriv, Ukraine. (U.S. Army More
Ukrainian soldiers provide medical response to a simulated casualty situation during an Operational Capabilities Concept evaluation at the International Peacekeeping and Security Centre in Yavoriv, Ukraine, Sep More
Ukrainian troops move into position on foot during the field training exercise portion of Rapid Trident, Sept 12, 2018 at the International Peacekeeping Security Centre near Yavoriv, Ukraine. (U.S. Army Nationa More
Soldiers with the 649th Engineer Company point out potential hazards before clearing houses as part of the Search and Extraction teams November 15 in Paradise, CA.
Soldiers with the 649th Engineer Company clears houses as part of the Search and Extraction teams November 15 in Paradise, CA.
A Soldier with the 149th Chemical Company monitors personnel in designated lines at the decontamination site November 16 in Paradise, CA.
An RQ-7 Shadow, a tactical unmanned aerial vehicle, waits to be loaded onto its launch system at an airstrip in Corning, California, Nov. 16, 2018. The TUAS was being operated by California and New York Nationa More
Members of the Camp Fire response teams take a lunch break at the Incident Command Post in Chico, California, Nov. 18, 2018. The ICP set up operations in the Silver Dollar Fairgrounds, where it has created supp More
The California Army National Guard welcomed a new unit into its 49th Military Police Brigade family. The 143rd Military Police Battalion, located in Lancaster, California, held its activation ceremony Nov. 17. More
Pancake, a resident of the Chico Municipal Airport temporary animal shelter, peers through her cage in Chico, California, Nov. 18, 2018. Pancake is one of nearly 1800 displaced animals displaced being cared for More
Soldiers from the California Army National Guard’s 2632nd Transportation Company unload donated supplies at a cache point in Oroville, California, Nov. 26, 2018. The 2632nd transported critical supplies across More
A Soldier from the 223rd Military Intelligence Battalion performs a standing power throw during an Army Combat Fitness Test at the Parks Reserve Forces Training Area in Dublin, California, March 16. The powerth More
Capt. Lehuanani Halemano of the Hawaii Army National Guard watches closely to ensure a Soldier properly performs hand release push ups during an Army Combat Fitness Test at Parks Reserve Forces Training Area in More
Spc. Melisa G. Flores, a paralegal specialist with the 223rd Military Intelligence Battalion, performs the power-throw event during an Army Combat Physical Fitness test hosted at Abraham Lincoln High School in More
A volunteer from California Medical Assistance Team properly labels a pallet of ventilators that will ship to various states, April 6, 2020 at California Emergency Medical Services Authority (EMSA) in Sacrament More
Two Ukrainian Officers, role playing as insurgents, conduct lane training by firing blanks on a checkpoint in preparation for the upcoming FTX.
Soldiers representative of nations attending Rapid Trident hold a national flags during the welcoming ceremony for the excercise.
A California National Guard soldier braces his weapon’s vertical grip against a barrier and fires at a target while his grader, standing behind him, scores hits in the Devil’s Playground event at the 3rd Annual More
Cpl. Christopher M. Bodley and Pfc. Garret A. Park of the 235th Engineer Company, 579th Engineer Battalion, 49th Military Police Brigade of the California National Guard put the finishing touches to brace walls More
The decontamination team from the Task Force 9th Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and Explosive Enhanced Response Force Package shower and scrub a service member in a decontamination tent during a t More
A member of the 40th Military Police Company, 185th Military Police Battalion, 49th Military Police Brigade, California Army National Guard, scrums through other platoon members during civil disturbance traini More
Soldiers with the 270th Military Police Company, 185th Military Police Battalion, 49th Military Police Brigade, California Army National Guard, road march up the hill to the gas chamber, where they will perform More
A young student flies off a platform and is caught by other candidates of the California Army National Guard’s Grizzly Academy July 19 at Camp San Luis Obispo during Day 2 of a two-week confidence building session.
In a sport that combines football and soccer with basketball rules, members of the 185th Military Police Battalion, 49th Military Police Brigade, California Army National Guard, scrum for a loose ball during mo More
A California Army National Guard Soldier from the 149th Chemical Company out of Turlock directs a casualty role player to a decontamination area in the 2011 Arizona Statewide/Vigilant Guard Exercise held in Pho More