Northern California Wildfires

California Army National Guardsmen from the 49th Military Police Brigade assist a civilian unload blankets and towels at the Sonoma County Fairgrounds at the height of the 2017 Northern California wildfires tha More

Napa County residents express their thankfulness to California Army National Guardsmen for their involvement in the Northern California wildfires following a special Catholic mass Oct. 15 at Saint John the Bapt More

Private businesses join volunteers and other organizations in providing meals to California Army National Guardsmen who are activated for the 2017 Northern California wildfires. More than a dozen fires are scor More

California Army National Guardsmen from the 185th Military Police Battalion, 49th Military Police Brigade, salute as a vehicle carrying a deceased volunteer firefighter rolls into the Napa County Sheriff’s Depa More

Spc. Gloria Macias, in black, of Headquarters Supply Company, 340th Brigade Sustainment Battalion, California Army National Guard, is a Spanish-speaking Soldier helping a fire victim apply for federal disaster More

Lt. Col. Eric W. Sharyer, commander of the 185th Military Police Battalion, 49th Military Police Brigade, California Army National Guard, presents a gift to Aleana Carreon, executive director of the Sonoma Deve More

First Sgt. Antonio M. Delgadillo, first sergeant for the 149th CBRN Company, California Army National Guard, maps out the operations plan for checkpoints and road closures Nov. 1 at Santa Rosa, California, as C More

Businessman William “Willie” Ghilotti displays an Army uniform presented in thankfulness to the incredible support he gave to the California Army National Guard and the 49th Military Police Brigade units in Oct More

Airman 1st Class Danelle Perey of the 146th Security Forces Squadron, 146th Airlift Wing (Channel Islands), California Air National Guard, controls a traffic point in Santa Rosa, California, as a resident enter More

San Francisco District operated Kyen Campgrounds at Mendocino Lake are currently being designed for a temporary housing mission to allow survivors of the California wildfires the means to continue with rebuildi More

Quality Assurance Specialist Steve Bernstein discusses debris removal operations in Sonoma County, CA, with Quality Assurance Supervisor Chris Langstaff. Both are with the Bureau of Reclamation and are augmenti More

Stacy Pereyda Hill, a contracting specialist with the Sonoma Recovery Field Office, looks over a recently cleaned lot in Santa Rosa, California, Feb. 3. A native of Sonoma County, Hill volunteered for the fire- More

U.S. Army engineers Sgt. Ellie Ogsbury, Spc. Bryce F. Jones and Spc. Aaron W. Parker of the California Army National Guard’s 132nd Multirole Bridge Company, 579th Engineer Battalion, 49th Military Police Brigad More

U.S. Air Force Tech Sgt. Matthew LeMaire and Staff Sgt. Marlon Ramos of the California Air National Guard’s 195th Air Base Wing provide intelligence information July 28 to the California Department of Forestry More

California Army National Guardsmen from Bravo Company, 126th Aviation Battalion, work with Warren Giacomni of the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) to secure a 2,000-gallon water More

Military police from the California Army National Guard supported law enforcement late July in Redding, California, after the Carr Fire erupted and destroyed 700 structures and torched nearly 110,000 acres in j More

U.S. Army Sgts. Nicole Coyle and Rudy Aguilar of the 649th Engineer Company, 579th Engineer Battalion, 49th Military Police Brigade, California Army National Guard, use a staging map to coordinate troop movemen More

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Ge Xiong of the California Army National Guard’s Alpha Company, 1106th Theatre Aviation Support Maintenance Group (TASMG) and crew chief aboard a UH-60 Black Hawk, checks his 600-gallon wat More

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Ge Xiong of the California Army National Guard’s Alpha Company, 1106th Theatre Aviation Support Maintenance Group (TASMG) and crew chief aboard a UH-60 Black Hawk, reaches underneath his he More

A UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter stands ready for the next mission on a flight line, Aug. 22, 2020 in Middletown, California. The 2 helicopters are from 1st Assault Helicopter Battalion, 140th Aviation Regiment, b More

U.S. Army Sgt. Jaime Martinez Jr., a crew chief with California National Guard's 1st Assault Helicopter Battalion, 140th Aviation Regiment, watches as he releases water from the Bambi Torrentula water bucket, A More

U.S. Army Spcs. Henry Villareal and Ryan Dunken of the California National Guard’s 132nd Multi-Role Bridge Company, remove obstacles from the Cache Creek River in Yolo County, California, Aug. 23, 2020, prior t More

Bravo team from the California Army National Guard’s Task Force Rattlesnake out of Redding, California, create a defensive fire line Sept. 1, 2020, at Bonny Doon, Santa Cruz County, California, during the CZU L More

U.S. Army Soldiers from the California Army National Guard’s Redding-based Task Force Rattlesnake move to a position Sept. 1, 2020, near Scott’s Valley, California, during the CZU Lightning Complex Fire in Sant More

Andrew Marquez, a former California Army National Guard helicopter mechanic, sits inside a UH-60 Black Hawk at the Cal Guard Aviation Facility in Fresno, California. Marquez and his 9-member team were among ne More

Chris McCraw relaxes at the 1106th Theater Aviation Support Maintenance Group (TASMG) maintenance hangar where he works as a helicopter inspector. McCraw was a key part of a California Army National Guard rescu More

Andrew Marquez, a former California Army National Guard helicopter mechanic, sits inside a UH-60 Black Hawk at the Cal Guard Aviation Facility in Fresno, California. Marquez and his 9-member team were among ne More

U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer 2 Irvin Hernandez of the California Army National Guard, a pilot on a UH-60 Black Hawk, adjusts his night vision goggles (NVG) prior to a Sept. 8, 2020, rescue mission in the Sie More

Residents of Fresno County, California, disembark a California Army National Guard CH-47 Chinook after being rescued from the Creek Fire Sept. 8, 2020, at the Cal Guard Fresno Aviation Base. Close to 400 people More

A mother and two children of Fresno County, California, disembark a California Army National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk after being rescued from the Creek Fire Sept. 8, 2020, at the Cal Guard Fresno Aviation Base. More

Nearly 400 residents of Fresno County, California, disembark a California Army National Guard CH-47 Chinook after being rescued from the Creek Fire Sept. 8, 2020, at the Cal Guard Fresno Aviation Base. Four Cal More

A team of nine hikers exits a California Army National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk after being rescued from the Creek Fire Sept. 8, 2020, at Muir Trail Ranch in the Sierra National Forest, Fresno County, California. More

Residents and animals of Fresno County, California, disembark a California Army National Guard CH-47 Chinook after being rescued from the Creek Fire Sept. 8, 2020, at the Cal Guard Fresno Aviation Base. Close t More

U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer 1 Ge Xiong of the California Army National Guard, crew chief aboard a UH-60 Black Hawk, adjusts his night vision goggles (NVG) prior to a Sept. 8, 2020, rescue mission in the Sie More

A team of nine hikers exits a California Army National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk after being rescued from the Creek Fire Sept. 8, 2020, at Muir Trail Ranch in the Sierra National Forest, Fresno County, California. More

The team of a California Army National Guard CH-47 Chinook just outside of their helicopter at the Cal Guard Aviation Facility in Fresno, California. A few days earlier the foursome helped rescue hundreds of tr More

Veteran aviators of the California Army National Guard’s 40th Combat Aviation Brigade — Chief Warrant Officers 5 Kipp Goding and Joseph Rosamond — respond to questions during a Sept. 7, 2020 media round table a More

California Army National Guard aviators sit patiently in a room at the Cal Guard Aviation Facility in Fresno, California, awaiting a barrage of questions during a media round table organized by the National Gua More

The team of a California Army National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk just outside of their helicopter at the Cal Guard Aviation Facility in Fresno, California. A few days earlier the threesome helped rescue hundreds o More

U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer 5 Joseph Rosamond reflects on a Sept. 5, 2020, rescue mission in the Sierra National Forest, Fresno County, California. He was pilot-in-command of his CH-47 Chinook when he flew More

The Mammoth Pool Campground in the Sierra National Forest, Fresno County, California, is surrounded by fire and blistering smoke as a California Army National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk approaches a designated zone More

California Army National Guard aviators from the 40th Combat Aviation Brigade get assistance from Eric Maguire of the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) as they lift a 500-pound fi More

U.S. Army Sgt. Zachary Hoy, flight crew member of the Wisconsin Army National Guard’s 1st Battalion (Assault), 147th Aviation Regiment, 64th Troop Command, is seen through the bottom of his UH-60M Black Hawk he More

Members of the California Army National Guard’s 40th Military Police Company take notes and listen to instructions prior to a mission at the Sonoma County Fairgrounds, Santa Rosa, California, at the height of t More

A special Catholic mass was held in honor of the California Army National Guard Oct. 15 at Saint John the Baptist Church in Napa, California, with Bishop Robert F. Vasa, Diocese of Santa Rosa leader, presiding. More

Members of American Canyon Troop Support (ACTS) host a meal for California Army National Guardsmen operating out of the Napa County Airport in Napa, California, during the 2017 Northern California wildfires. Si More

California Army National Guardsmen line a street with members of the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) and await the arrival of a volunteer firefighter, who was killed recently du More

California Army National Guardsmen from the 340th Brigade Sustainment Battalion, 115th Regional Support Group, listen as Aleana Carreon, executive director of the Sonoma Developmental Center, thanks the Soldier More

California National Guard representatives meet with a private security sentry Nov. 1 at the Sonoma County Fairgrounds in Santa Rosa, California, one of a few remaining evacuation sites used for homeless victims More

Airman 1st Class Danelle Perey of the 146th Security Forces Squadron, 146th Airlift Wing (Channel Islands), California Air National Guard, checks identification of a Santa Rosa, California, resident prior to en More

Businessman William “Willie” Ghilotti displays an Army uniform presented in thankfulness to the incredible support he gave to the California Army National Guard and the 49th Military Police Brigade units in Oct More

Quality Assurance Supervisor Chris Langstaff discusses debris removal operations in Sonoma County, CA, with Quality Assurance Specialist Michelle Cook. Both are with the Bureau of Reclamation and are augmenting More

Stacy Pereyda Hill, a contracting specialist with the Sonoma Recovery Field Office, family roots go back four generations in Sonoma County. She and her family evacuated during the October 2017 Northern Californ More

U.S. Army engineers from the 132nd Multirole Bridge Company (MRBC), 579th Engineer Battalion, 49th Military Police Brigade, California Army National Guard, work together to reposition a ramp July 14 while disma More

U.S. Army Spc. Sage Manson of the 649th Engineer Company, 578th Engineer Battalion, 49th Military Police Brigade, California Army National Guard, uses a forklift to move a pallet full of supplies to a loading a More

U.S. Air Force Maj. Nicholas Edwards, an intelligence analyst manager with the California Air National Guard’s 195th Air Base Wing, updates leaders from the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection More

U.S. Army Maj. Gen. David S. Baldwin, left, adjutant general of the California National Guard, arrives with his entourage at the Shasta District Fairgrounds July 30 in Anderson, California, and is escorted by C More

U.S. Army Maj. Gen. David S. Baldwin, left, adjutant general of the California National Guard, meets Spc. Jesse Hernandez of the 270th Military Police Company, 85th Military Police Battalion, 49th Military Poli More

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Ge Xiong of the California Army National Guard’s Alpha Company, 1106th Theatre Aviation Support Maintenance Group (TASMG) and crew chief aboard a UH-60 Black Hawk, checks his 600-gallon wat More

Two UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters fly out to the LNU Lightning Complex fire, Aug. 22, 2020 in Middletown, California. The two helicopters are from 1st Assault Helicopter Battalion, 140th Aviation Regiment, based More

A UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter stands by for the next mission on a flight line, Aug. 23, 2020 at Mather Airfield, California. The helicopter belongs to 1st Assault Helicopter battalion,140th Aviation Regiment, b More

Members of the California Army National Guard’s 132nd Multi-Role Bridge Company, unload a floating platform Aug. 23, 2020, at Cache Creek Canyon Low Water Bridge, Capay Valley, California. The Low Water Bridge More

Hard-working members of the California Army National Guard’s Task Force Rattlesnake (Redding, California) carry tools and equipment Sept. 1, 2020, at Bonny Doon during the CZU Lightning Complex Fire in Santa Cr More

Bravo team from the California Army National Guard’s Task Force Rattlesnake out of Redding, California, creates a fire line Sept. 1, 2020, at Bonny Doon, Santa Cruz County, California, during the CZU Lightning More

U.S. Army Sgt. Abraham Jimenez, crew chief from the California Army National Guard’s Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 126th Aviation Regiment, 40th Combat Aviation Brigade, and crew mates load a 2,000 gallon firef More

Members of 1st Battalion (Assault), 147th Aviation Regiment, 64th Troop Command, Wisconsin Army National Guard, are shown at the Exeter helicopter bases Sept. 30, 2020 during the SQF Complex Fire in Tulare Coun More

Second Lt. Daniel Tsoi-A-Sue, left, and Staff Sgt. Sergio Soto of the California Army National Guard’s 40th Military Police Company, 49th Military Police Brigade, connect with command staff on a mission at Coff More

Bishop Robert F. Vasa, bishop of the Diocese of Santa Rosa, California, applauds the California Army National Guard from his podium during a special Oct. 15 mass at Saint John the Baptist Church in Napa. More t More

Sindy Biederman and Michelle Marquez, members of American Canyon Troop Support (ACTS), prepare a meal for more than 200 California Army National Guardsmen operating out of the Napa County Airport in Napa, Calif More

Capt. Antonia Ambriz of Headquarters Detachment, 185th Military Police Battalion, 49th Military Police Brigade, California Army National Guard, salutes with other Cal Guardsmen as vehicles escorting a fallen vo More

Col. Robert Paoletti, commander of the 49th Military Police Brigade, California Army National Guard, presents brigade coins to Pfc. Danielle Franks and Spc. Ruben Vargas of the 1040th Quartermaster Company, and More

Shannan McDaniel of Professional Event Services, a private security company, shares company with Pvt. Cydni Johnson and Pfc. Alex Bannon of the 149th CBRN Company, 49th Military Police Brigade, California Army More

A sign at the exit of Ghilotti Construction Company in Santa Rosa, California, sums up the effort employees gave to California Army National Guard forces in October during the Northern California wildfires. The More

Senior Airman Jess Contreras, right, of the 146th Security Forces Squadron, 146th Airlift Wing (Channel Islands), California Air National Guard, signals a vehicle to move forward at a traffic control point Nov. More

Quality Assurance Specialist Mary DeVries discusses debris removal operations in Napa County, CA, with USACE Quality Assurance Supervisor Richard Aguirre. Members from the Bureau of Reclamation are augmenting t More

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, under the direction of the Federal Emergency Management Agency and in partnership with the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services has removed more than one million More

U.S. Army Spc. Ellie Ogsbury of the 132nd Multirole Bridge Company (MRBC), 579th Engineer Battalion, 49th Military Police Brigade, California Army National Guard, leads other engineers in securing a temporary f More

Firefighters from the California Department of Forestry and Fire Prevention (CAL FIRE) Task Force 4231 out of Modesto, California, rest July 29 and watch California Army National Guard forces move in to support More

Redding, California resident Heidi Meeks, a mortgage loan originator and huge fan of the California National Guard, presents food to U.S. Army Sgt. Jeff Coats of the 649th Engineer Company, 579th Engineer Batta More

Under a gray, smoky sky, U.S. Army Soldiers from the 270th Military Police Company, 185th Military Police Battalion, 49th Military Police Brigade, California Army National Guard, uplift a tent that’ll be used a More

U.S. Army Sgt. Carlos Araujo, a crew chief with California National Guard's 1st Assault Helicopter Battalion, 140th Aviation Regiment, dons his personnel protective equipment before flying out to fight the LNU More

California National Guardsmen and California Department of Forest and Fire Protection (CALFIRE) personnel perform functions checks on a fleet of UH-60 Black Hawks, UH-72 Lakotas and CH-47 Chinooks before takeof More

The California Army National Guard’s Sgt. 1st Class Ben Moliter, noncommissioned officer in charge of the 132nd Multi-Role Bridge Company, helps pull an anchorage build line at Cache Creek Canyon Low Water Brid More

Bravo team from the California Army National Guard’s Task Force Rattlesnake out of Redding, California, creates a fire line Sept. 1, 2020, at Bonny Doon, Santa Cruz County, California, during the CZU Lightning More

California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) fire captain Dan Thompson, right, douses a fire with the help of a California Army National Guardsman from the Redding-based Task Force Rattlesna More

California Army National Guard aviators from the 40th Combat Aviation Brigade and military helicopter managers of the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) work together and struggle More

Members of 1st Battalion (Assault), 147th Aviation Regiment, 64th Troop Command, Wisconsin Army National Guard, are shown at the Exeter helicopter bases Sept. 30, 2020 during the SQF Complex Fire in Tulare Coun More

Spc. Donald Logan, left, and Spc. Jesus Flores of the California Army National Guard bring the communion offering forward during an Oct. 15 special Catholic mass to honor CalGuard Soldiers who are helping law e More

Pvts. Dention Norman and Azucena Luna of the 1040th Quartermaster Company, 340th Brigade Sustainment Battalion, California Army National Guard, control an entry point at the Napa County Airport in Napa, Califor More

Col. Robert Spano, fourth from right, chief of staff of the California National Guard, joins members of the 49th Military Police Brigade’s Task Force 49 at the Sonoma Developmental Center in Sonoma, California More

California Army and Air National Guardsmen joined forces late October in the Northern California wildfire recovery effort. Air Guard units from the 146th (Channel Islands), 129th (Moffett Air Base Field, San Jo More

Airman 1st Class Danelle Perey of the 146th Security Forces Squadron, 146th Airlift Wing (Channel Islands), California Air National Guard, gives a Santa Rosa, California, resident instructions prior to entering More

California Army National Guardsmen eat a meal under the shade of a Ghilotti Construction Company canopy in October, escaping the heat and elements during the Northern California wildfires. (Army National Guard More

Resident Engineer Bob McKechnie at the Napa County Emergency Field Office discusses current operations with Mission Specialist Kixon Meyer while Quality Assurance Specialist Megan McKay receives a daily report More

Col. Eric M. McFadden, commander Sonoma Recovery Field Office, surveys the fire-related debris removal work being completed in the Santa Rosa area of Sonoma County, California.

Dust and dirt fly as U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Hanley Ramirez and Spc. Jeff Mann of the California Army National Guard’s 132nd Multirole Bridge Company, 579th Engineer Battalion, 49th Military Police Brigade, wo More

Sgt. Jesus Valencia and Spc. Cameron Hodges of the California Army National Guard’s 270th Military Police Company, 185th Military Police Battalion, 49th Military Police Brigade, secure a checkpoint July 29 at t More

California Army National Guardsmen Sgt. Jesus Valencia and Spc. Cameron Hodges of the 270th Military Police Company, 185th Military Police Battalion, 49th Military Police Brigade, update a Shasta County sherif More

U.S. Army Pfc. Alaina Frees of the California Army National Guard’s 185th Military Police Battalion, 49th Military Police Brigade, helps a local resident entering Shasta College July 30 in Redding, California, More

Two UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters stand by for their next mission on a flight line, Aug. 22, 2020 in Middletown, California. The two helicopters are from 1st Assault Helicopter Battalion, 140th Aviation Regiment More