Photo by Staff Sgt. William Griffen | California National Guard Primary | 11.06.2024
Brig. Gen. Darrin Bender, outgoing commanding general of California State Guard, hands the organization’s colors to U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Matthew P. Beevers, the adjutant general of the California Military Department, during a change of command ceremony at the California Military Department Joint Forces Headquarters in Rancho Cordova, Calif., April 30, 2025. The passing of the colors from the......
Photo by Staff Sgt. William Griffen | California National Guard Primary | 11.06.2024
Brig. Gen. Darrin Bender, left, outgoing commanding general of California State Guard, holds a plaque presented by U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Matthew P. Beevers, right, the adjutant general of the California Military Department, for Bender’s retirement at the California Military Department Joint Forces Headquarters in Rancho Cordova, Calif., April 30, 2025. Bender is also a retired U.S. Army......
Photo by Staff Sgt. William Griffen | California National Guard Primary | 11.06.2024
Brig. Gen. Darrin Bender, left, outgoing commanding general of California State Guard, U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Matthew P. Beevers, middle, the adjutant general of the California Military Department, and Brig. Gen. Larry K. Adams, right, incoming commanding general of California State Guard, arrive at a change of command ceremony at the California Military Department Joint Forces Headquarters in......
Photo by Staff Sgt. William Griffen | California National Guard Primary | 11.06.2024
California State Guard Brig. Gen. Larry K. Adams, right, incoming commanding general of California State Guard, hands the unit colors to Command Sgt. Maj. (CA) James D. Peterson, left, senior enlisted advisor of the California State Guard, during a change of command ceremony at the California Military Department Joint Forces Headquarters in Rancho Cordova, Calif., April 30, 2025. The commander......
Photo by Staff Sgt. William Griffen | California National Guard Primary | 11.06.2024
U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Matthew P. Beevers, the adjutant general of the California Military Department, hands the California State Guard colors to Brig. Gen. Larry K. Adams, incoming commanding general of California State Guard, during a change of command ceremony at the California Military Department Joint Forces Headquarters in Rancho Cordova, Calif., April 30, 2025. This act represents Beevers......
Photo by Staff Sgt. Crystal Housman | California National Guard Primary | 01.21.2023
California State Guard Commanding General, Maj. Gen. Jay Coggan, left, and Command Sgt. Maj. Peterson, right, applaud their component's award winners, Staff Sgts. Octavio Piña, second from left, and Shane San Miguel, second from right, during the awards ceremony, Jan. 21, 2023, in Anaheim, California, during the California National Guard’s Service Member of the Year banquet. The event......
Photo by Staff Sgt. Crystal Housman | 129th Rescue Wing | 12.03.2022
U.S. Air Force Col. Victor Teal, Jr., commander of the California Air National Guard’s 129th Rescue Wing, left, and Command Chief Master Sgt. Eric Burke, right, join California State Guard honorees on stage, Dec. 3, 2022, during the wing’s Outstanding Airmen of the Year banquet in Santa Clara, California. From left: California State Guard Senior Airman Michael Yusta, Chief Master Sgt.......
Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Kimberly Hill | California National Guard Primary | 08.16.2022
California State Guard Chief Warrant Officer 3 Josh Zollo, the operations training officer with Team Blaze, inspects one of the five Type VI fire engines the team received from the California Office of Emergency Services at Mather Airfield, Sacramento, Calif., Aug. 16, 2022. The California Military Department maintains a firefighting program, including Joint Task Force Rattlesnake and Team......