Story by Staff Sgt. Kathryn Lynch | Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton | 05.01.2025
CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. – While wildfires are no stranger to the state of California, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton continues to train and prepare during the annual Cory Iverson Wildland Firefighting Exercise at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif. May 1, 2025. The annual interagency and interservice training evolution was designed to rehearse incident procedures in support of an......
Story by Senior Master Sgt. Paula Macomber | 152nd Airlift Wing | 04.11.2023
The USDA Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management and other federal wildland fire agencies will conduct annual training for Modular Airborne Firefighting Systems (MAFFS) personnel at Channel Islands Air National Guard Station, Port Hueneme, April 11-15. The training is being hosted by the California Air National Guard’s 146th Airlift Wing. The training will include four military C-130......
Story by Master Sgt. Joseph Prouse | California National Guard Primary | 09.07.2022
Airmen from the 129th Rescue Wing, California Air National Guard, partner with Cal Fire to provide 24 hour medical evacuation capabilities in Siskiyou County in support of major fire incidents including the Mill and Mountain fires....
Story by Petty Officer 1st Class Chelsea Milburn | Commander, Naval Air Force Reserve | 10.27.2020
Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 3’s Southern California Offshore Range (SCORE) Detachment, a Naval Air Force Reserve detachment, serves as aerial firefighting program manager for Helicopter Sea Combat Wing Pacific. In this role, the detachment has built strong relationships with experts from the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) through training collaboratively......
Story by Staff Sgt. Edward Siguenza | California National Guard Primary | 09.30.2020
Two helicopter teams from the Wisconsin Army National Guard's 1st Battalion (Assault), 147th Aviation Regiment, 64th Troop Command, are recognized for assisting with the California wildfires during the state's worst ever fire season in history....
Story by Staff Sgt. Edward Siguenza | California National Guard Primary | 09.16.2020
California Army National Guard aviators open up about the heroic mission that saved hundreds during the Creek Fire. Their valiant efforts were recognized by President Trump who presented them with the Distinguished Flying Cross....
Courtesy Story | California National Guard Primary | 09.11.2020
As California Army National Guard aviators respond to a Creek Fire rescue mission, one of the trapped people was a Cal Guardsman, and a others were contractors for the California Guard....
Story by Sgt. 1st Class Peter Morrison | National Guard Bureau | 09.04.2020
Rescue missions and support to civil authorities fighting wildfires were the focuses of West Coast troop visits by the National Guard’s highest-ranking general and his senior enlisted advisor this week....
