Story by Staff Sgt. Kimberly Hill | California National Guard Primary | 05.18.2021
Optimistic and enthusiastic, it’s hard to believe that Pfc. Pereyra’s journey to become a Soldier and serve in the Cal Guard was anything but typical. While every enlistee faces the usual hardships when they ship off to Basic Combat Training— missing their family, adjusting to a new environment, and the countless other aches and pains that come with the contract— Pereyra had a series......
Story by Staff Sgt. Kimberly Hill | California National Guard Primary | 05.14.2021
Optimistic and enthusiastic, it’s hard to believe that Pfc. Pereyra’s journey to become a Soldier and serve in the Cal Guard was anything but typical. While every enlistee faces the usual hardships when they ship off to Basic Combat Training— missing their family, adjusting to a new environment, and the countless other aches and pains that come with the contract— Pereyra had a......
Story by Staff Sgt. Kimberly Hill | California National Guard Primary | 05.07.2021
California National Guard Soldier, Jawana McFadden, and her mother are among the many celebrating their first dose of the COVID-19 shot at the Oakland Coliseum, April 30, 2021. “I realized I hadn’t got my shot yet and my mom hadn’t gotten hers, so we decided to come and do it together,” said U.S. Army Capt. Jawana McFadden, the deputy public affairs officer with the 40th Infantry Division....
Story by Maj. Jason Sweeney | 40th Combat Aviation Brigade | 04.21.2021
NORTH FORT HOOD, Texas – The Soldiers of Task Force Phoenix faced several worst-case scenarios during a Culminating Training Exercise (CTE) over 10 days in April 2021. Indirect fire attacks, downed aircraft, improvised explosive device (IED) attacks on ground vehicles—everything but the kitchen sink was thrown at them....
Story by Staff Sgt. Kimberly Hill | California National Guard Primary | 04.15.2021
U.S. Army Gen. Daniel R. Hokanson, Chief of the National Guard Bureau toured Camp Roberts with Maj. Gen. David Baldwin, the Adjutant General of the California National Guard and visited with Cal Guard troops at Camp Roberts, California, April 11, 2021....
Story by Maj. Jason Sweeney | 40th Combat Aviation Brigade | 04.11.2021
FORT SILL, Okla. – Task Force Phoenix pilots and crew chiefs honed their aerial gunnery skills at Fort Sill in late March and early April 2021 in preparation for a deployment overseas. Door gunners engaged ground targets from the air with M240H machine guns fired from UH-60 Black Hawk and CH-47 Chinook helicopters....
Story by 1st Lt. Abraham Gonzalezsilva | California National Guard Primary | 04.09.2021
For one California National Guard Soldier working at the vaccination center at California State Los Angeles, the mission was personal. U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Larry Guillen, a fire support specialist with the 40th Infantry Division, Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion, was born and raised in LA. Supporting the vaccination site while in uniform meant more than making a difference in his......
Story by Spc. Simone Lara | California National Guard Primary | 04.03.2021
Airman 1st Class Piyaporn Rakpongs, a fleet management and analysis specialist with the 147th Combat Communications Squadron, was raised in Thailand prior to joining the California Air Guard and bringing her hard working spirit to the community vaccination site at Cal State LA....
