Story by Airman 1st Class Melanie L. Nolen | California National Guard Primary | 11.07.2020
The California National Guard’s Collection, Transportation and Analysis Team (CTAT) Cal Expo team, part of Cal Guard's Joint Task Force 201 Mercy, partnered with Sacramento County Public Health staff and volunteers from the Sacramento Medical Reserve Corps to provide a free drive-thru flu shot clinic to residents of Sacramento County....
Story by Tech. Sgt. Julianne Sitterding | California National Guard Primary | 05.31.2020
PERRIS, Calif. — Faced with school closures due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Soldiers with the California Military Institute found a new way to serve through a school meal program at Pinacate Middle School. California State Guard Sgt.1st Class Benjamin Federici, CMI, noncommissioned officer in charge of operations, and Staff Sgt. Patrick Kelhi,1st Battalion, 160th Infantry, California Army......
Story by Tech. Sgt. Julianne Sitterding | California National Guard Primary | 05.22.2020
MORENO VALLEY, Calif. — U.S. Army 2nd Lt. Justin Lee sits at his desk working two laptops, answering emails and calls from Soldiers throughout Southern California who are entrusted in his care. With many tasks up in the air, Lee and his team make sure none are missed. Lee is from the California Army National Guard’s 250th Expeditionary Military Intelligence Battalion, and works at the......
Story by Tech. Sgt. Julianne Sitterding | California National Guard Primary | 05.22.2020
INDIO, Calif. — U.S. Army Soldiers of the California Army National Guard's 315th Vertical Construction Company, like Spc. Dominic Steveley, are using civilian and military forklift certifications to aid FIND Food Bank warehouse missions to operate more effectively and quickly by driving forklifts to get pallets in and out of the warehouse to where they need to be....
Story by Tech. Sgt. Julianne Sitterding | California National Guard Primary | 05.18.2020
FONTANA, Calif. – At the Meyer Canyon Warehouse, U.S. Army Sgt. Mark Leonard and Spc. Michael Shintani, both with the 250th Expeditionary Military Intelligence Battalion, California Army National Guard, are inspecting personal protective equipment (PPE) for quality and quantity before it’s distributed to places in need....
Story by Airman 1st Class Melanie L. Nolen | California National Guard Primary | 05.17.2020
Called up by Gov. Gavin Newsom to perform humanitarian missions throughout the state, service members with the California National Guard’s Joint Task Force 115 are distributing food at The Napa Storehouse, one of seven Napa Valley Food Bank distribution locations run by Community Action of Napa Valley....
Story by Tech. Sgt. Julianne Sitterding | California National Guard Primary | 05.09.2020
IMPERIAL VALLEY, Calif. - Leading a humanitarian response mission in a remote corner of Southern California, U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Sandra Vargas, of the 250th Expeditionary Military Intelligence Battalion, California Army National Guard, manages a team of Soldiers in Imperial Valley supporting the Imperial Valley Food Bank while her five children, niece and nephew wait at home for her return....
Story by Staff Sgt. Edward Siguenza | California National Guard Primary | 05.07.2020
With Mother's Day on the horizon, the mother of a California National Guard Soldier recognized her daughter's unit needed face masks as they fulfilled COVID-19 humanitarian support missions. The Los Angeles resident took it upon herself to make them, using her 40-year experience as a seamstress to create nearly 100 cloth face coverings....
