Story by Kenneth Wright | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Sacramento District | 12.11.2024
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District awarded a $4.87 million construction contract on Dec. 10 to R2Build Co. of Laguna Hills for construction of a new U.S. Forest Service visitor center in Lake Isabella....
Story by Grant Okubo | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Sacramento District | 04.25.2024
The U.S. Forest Service held a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the Redding Air Attack Base on April 25, 2024, to celebrate the completion of the first phase of safety upgrades and modernization. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District, in partnership with the USFS and the City of Redding, completed Phase One of the $28 million modernization and upgrade to the Redding Air Attack Base....
Story by Mikia Muhammad | Defense Logistics Agency | 09.21.2020
Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support’s Clothing and Textiles team provided boots to the Army National Guard in support of mobilized firefighters combating West Coast wildland fires....
Story by Beth Reece | Defense Logistics Agency | 08.27.2020
Call center agents and warehouse workers at the Defense Logistics Agency are working 24/7 to connect firefighters with emergency supplies needed to put out wildfires sprawling across millions of acres in California, Arizona, Colorado, Montana and other states....
Story by Brandon Honig | California National Guard Primary | 09.18.2015
Twelve California National Guard hand crews totaling 240 soldiers began working the Butte fire line Wednesday following intensive training at Cal Guard installation Camp Roberts in the Central Coast region. More than 900 Cal Guard soldiers have now worked wildland firefighting duty this year, including helicopter and air-tanker crews....
Story by Staff Sgt. Natalie Stanley | Joint Force Headquarters - Wyoming National Guard | 04.17.2012
Select C-130 cargo plane crews with the Wyoming Air National Guard's 153rd Airlift Wing began preparing for their mission to fight fires from the air with a new training regiment centered on practicing in Wyoming....
