U.S. Army Sgt. Joseph Miles of the California Army National Guard’s 1113th Transportation Company, 749th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, 224th Sustainment Brigade, sorts perishable and non-perishable food at an Amador County supermarket during an early-January food run for the Interfaith Food Bank in Jackson, California. Cal Guardsmen still operate at food banks throughout the state — just not as much as before — since being state-activated March 2020 for the coronavirus pandemic. Miles makes the run on his own, sometimes picking up more than 2,000 pounds of food on a daily basis. In early January, the Cal Guard was closing in on 120 millions meals packed and distributed to communities in a 10-month span. (U.S. Army National...
A California Army National Guard veteran who almost died in 2006 during Operation Iraqi Freedom continues serving service members despite memories of a close comrade falling in a convoy attack.
