Along with emergency responders from across the country, soldiers and airmen with the California National Guard's two civil support teams are participating in the 2019 Bay Exercise. BAYEX is a multi agency exercise including out of state resources for the purpose of improving interagency coordination while maintaining a high level of technical and tactical chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) proficiency. BAYEX runs from Jan. 27 - Feb. 1, 2019, in the San Francisco Bay Area. Locations include Alcatraz, Millbrae BART station, Oakland Coliseum, Camp Baker in Marin County and Richmond. Civil support teams from the Idaho, Nevada and Oregon National Guards also participated. (U.S. Army National Guard video by Christian Jadot)
The best soldiers, sailors and airmen in the California Military Department crossed the stage, Feb. 9, 2019, during the department’s annual Service Member of the Year Banquet in Anaheim, California.
Members of the Field Maintenance Shop (FMS) 38, Mountainview Calif. bested active duty, reserve and other National Guard maintenance shops in their category to earn the Chief of Staff AAME Runner Up, U. S. Army National Guard TDA Category, 2017 and they bested all other National Guard shops in their category to earn the Army National Guard AAME TDA, NGB Winner, 2017. Local awards earned include the Cal Guard Chief Warrant Office 4 (Ret) Jose...
Strong Bonds is a unit-based, chaplain led program but is not religion based, nor is it couples therapy. Their core mission is to increase individual Soldier and family member readiness through relationship education and skills training. Couples with 4 months to 27 years of marriage voluntarily participated in exercises aimed at building relationship resiliency and developing strong communication at the Hays Mansion, San Jose, Calif. Jan 26,...
