California National Guard

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The California National Guard of the state of California has existed since 1849 and is part of the California Military Department (CMD) and the United States National Guard ( acronymized USNG ) established in 1903 , thus also the second instance of the military reserve of the United States' armed forces .

organization

The members of the National Guard are voluntary service payable militiamen that the Governor (currently Gavin Newsom subject to). The current Adjutant General of California is David S. Baldwin. The California National Guard traces its roots back to 1849 militia organizations. The national guards of the states have been federally and institutionally closely linked to the regular army and air force since 1903 , so that the federal level can fall back on them under certain circumstances with the consent of Congress .

Separate from this is the state guard , the California State Guard , which has also included a Naval Militia since 2015 and is solely obliged to the state.

The California National Guard consists of the two branches of the Army and Air Force , namely the Army National Guard and the Air National Guard . The California Army National Guard (as of 2017) has a population of 13,846, the California Air National Guard one of 4,378, so has a total of 18,224. The California National Guard it the third largest National Guard personnel in the United States. It has its own military academy, the California Military Academy at Camp San Luis Obispo .

units

California Army National Guard

40th Infantry Division (Mech) in Los Alamitos, California
- - 79th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (United States) (79th IBCT)
  - 1st Battalion, 160th Infantry Regiment
  - 1st Battalion, 184th Infantry Regiment
  - 1st Squadron, 18th Cavalry Regiment
  - 1st Battalion, 143rd Field Artillery Regiment (1-143rd FAR)
  - 578th Brigade Engineer Battalion (578th BEB)
  - 40th Brigade Support Battalion (40th BSB)

40th Combat Aviation Brigade (40th CAB) in Fresno
- Company C, 1st Battalion, 168th Aviation Regiment (HH-60L)
- Company B, 1st Battalion, 126th Aviation Regiment (CH-47F)
- 1st Battalion, 140th Aviation Regiment (United States)
- HHC and Company A, 3rd Battalion, 140th Aviation Regiment (United States)
- 640th Aviation Support Battalion (640th ASB)

100th Troop Command in Sacramento
- 223rd Military Intelligence Battalion (223rd MIB)
- 250th Expeditionary Military Intelligence Battalion (250th EMIB)
- 1st Battalion, 144th Field Artillery Regiment (1-144th FAR)
- 1st Battalion, 185th Infantry Regiment

49th Military Police Brigade (49th MPB) in Fairfield, California
- 185th Military Police Battalion (185th MPB)
- 143rd Military Police Battalion (143rd MPB)
- 579th Engineer Battalion

224th Sustainment Brigade
223rd Regimental Training Institute (223rd RTI)
115th Area Support Group (115th ASG)
Special Operations Detachment-North (SOD-N)
- Company A, 5 / 19th Special Forces Group

California Air National Guard

129th Rescue Wing at Moffett Air National Guard Base, Mountain View
144th Fighter Wing at Fresno Air National Guard Base, Fresno
146th Airlift Wing on the Channel Islands Air National Guard Station, Oxnard
163rd Attack Wing at March Joint Air Reserve Base, Riverside, California
195th Wing at Beale Air Force Base, Marysville, California

Web links

Commons : California National Guard - Collection of Pictures, Videos, and Audio Files

Individual evidence

^ DoD Personnel, Workforce Reports & Publications . DoD. Retrieved September 25, 2017.
^ John M. Menter: The History of the California Military Academy . In: California State Military Museums . Retrieved June 2, 2002.

[1] DoD Personnel, Workforce Reports & Publications . DoD. Retrieved September 25, 2017.

[CMA-2] John M. Menter: The History of the California Military Academy . In: California State Military Museums . Retrieved June 2, 2002.