wild fire, us army

329 media by topicpage 1 of 4
It's been a hard day's night for the Soldiers of 23rd

It's been a hard day's night for the Soldiers of 23rd

It's been a hard day's night for the Soldiers of 23rd Brigade Engineer Battalion, 1-2 SBCT, 7th Infantry Division, who return for the evening to Glide Base Camp, Oregon, Sept. 9. The Soldiers have been putting... More

U.S. Army Soldiers, assigned to 23rd Brigade Engineer

U.S. Army Soldiers, assigned to 23rd Brigade Engineer

U.S. Army Soldiers, assigned to 23rd Brigade Engineer Battalion, 1-2 Stryker Brigade Combat Team, have been working from sun up to sun down to combat wild fires in the Umpqua National Forest, Oregon, Sept. 11. ... More

Boy scouts and local children from the Glide, Oregon,

Boy scouts and local children from the Glide, Oregon,

Boy scouts and local children from the Glide, Oregon, area visit the Glide Base Camp, Sept. 9. U.S. Army Soldiers, assigned to 23rd Brigade Engineer Battalion, 1-2 Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 7th Infantry Divi... More

Soldiers assigned to 23rd Brigade Engineer Battalion,

Soldiers assigned to 23rd Brigade Engineer Battalion,

Soldiers assigned to 23rd Brigade Engineer Battalion, 1-2 Stryker Brigade Combat Team spend their nights at Broken Arrow Campground, Oregon, in the Umpqua North Complex, Sept. 21. Sleep comes easy under the Ore... More

A member of Task Force Alpha, California Army National

A member of Task Force Alpha, California Army National

A member of Task Force Alpha, California Army National Guard, cuts roots from a redwood tree to help extinguish a small fire Aug. 9 near the mountains of Wildcat Butte, Humboldt County, California. Task Force A... More

A member of Task Force Alpha, California Army National

A member of Task Force Alpha, California Army National

A member of Task Force Alpha, California Army National Guard, cuts roots from a redwood tree to help extinguish a small fire Aug. 9 near the mountains of Wildcat Butte, Humboldt County, California, during the H... More

Capt. Josiah Faber, company commander of Task Force

Capt. Josiah Faber, company commander of Task Force

Capt. Josiah Faber, company commander of Task Force Charlie, California Army National Guard, in the Jerusalem Fire in Lake County, Calif., watches a Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) aircraf... More

Spc. Destiny Terry, an Apple Valley, Calif., resident,

Spc. Destiny Terry, an Apple Valley, Calif., resident,

Spc. Destiny Terry, an Apple Valley, Calif., resident, with the California Army National Guard’s Task Force Charlie, checks her Pulaski prior to a mop up mission at the Jerusalem Fire in Northern California. Th... More

659th Engineer Company Soldiers arrive on the scene

659th Engineer Company Soldiers arrive on the scene

659th Engineer Company Soldiers arrive on the scene with the Engineer Mission Module-Water Distributor (EMM-WD) and await orders to enter the site. (U.S Army photo by 1st Lt. Kaileb Monk)

Chief Warrant Officer 4 Craig Hannon, pilot commander,

Chief Warrant Officer 4 Craig Hannon, pilot commander,

Chief Warrant Officer 4 Craig Hannon, pilot commander, checks his CH-47 Chinook prior to an Aug. 18 mission at the Redding Airport in Redding, Calif. Hannon, of 1st Battalion, 126th Aviation Regiment in Stockto... More

First Lt. Keith J. Frederickson, center, executive

First Lt. Keith J. Frederickson, center, executive

First Lt. Keith J. Frederickson, center, executive officer of the 870th Military Police Company, 49th Military Police Brigade (Homeland Response Force), California Army National Guard, coordinates with Sgt. Joh... More

Royce Tibbetts, of Kelseyville, Calif., works regularly

Royce Tibbetts, of Kelseyville, Calif., works regularly

Royce Tibbetts, of Kelseyville, Calif., works regularly in areas previously burned by the Valley Fire in Northern California. He spent part of his late September helping the California Army National Guard's 870... More

Signs throughout California communities and small cities

Signs throughout California communities and small cities

Signs throughout California communities and small cities abound thanking California Army National Guardsmen and other fire-fighting organizations continuously battling Northern California wildfires. (U.S. Army ... More

U.S. Soldier with the 578th Brigade Engineer Battalion

U.S. Soldier with the 578th Brigade Engineer Battalion

U.S. Soldier with the 578th Brigade Engineer Battalion and 40th Brigade Support Battalion, California Army National Guard are part of the 300 troop Task Force 578 at Camp Roberts, Calif., July 31, 2016. Califor... More

170408-Z-WM549-016
R. Scott Watson, a retired California

170408-Z-WM549-016 R. Scott Watson, a retired California

170408-Z-WM549-016 R. Scott Watson, a retired California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) battalion chief, briefs California National Guardsmen April 8 during the 2017 Wildland Firefighting... More

A California Army National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk departs

A California Army National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk departs

A California Army National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk departs the Coalinga Municipal Airport July 13 to battle the Garza Fire in Kings County, California. Five CalGuard Black Hawks responded to the Garza Fire, one ... More

Staff Sgt. Ge Xiong, crew chief aboard a UH-60 Black

Staff Sgt. Ge Xiong, crew chief aboard a UH-60 Black

Staff Sgt. Ge Xiong, crew chief aboard a UH-60 Black Hawk from the 1106th Theater Aviation Sustainment Maintenance Group (TASMG), California Army National Guard, watches a 2,600-gallon Bambi Bucket drop water o... More

U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to 23rd Brigade Engineer

U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to 23rd Brigade Engineer

U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to 23rd Brigade Engineer Battalion, 1-2 Stryker Brigade Combat Team starts the day off right, alongside civilian firefights, with a hearty breakfast at Glide Base Camp, Oregon, Sept.... More

U.S. Army Soldiers, assigned to 23rd Brigade Engineer

U.S. Army Soldiers, assigned to 23rd Brigade Engineer

U.S. Army Soldiers, assigned to 23rd Brigade Engineer Battalion, 1-2 Stryker Brigade Combat Team, complete initial tactical training with civilian firefighters working with the U.S. Forest Service in the Umpqua... More

Bureau of Land Management wild land firefighters take

Bureau of Land Management wild land firefighters take

Bureau of Land Management wild land firefighters take a moment of silence to remember the men, and women who lost their lives on 9/11, on Glide Base Camp, Oregon, Sept. 11. The firefighters, many of whom are th... More

Diamond Skies Over Diamond Lake

Diamond Skies Over Diamond Lake

A starry night is visible over Diamond Lake in the Umpqua National Forest, Ore., Sept. 22. U.S. Army Soldiers, assigned to 23rd Brigade Engineer Battalion, 1-2 Stryker Brigade Combat Team, from Joint Base Lewis... More

Members of the California Army National Guard’s 270th

Members of the California Army National Guard’s 270th

Members of the California Army National Guard’s 270th and 870th Military Police Companies confer with Petaluma Police Officer Dario Giomi Oct. 13 during the recent Northern California fires in Sonoma County, Ca... More

Napa County residents express their thankfulness to

Napa County residents express their thankfulness to

Napa County residents express their thankfulness to California Army National Guardsmen for their involvement in the Northern California wildfires following a special Catholic mass Oct. 15 at Saint John the Bapt... More

Private businesses join volunteers and other organizations

Private businesses join volunteers and other organizations

Private businesses join volunteers and other organizations in providing meals to California Army National Guardsmen who are activated for the 2017 Northern California wildfires. More than a dozen fires are scor... More

California Army National Guardsmen from the 185th Military

California Army National Guardsmen from the 185th Military

California Army National Guardsmen from the 185th Military Police Battalion, 49th Military Police Brigade, salute as a vehicle carrying a deceased volunteer firefighter rolls into the Napa County Sheriff’s Depa... More

Spc. Gloria Macias, in black, of Headquarters Supply

Spc. Gloria Macias, in black, of Headquarters Supply

Spc. Gloria Macias, in black, of Headquarters Supply Company, 340th Brigade Sustainment Battalion, California Army National Guard, is a Spanish-speaking Soldier helping a fire victim apply for federal disaster ... More

First Sgt. Antonio M. Delgadillo, first sergeant for

First Sgt. Antonio M. Delgadillo, first sergeant for

First Sgt. Antonio M. Delgadillo, first sergeant for the 149th CBRN Company, California Army National Guard, maps out the operations plan for checkpoints and road closures Nov. 1 at Santa Rosa, California, as C... More

Businessman William “Willie” Ghilotti displays an Army

Businessman William “Willie” Ghilotti displays an Army

Businessman William “Willie” Ghilotti displays an Army uniform presented in thankfulness to the incredible support he gave to the California Army National Guard and the 49th Military Police Brigade units in Oct... More

Airman 1st Class Danelle Perey of the 146th Security

Airman 1st Class Danelle Perey of the 146th Security

Airman 1st Class Danelle Perey of the 146th Security Forces Squadron, 146th Airlift Wing (Channel Islands), California Air National Guard, controls a traffic point in Santa Rosa, California, as a resident enter... More

U.S. Army engineers Sgt. Ellie Ogsbury, Spc. Bryce

U.S. Army engineers Sgt. Ellie Ogsbury, Spc. Bryce

U.S. Army engineers Sgt. Ellie Ogsbury, Spc. Bryce F. Jones and Spc. Aaron W. Parker of the California Army National Guard’s 132nd Multirole Bridge Company, 579th Engineer Battalion, 49th Military Police Brigad... More

U.S. Air Force Tech Sgt. Matthew LeMaire and Staff

U.S. Air Force Tech Sgt. Matthew LeMaire and Staff

U.S. Air Force Tech Sgt. Matthew LeMaire and Staff Sgt. Marlon Ramos of the California Air National Guard’s 195th Air Base Wing provide intelligence information July 28 to the California Department of Forestry ... More

California Army National Guardsmen from Bravo Company,

California Army National Guardsmen from Bravo Company,

California Army National Guardsmen from Bravo Company, 126th Aviation Battalion, work with Warren Giacomni of the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) to secure a 2,000-gallon water ... More

Military police from the California Army National Guard

Military police from the California Army National Guard

Military police from the California Army National Guard supported law enforcement late July in Redding, California, after the Carr Fire erupted and destroyed 700 structures and torched nearly 110,000 acres in j... More

U.S. Army Sgts. Nicole Coyle and Rudy Aguilar of the

U.S. Army Sgts. Nicole Coyle and Rudy Aguilar of the

U.S. Army Sgts. Nicole Coyle and Rudy Aguilar of the 649th Engineer Company, 579th Engineer Battalion, 49th Military Police Brigade, California Army National Guard, use a staging map to coordinate troop movemen... More

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Ge Xiong of the California Army

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Ge Xiong of the California Army

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Ge Xiong of the California Army National Guard’s Alpha Company, 1106th Theatre Aviation Support Maintenance Group (TASMG) and crew chief aboard a UH-60 Black Hawk, checks his 600-gallon wat... More

Battling the Mendocino Complex Fires

Battling the Mendocino Complex Fires

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Ge Xiong of the California Army National Guard’s Alpha Company, 1106th Theatre Aviation Support Maintenance Group (TASMG) and crew chief aboard a UH-60 Black Hawk, reaches underneath his he... More

California National Guard members train for fire air operations

California National Guard members train for fire air operations

A U.S. Air Force HH-60 Pave Hawk rescue helicopter from the 129th Rescue Wing hoists its filled water bucket from the Pardee Reservoir during annual joint aerial fire fighting training near Ione California, Apr... More

A U.S. Army Soldier assigned to 23rd Brigade Engineer

A U.S. Army Soldier assigned to 23rd Brigade Engineer

A U.S. Army Soldier assigned to 23rd Brigade Engineer Battalion, 1-2 Stryker Brigade Combat Team starts the day off right with a hearty breakfast at Glide Base Camp, Oregon, Sept. 8th. The Soldiers, having rece... More

It's been a hard day's night for the Soldiers of 23rd

It's been a hard day's night for the Soldiers of 23rd

It's been a hard day's night for the Soldiers of 23rd Brigade Engineer Battalion, 1-2 SBCT, 7th Infantry Division, who return for the evening to Glide Base Camp, Oregon, Sept. 9. The Soldiers have been putting... More

Boy scouts and local children from the Glide, Oregon,

Boy scouts and local children from the Glide, Oregon,

Boy scouts and local children from the Glide, Oregon, area visit the Glide Base Camp, Sept. 9. U.S. Army Soldiers, assigned to 23rd Brigade Engineer Battalion, 1-2 Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 7th Infantry Divi... More

Soldiers assigned to 23rd Brigade Engineer Battalion,

Soldiers assigned to 23rd Brigade Engineer Battalion,

Soldiers assigned to 23rd Brigade Engineer Battalion, 1-2 Stryker Brigade Combat Team keep warm during a September snow storm at Broken Arrow Campground, Oregon, in the Umpqua North Complex, Sept. 21. Sleep com... More

Photos from the helibase at Columbia, Calif., to the

Photos from the helibase at Columbia, Calif., to the

Photos from the helibase at Columbia, Calif., to the action around Yosemite National Park: UH-60 Black Hawks from the California Army National Guard's 1-140th Aviation Battalion (Air Assault), based out of Los ... More

As smoke rises from the ground, Soldiers from Task

As smoke rises from the ground, Soldiers from Task

As smoke rises from the ground, Soldiers from Task Force Alpha, California Army National Guard, scan an area to extinguish fires Aug. 9 near the mountains of Wildcat Butte, Humboldt County, California, during t... More

Soldiers from Task Force Alpha, California Army National

Soldiers from Task Force Alpha, California Army National

Soldiers from Task Force Alpha, California Army National Guard, remove a burnt tree stump to extinguish a fire Aug. 9 near the mountains of Wildcat Butte, Humboldt County, California, during the Humboldt Lightn... More

A Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE)

A Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE)

A Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) aircraft drop fire retardant Aug. 12 on a hilltop east of Clearlake, California, during the Jerusalem Fire in Lake County, California. (U.S. Army National... More

Soldiers with Task Force Charlie, California Army National

Soldiers with Task Force Charlie, California Army National

Soldiers with Task Force Charlie, California Army National Guard, use Pulaskis to mop up an area previously burned in the Jerusalem Fire. (U.S. Army National Guard photo/Staff Sgt. Eddie Siguenza)

A CH-47 Chinook belonging to the Nevada National Guard

A CH-47 Chinook belonging to the Nevada National Guard

A CH-47 Chinook belonging to the Nevada National Guard leaves the Alden Gulch dip site in Shasta County, Calif., to drop water in Northern California’s wildfires Aug. 18. (U.S. Army National Guard photo/Staff S... More

Army Reserve Soldiers from the 659th Engineer Company

Army Reserve Soldiers from the 659th Engineer Company

Army Reserve Soldiers from the 659th Engineer Company respond to a request from the Fairchild Air Force Base Fire Department for assistance in fighting a nearby wildland fire, which threatening a residential ar... More

Royce Tibbetts, of Kelseyville, Calif., works regularly

Royce Tibbetts, of Kelseyville, Calif., works regularly

Royce Tibbetts, of Kelseyville, Calif., works regularly in areas previously burned by the Valley Fire in Northern California. He spent part of his late September helping the California Army National Guard's 870... More

First Lt. Keith J. Frederickson, center, executive

First Lt. Keith J. Frederickson, center, executive

First Lt. Keith J. Frederickson, center, executive officer of the 870th Military Police Company, 49th Military Police Brigade (Homeland Response Force), California Army National Guard, and Staff Sgt. Troy J. Me... More

Signs throughout California communities and small cities

Signs throughout California communities and small cities

Signs throughout California communities and small cities abound thanking California Army National Guardsmen and other fire-fighting organizations continuously battling Northern California wildfires. (U.S. Army ... More

U.S. Soldier with the 578th Brigade Engineer Battalion

U.S. Soldier with the 578th Brigade Engineer Battalion

U.S. Soldier with the 578th Brigade Engineer Battalion and 40th Brigade Support Battalion, California Army National Guard are part of the 300 troop Task Force 578 at Camp Roberts, Calif., July 31, 2016. Califor... More

Lt. Col. Daniel Anderson, battalion commander of the

Lt. Col. Daniel Anderson, battalion commander of the

Lt. Col. Daniel Anderson, battalion commander of the California Army National Guard’s 3rd Battalion, 140th Aviation Regiment, updates aerial crew members April 8 during Wildland Firefighting Training at Allen R... More

A civilian-contracted helicopter departs the Coalinga

A civilian-contracted helicopter departs the Coalinga

A civilian-contracted helicopter departs the Coalinga Municipal Airport in Fresno County, California, July 13 as three UH-60 Black Hawks from the California Army National Guard stand ready to fight the Garza Fi... More

As a wildfire burns on a hill and California Department

As a wildfire burns on a hill and California Department

As a wildfire burns on a hill and California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) vehicles and personnel stand by, Staff Sgt. Ge Xiong, crew chief aboard a UH-60 Black Hawk from the 1106th Thea... More

Zane Willert, a firefighter with the Devil's Canyon

Zane Willert, a firefighter with the Devil's Canyon

Zane Willert, a firefighter with the Devil's Canyon Handcrew, stays hydrated while supervising tactical training with the Soldiers assigned to 23rd Brigade Engineer Battalion, 1-2 Stryker Brigade Combat Team, U... More

Bureau of Land Management wild land firefighters take

Bureau of Land Management wild land firefighters take

Bureau of Land Management wild land firefighters take a moment of silence to remember the men, and women who lost their lives on 9/11, on Glide Base Camp, Oregon, Sept. 11. The firefighters, many of whom are th... More

A U.S. Army Soldier, assigned to 23rd Brigade Engineer

A U.S. Army Soldier, assigned to 23rd Brigade Engineer

A U.S. Army Soldier, assigned to 23rd Brigade Engineer Battalion, 1-2 Stryker Brigade Combat Team, digs out embers burning beneath tree roots, known as hot spots, in the Umpqua North Complex, Oregon, Sept 13. T... More

Sgt. Keave C. Sham, Spc. Jasmine Tirado, Spc. Joseph

Sgt. Keave C. Sham, Spc. Jasmine Tirado, Spc. Joseph

Sgt. Keave C. Sham, Spc. Jasmine Tirado, Spc. Joseph Zabala and Pfc. Jennifer Preciado, members of the 870th Military Police Company, 49th Military Police Brigade, California Army National Guard, relax with Mar... More

A special Catholic mass was held in honor of the California

A special Catholic mass was held in honor of the California

A special Catholic mass was held in honor of the California Army National Guard Oct. 15 at Saint John the Baptist Church in Napa, California, with Bishop Robert F. Vasa, Diocese of Santa Rosa leader, presiding.... More

California Army National Guardsmen line a street with

California Army National Guardsmen line a street with

California Army National Guardsmen line a street with members of the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) and await the arrival of a volunteer firefighter, who was killed recently du... More

Members of American Canyon Troop Support (ACTS) host

Members of American Canyon Troop Support (ACTS) host

Members of American Canyon Troop Support (ACTS) host a meal for California Army National Guardsmen operating out of the Napa County Airport in Napa, California, during the 2017 Northern California wildfires. Si... More

California National Guard representatives meet with

California National Guard representatives meet with

California National Guard representatives meet with a private security sentry Nov. 1 at the Sonoma County Fairgrounds in Santa Rosa, California, one of a few remaining evacuation sites used for homeless victims... More

Businessman William “Willie” Ghilotti displays an Army

Businessman William “Willie” Ghilotti displays an Army

Businessman William “Willie” Ghilotti displays an Army uniform presented in thankfulness to the incredible support he gave to the California Army National Guard and the 49th Military Police Brigade units in Oct... More

Airman 1st Class Danelle Perey of the 146th Security

Airman 1st Class Danelle Perey of the 146th Security

Airman 1st Class Danelle Perey of the 146th Security Forces Squadron, 146th Airlift Wing (Channel Islands), California Air National Guard, checks identification of a Santa Rosa, California, resident prior to en... More

U.S. Army engineers from the 132nd Multirole Bridge

U.S. Army engineers from the 132nd Multirole Bridge

U.S. Army engineers from the 132nd Multirole Bridge Company (MRBC), 579th Engineer Battalion, 49th Military Police Brigade, California Army National Guard, work together to reposition a ramp July 14 while disma... More

U.S. Army Spc. Sage Manson of the 649th Engineer Company,

U.S. Army Spc. Sage Manson of the 649th Engineer Company,

U.S. Army Spc. Sage Manson of the 649th Engineer Company, 578th Engineer Battalion, 49th Military Police Brigade, California Army National Guard, uses a forklift to move a pallet full of supplies to a loading a... More

U.S. Air Force Maj. Nicholas Edwards, an intelligence

U.S. Air Force Maj. Nicholas Edwards, an intelligence

U.S. Air Force Maj. Nicholas Edwards, an intelligence analyst manager with the California Air National Guard’s 195th Air Base Wing, updates leaders from the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection... More

U.S. Army Maj. Gen. David S. Baldwin, left, adjutant

U.S. Army Maj. Gen. David S. Baldwin, left, adjutant

U.S. Army Maj. Gen. David S. Baldwin, left, adjutant general of the California National Guard, meets Spc. Jesse Hernandez of the 270th Military Police Company, 85th Military Police Battalion, 49th Military Poli... More

U.S. Army Maj. Gen. David S. Baldwin, left, adjutant

U.S. Army Maj. Gen. David S. Baldwin, left, adjutant

U.S. Army Maj. Gen. David S. Baldwin, left, adjutant general of the California National Guard, arrives with his entourage at the Shasta District Fairgrounds July 30 in Anderson, California, and is escorted by C... More

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Ge Xiong of the California Army

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Ge Xiong of the California Army

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Ge Xiong of the California Army National Guard’s Alpha Company, 1106th Theatre Aviation Support Maintenance Group (TASMG) and crew chief aboard a UH-60 Black Hawk, checks his 600-gallon wat... More

A U.S. Army Soldier assigned to 23rd Brigade Engineer

A U.S. Army Soldier assigned to 23rd Brigade Engineer

A U.S. Army Soldier assigned to 23rd Brigade Engineer Battalion, 1-2 Stryker Brigade Combat Team starts the day off right with a hearty breakfast at Glide Base Camp, Oregon, Sept. 8th. The Soldiers, having rece... More

A delicious home-cooked meal awaits the Soldiers of

A delicious home-cooked meal awaits the Soldiers of

A delicious home-cooked meal awaits the Soldiers of 23rd Brigade Engineer Battalion, 1-2 SBCT, 7th Infantry Division, who return for the evening to Glide Base Camp, Oregon, Sept. 9. The Soldiers have been putt... More

Boy scouts and local children from the Glide, Oregon,

Boy scouts and local children from the Glide, Oregon,

Boy scouts and local children from the Glide, Oregon, area visit the Glide Base Camp, Sept. 9. U.S. Army Soldiers, assigned to 23rd Brigade Engineer Battalion, 1-2 Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 7th Infantry Divi... More

A member of Task Force Alpha, California Army National

A member of Task Force Alpha, California Army National

A member of Task Force Alpha, California Army National Guard, mops up an area near the mountains of Wildcat Butte, Humboldt County, California, during the Humboldt Lightning Fore Aug. 9. In just over 10 days, t... More

A hand crew from Task Force Alpha, California Army

A hand crew from Task Force Alpha, California Army

A hand crew from Task Force Alpha, California Army National Guard, leaves the Eel River Conservation Camp en route to the Humboldt mountains in Northern California for mop up duties. “This is the best motivated... More

A Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE)

A Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE)

A Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) aircraft flies through thick smoke to drop fire retardant Aug. 12 as a CAL FIRE-contracted water tanker stands by on a hilltop east of Clearlake, Californ... More

Soldiers with Task Force Charlie, California Army National

Soldiers with Task Force Charlie, California Army National

Soldiers with Task Force Charlie, California Army National Guard, use Pulaskis to mop up an area previously burned in the Jerusalem Fire. (U.S. Army National Guard photo/Staff Sgt. Eddie Siguenza)

Army Reserve Pfc. John Tadlock puts out embers along

Army Reserve Pfc. John Tadlock puts out embers along

Army Reserve Pfc. John Tadlock puts out embers along the side of Grove Road so it can be evaluated. (U.S Army photo by 1st Lt. Kaileb Monk)

A Bambi bucket, attached to a California Army National

A Bambi bucket, attached to a California Army National

A Bambi bucket, attached to a California Army National Guard CH-47 Chinook from 1st Battalion, 126th Aviation Regiment out of Stockton, Calif., flies over redwood trees en route to a wildfire in Shasta County, ... More

Members of the 870th Military Police Company, 49th

Members of the 870th Military Police Company, 49th

Members of the 870th Military Police Company, 49th Military Police Brigade (Homeland Response Force), California Army National Guard, monitor vehicles entering Northern California cities of Cobb and Loch Lomond... More

Signs throughout California communities and small cities

Signs throughout California communities and small cities

Signs throughout California communities and small cities abound thanking California Army National Guardsmen and other fire-fighting organizations continuously battling Northern California wildfires. (U.S. Army ... More

U.S. Soldier with the 578th Brigade Engineer Battalion

U.S. Soldier with the 578th Brigade Engineer Battalion

U.S. Soldier with the 578th Brigade Engineer Battalion and 40th Brigade Support Battalion, California Army National Guard are part of the 300 troop Task Force 578 at Camp Roberts, Calif., July 31, 2016. Califor... More

Capt. Roy Hyde of the California Army National Guard’s

Capt. Roy Hyde of the California Army National Guard’s

Capt. Roy Hyde of the California Army National Guard’s Charlie Company, 2nd Battalion, 135th Aviation Regiment, updates his crew as a UH-60 Black Hawk lands in the background April 8 at Allen Ranch, Martell, Ca... More

As a wildfire burns on a hill and California Department

As a wildfire burns on a hill and California Department

As a wildfire burns on a hill and California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) vehicles and personnel stand by, Staff Sgt. Ge Xiong, crew chief aboard a UH-60 Black Hawk from the 1106th Thea... More

Military helicopter manager Capt. Tim Rodriguez from

Military helicopter manager Capt. Tim Rodriguez from

Military helicopter manager Capt. Tim Rodriguez from the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) communicates with ground forces as his California Army National Guard UH-60 helicopter p... More

Zane Willert, a firefighter with the Devil's Canyon

Zane Willert, a firefighter with the Devil's Canyon

Zane Willert, a firefighter with the Devil's Canyon Handcrew, demonstrates how to dig a handline while supervising tactical training with the Soldiers assigned to 23rd Brigade Engineer Battalion, 1-2 Stryker Br... More

Lt. Col. Nicholas Melin, commander of 23rd Brigade

Lt. Col. Nicholas Melin, commander of 23rd Brigade

Lt. Col. Nicholas Melin, commander of 23rd Brigade Engineer Battalion, 1-2 Stryker Brigade Combat Team, and leader of Task Force Spearhead, and Capt. Rebecca McMichael, chaplain, take a moment of silence to rem... More

A U.S. Army Soldier, assigned to 23rd Brigade Engineer

A U.S. Army Soldier, assigned to 23rd Brigade Engineer

A U.S. Army Soldier, assigned to 23rd Brigade Engineer Battalion, 1-2 Stryker Brigade Combat Team, digs out embers burning beneath tree roots, known as hot spots, in the Umpqua North Complex, Oregon, Sept 13. T... More

Soldiers assigned to 23rd Brigade Engineer Battalion,

Soldiers assigned to 23rd Brigade Engineer Battalion,

Soldiers assigned to 23rd Brigade Engineer Battalion, 1-2 Stryker Brigade Combat Team while away the cool fall nights at Broken Arrow Campground, Oregon, in the Umpqua North Complex, Sept. 21. Sleep comes easy ... More

Staff Sgt. Timothy Barrera of the 270th Military Police

Staff Sgt. Timothy Barrera of the 270th Military Police

Staff Sgt. Timothy Barrera of the 270th Military Police Company, 49th Military Police Brigade, California Army National Guard, discusses the daily schedule with Deborah L. Dalton, executive director of Cavanagh... More

Bishop Robert F. Vasa, bishop of the Diocese of Santa

Bishop Robert F. Vasa, bishop of the Diocese of Santa

Bishop Robert F. Vasa, bishop of the Diocese of Santa Rosa, California, applauds the California Army National Guard from his podium during a special Oct. 15 mass at Saint John the Baptist Church in Napa. More t... More

Capt. Antonia Ambriz of Headquarters Detachment, 185th

Capt. Antonia Ambriz of Headquarters Detachment, 185th

Capt. Antonia Ambriz of Headquarters Detachment, 185th Military Police Battalion, 49th Military Police Brigade, California Army National Guard, salutes with other Cal Guardsmen as vehicles escorting a fallen vo... More

Sindy Biederman and Michelle Marquez, members of American

Sindy Biederman and Michelle Marquez, members of American

Sindy Biederman and Michelle Marquez, members of American Canyon Troop Support (ACTS), prepare a meal for more than 200 California Army National Guardsmen operating out of the Napa County Airport in Napa, Calif... More

Shannan McDaniel of Professional Event Services, a

Shannan McDaniel of Professional Event Services, a

Shannan McDaniel of Professional Event Services, a private security company, shares company with Pvt. Cydni Johnson and Pfc. Alex Bannon of the 149th CBRN Company, 49th Military Police Brigade, California Army ... More

Senior Airman Jess Contreras, right, of the 146th Security

Senior Airman Jess Contreras, right, of the 146th Security

Senior Airman Jess Contreras, right, of the 146th Security Forces Squadron, 146th Airlift Wing (Channel Islands), California Air National Guard, signals a vehicle to move forward at a traffic control point Nov.... More

A sign at the exit of Ghilotti Construction Company

A sign at the exit of Ghilotti Construction Company

A sign at the exit of Ghilotti Construction Company in Santa Rosa, California, sums up the effort employees gave to California Army National Guard forces in October during the Northern California wildfires. The... More

U.S. Army Spc. Ellie Ogsbury of the 132nd Multirole

U.S. Army Spc. Ellie Ogsbury of the 132nd Multirole

U.S. Army Spc. Ellie Ogsbury of the 132nd Multirole Bridge Company (MRBC), 579th Engineer Battalion, 49th Military Police Brigade, California Army National Guard, leads other engineers in securing a temporary f... More

Firefighters from the California Department of Forestry

Firefighters from the California Department of Forestry

Firefighters from the California Department of Forestry and Fire Prevention (CAL FIRE) Task Force 4231 out of Modesto, California, rest July 29 and watch California Army National Guard forces move in to support... More

Redding, California resident Heidi Meeks, a mortgage

Redding, California resident Heidi Meeks, a mortgage

Redding, California resident Heidi Meeks, a mortgage loan originator and huge fan of the California National Guard, presents food to U.S. Army Sgt. Jeff Coats of the 649th Engineer Company, 579th Engineer Batta... More

Previous

of 4

Next