Officers and NCOs from Charlie Company, 1-160th Infantry Battalion scout the landscape of Fort Hunter Liggett during a leaders' terrain walk June 9th, 2015 prior to conducting a platoon attack live-fire exercis More
Soldiers from the 79th Infantry Brigade Combat Team march to present the colors during the brigade Change-of-Command ceremony, June 17th, 2015. The change of command signified the passing of authority and accou More
U.S. Soldiers with the 79th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, California Army National Guard, prepare to raise the American flag at Multinational Base - Tarin Kowt, Uruzgan province, Afghanistan, Aug. 5, 2013. The More
U.S. Army Sgt. Jesus Hernandez, 79th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, California Army National Guard, updates unit records at Multinational Base - Tarin Kot, Afghanistan, Aug. 10, 2013. Hernandez is the assistant More
Master Sgt, Harry E. Slone Jr., 4th Infantry Division’s master chaplain assistant, left, listens with Lt. Col. Bill Harrison, RC(S) command chaplain, to a brief during a training event in which chaplain assista More
A Gunner from 1st Squadron 18th Cavalry, Spc. Ryan Welch of Palm Springs, Calif., pulls security on a PZ at Camp Roberts, Calif., for scouts from his unit being airlifted by 1st Battalion 140th Aviation to the More
A Soldier with the California National Guard's Company B, 1st Battalion, 184th Infantry Regiment, 79th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 40th Infantry Division prepares to launch himself into a building, June 17 at More
A competitor fires the M4 Carbine with iron sights during the rifle-zeroing portion of the California Combat Match on Camp Roberts, Calif., Aug. 23, 2014. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Matthew Dixon)
Capt. Cameron K. Larsuel, Charlie Co., 1-160th Infantry Battalion receives the Bronze Star Medal pinned on by his mother Oct. 14, 2014. Larusel received the medal for his outstanding dedication to duty during c More
Soldiers from 1-160th Infantry get "eyes-on" opposing forces during a training event held April 11, 2015. The Soldiers' mission called for them to provide suppressive fire while engineers breach wire obstacles. More
Horizontal engineers from 578th Brigade Engineer Battalion operated D6 Dozers, HMEEs, and Loaders to construct a small arms range for the Federal Bureau of Investigations in Irvine, Calif., April 11, 2015. (US More
A squad of Soldiers from Charlie Company, 1-160th Infantry assault and clear a trench, as Capt. Cameron K. Larsuel, Charlie Company commander (far left), observes their training, April 11, 2015. (U.S. Army phot More
Spc. Daniel Fierro, a gunner from Bravo Troop, 1-18th Cavalry Squadron prepares to dismount from his turret after firing a .50-caliber machine gun June 9, 2015. The vehicle crews from 1-18th Cavalry were challe More
1st Lt. Travis Leach, 3rd Platoon Leader in Alpha Company, 1-160th Infantry and member of Riverside Sheriff’s Dept., calls in a situation report after his platoon seized the objective during a platoon attack li More
The Soldiers of Gun Three, Alpha Battery, 1-143rd Field Artillery from Lodi, Calif. wait for the call to conduct a coordinated illlumination mission during annual training at Camp Roberts, Calif., on June 12th, More
The 1-126th Aviation conducted an air assault operation to deliver 1-143rd Field Artillery to an LZ at Fort Hunter Liggett, Calif., June 15, 2015. (U.S. Army photo by Capt. Cody Gallo)
A Bradley crewman from 1-185th Armor keeps watch from atop his Bradley Infantry Fighting Vehicle while in support of the 1-160th Infantry company-level breach and assault training June 16, 2015. Soldiers from t More
Spc. Anel Parra and Spc. Allante Chapple, drivers for the California Army National Guard’s 224th Sustainment Brigade command team, set up their Lightweight Individual Shelters at Camp Roberts, Calif., May 15. M More
Col. Nick Ducich, center, commander of the Cal Guard's 79th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, is briefed by his staff at Camp McGregor, New Mexico, on Jan. 31 during a Mission Rehearsal Exercise (MRX) in preparatio More
AMMAN, JORDAN – Lt. Col. Phillip Armstrong (left) and Command Sgt. Maj. Travis Armstrong case the 1st Battalion, 184th Infantry Regiment’s flag as they transfer the authority to the incoming unit and prepare to More
Col. David Mendoza, deputy commander of inpatient services, William Beaumont Army Medical Center, poses for a picture with fraternal twin brother, Maj. James Mendoza, human resources officer, 79th Infantry Brig More
Cal Guard snipers from the 1-160th and 1-184th Infantry Battalions hone their skills on the sniper range at Fort Irwin on June 23 during Annual Training 2019. (U.S. Army photo by Capt. Jason Sweeney, 79th Infan More
Lt. Col. Dennis Keener, former 79th Infantry Brigade Combat Team executive officer, addresses the crowd during a celebration of three departing 79th IBCT leaders on Aug. 11, 2019. Keener is continuing his caree More
Command Sgt. Maj. Andrew McKindley's son Ethan plays the Star Spangled Banner during a Change of Responsibility Ceremony at Camp Roberts on Aug. 3. (Photo by Capt. Jason Sweeney, 79th Infantry Brigade Combat Team)
Incoming Command Sgt. Maj. Rodney Plamondon takes a selfie with his sister Debra during a Change of Responsibility Ceremony at Camp Roberts on Aug. 3. (Photo by Capt. Jason Sweeney, 79th Infantry Brigade Combat Team)
Soldiers of the 79th Infantry Brigade Combat Team’s Headquarters and Headquarters Company set up one of three tents that made up the tactical operations center (TOC) in its San Diego armory in preparation for a More
U.S. Soldiers of the California National Guard's 79th Infantry Brigade Combat Team arrive at the Los Angeles Convention Center on May 31, 2020, to respond to civil unrest in Los Angeles. Cal Guard Soldiers were More
U.S. Soldiers from the California Army National Guard’s 1st Battalion, 160th Infantry Regiment, 79th Infantry Brigade Combat Team reach down to pet a man’s dog, May 31, 2020, while working at Pershing Square in More
U.S. Soldiers with the California National Guard's Task Force-79, stand watch outside of the Los Angeles Convention Center in Los Angeles on June 1, 2020. The Cal Guard used the convention center as its operati More
California National Guard vehicles return to the Los Angeles Convention Center on June 1, 2020, during civil unrest operations. (Photo by Capt. Jason Sweeney, California National Guard)
After driving around looking for her son in downtown Los Angeles, Leafa Wawryk-Mataele, mother of Cpl. Lyle Wawryk, from C Company, 1st Battalion, 160th Infantry Regiment, California Army National Guard, finds More
U.S. Soldiers of the California National Guard's 1st Battalion, 185th Infantry Regiment, allow children to try on their vests and helmets while working in Beverly Hills, California, June 4, 2020. Soldiers were More
A California National Guard service member pushes a man in a wheelchair across the street while providing security and protection in the Jewelry District of downtown Los Angeles, June 4, 2020. Cal Guard activat More
A local mom and her son, Jayden Kim of Los Angeles, offer cans of drinking water to service members of the California Army National Guard’s 79th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, June 4, 2020. The Guard was activat More
A youngster offers canned drinks to Soldiers in the California Army National Guard’s 79th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, June 4, 2020, during their mission in downtown Los Angeles, to support state and local age More
The California National Guard’s Joint Task Force-79 assembles for a photo with members of the Los Angeles Police Department on June 5, 2020 at the Los Angeles Convention Center in downtown Los Angeles. The task More
Sgt. Patrick Reilly, a Soldier with the 79th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Headquarters and Headquarters Company loads a magazine at a night qualification range on Camp Pendleton, California on November 16, 20 More
Staff Sgt. Donovan Greer, the 79th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Headquarters and Headquarters medical noncommissioned officer, poses with his four boys Terry Greer, Nicholas Greer, Donavan Greer, and Alec Gre More
U.S. Soldiers of the California National Guard’s 1st Squadron, 18th Cavalry Regiment, Charlie Troop, break the surf and paddle into the ocean on Zodiac boats from White Beach on Camp Pendleton on July 11, 2020. More
Spc. Bain Smith, 1st Battalion, 184th Infantry Regiment, Charlie Company Soldier, takes the oath of re-enlistment after attending a Guard Your Future event held by the California National Guard's 79th Infantry More
U.S. Soldiers of the California National Guard's 79th Infantry Brigade Combat Team drive stakes into the ground as a part of setup for the tactical operations center at Fort Hunter Liggett, California, on Aug. More
Capt. Evan Ching, the Brigade Engineer Officer, gives a speech following his promotion to major on Aug. 16, 2020, at For Hunter Liggett, California. The promotion took place during a Warfighter exercise that is More
U.S. Soldiers of the The 79th Infantry Brigade Combat Team's 1st Squadron, 18th Cavalry, Alpha Troop, conducted a gunnery qualification on Fort Hunter Liggett, on Aug. 17, 2020. Spc. David Ketcherside, a 1st Pl More
Staff Sgt. Beau Devillier, a sniper in 1st Squadron, 18th Cavalry Regiment, spots for another sniper while he zeros his weapon. U.S. Soldiers of the The 79th Infantry Brigade Combat Team conducted a consolidat More
Maj. Gen. Laura Yeager, the commander for 40th Infantry Division, coins Sgt. Jose Cota, a Soldier with the 578th Brigade Engineer Battallion, for exemplory performance during annual training at Fort Hunter Ligg More
Pvt. Alexis Dejesus, a Soldier in the 1st Battalion, 65th Infantry Regiment, radios forward observers during mortar live-fire training on Aug. 20, 2020, at Camp Roberts, California. The 1-65th attended annual t More
Soldiers of 1st Battalion, 65th Infantry Regiment, conduct mortar live-fire training on Aug. 20, 2020, at Camp Roberts, California. The 1-65th attended annual training with the 79th Infantry Brigade Combat Team More
On Aug. 22, 2020 at Fort Hunter Liggett, Maj. Charles Choe, the brigade aviation officer, briefs 79th Infantry Brigade Combat Team commander Col. Richard Mifsud during a combined-arms rehearsal (CAR) as a part More
U.S. Soldiers of the 79th Infantry Brigade Combat Team's 1st Battalion, 184th Infantry Regiment, Charlie Company, conducts a squad live fire exercise on Aug. 25, 2020 at Fort Hunter Liggett. The training was he More
U.S. Soldiers of the 1st Squadron, 18th Cavalry Regiment stand in formation before an award ceremony on Aug. 25, 2020, at Fort Hunter Liggett, California. Soldiers were awarded for meritorious service during th More
U.S. Soldiers of the 79th Infantry Brigade Combat Team's 1st Battalion, 184th Infantry Regiment, Charlie Company, conduct a squad live fire exercise on Aug. 25, 2020, at Fort Hunter Liggett, California. The tra More
Soldiers of the 79th Infantry Brigade Combat Team pose together after recieving coins from Col. Robert Wooldridge, the assistant division commander of the 40th Infantry Division. Wooldridge coined the Soldiers More
Sixty-four Soldiers of the 79th Infantry Brigade Combat Team's 578th Brigade Engineer Battalion, headed to Camp Roberts to assist in fighting wildfires in California on Sept. 19-20, 2020. Soldiers of Charlie, D More
Scout Snipers from the 1-160th Infantry Battalion pull security in the high Sierras after being inserted by a CH-47 Chinook helicopter during annual training, June 12, 2014. (U.S. Army photo by Specialist Matthew Dixon)
Brig. Gen Mark G. Malanka (right), Deputy Division Commander - Manuever, 40th Infantry Division, passes the brigade colors to Lt. Col. Nick Ducich, Commander 79th IBCT, during a change-of-command ceremony held More
U.S. Soldiers with the 79th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, California Army National Guard, salute while raising the American flag at Multinational Base - Tarin Kowt, Uruzgan province, Afghanistan, Aug. 5, 2013. More
U.S. Army Sgt. Jesus Hernandez, 79th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, California Army National Guard, organizes the mail room at Multinational Base - Tarin Kot, Afghanistan, Aug. 10, 2013. Hernandez is the assista More
Sgt. First Class Thomas Maia, a range NCOIC with 1st Combat Aviation Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, points while briefing chaplain assistants during a stress training at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, Nov. 19 More
Spc. Branden Olivera with Company A, 1st of the 184th Infantry Regiment and a Hanford, Calif., resident pulls security as the remainder of his squad clears a building, June 17, at the combined arms training facility.
A competitor prepares to fire at targets downrange during the nine-minute match competition portion of the California Combat Match on Camp Roberts, Calif., Aug. 23, 2014. The nine-minute match challenges the So More
Soldiers from 1-160th Infantry Battalion move to an assault position during squad-level, wire-obstacle breach training conducted Nov. 14, 2014. The training aimed to prepare the Soldiers for live-fire exercises More
A Soldier from 1-160th Infantry low-crawls with a training-aid Bangalore torpedo toward a wire obstacle at Camp Pendleton, Calif. on April 11, 2015. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Matthew Dixon)
Sgt. Trinity Godfrey, Alpha Company, 578th BEB, issues instructions to horizontal engineers from Alpha and Bravo companies for the next phase of construction during the build of a small arms range for the Feder More
Spc. Lehi Jimenez, a gunner from Bravo Troop, 1-18th Cavalry waits for the order to fire his .50 caliber mounted machine gun during table six gunnery qualifications at Fort Hunter Liggett, Calif. on June 9, 201 More
The Soldiers of Gun Three, Alpha Battery, 1-143rd Field Artillery from Lodi, Calif., waits for the call to conduct a coordinated illlumination mission at Camp Roberts, Calif. on June 12, 2015. During a coordina More
Sgt. 1st Class Darren Toedt, platoon sergeant for 3/A 1-160th Infantry and member of the Riverside Sheriff’s Department, observes his platoon’s movement technique during a deliberate platoon attack live-fire ex More
Soliders of Bravo Battery, 1-143rd Field Artillery air assault with their 105mm Howitzers into an LZ at Fort Hunter Liggett, Calif., June 15, 2015. (U.S. Army photo by Capt. Cody Gallo)
A Bradley crewman from 1-185th Armor scouts the landscape from his Bradley Infantry Fighting Vehicle while supporting Soldiers from Bravo Company, 1-160th Infantry June 16, 2015. Soldiers from the 1-160th Infan More
After a long day of erecting tents and establishing operational capabilities, food service specialists from the 224th Sustainment Brigade’s Headquarters Company served a hot meal to worn down troops from their More
Soldiers from the Cal Guard's 79th Infantry Brigade Combat Team painted a mural on a Jersey barrier at Camp McGregor, New Mexico, during their stay on the camp in February for a training exercise in preparation More
AMMAN, Jordan – Lt. Col. Jeramy Hopkins (left) and Command Sergeant Major Luis Ferretti, commander and sergeant major of the incoming unit, the 1st Squadron, 18 Cavalry Regiment, California Army National Guard, More
Maj. James Mendoza, 79th Infantry Brigade Combat Team S-1 Officer, celebrated over 35 years of service on Aug. 11, 2019. During his retirement ceremony, Mendoza thanks those who he served with and his family fo More
Command Sgt. Maj. Andrew McKindley's son Ethan played the Star Spangled Banner during the ceremony. (Photo by Capt. Jason Sweeney, 79th Infantry Brigade Combat Team)
U.S. Army 1st Lt. Rory Nichols, left, a physician assistant with the 1st Battalion, 184th Infantry Regiment, 79th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, and Maj. Harry Brown, chaplain with the 224th Sustainment Brigade, More
A U.S. Soldier of the California National Guard's Task Force-79 stands watch outside the Los Angeles Convention Center in Los Angeles on June 1, 2020. The Cal Guard used the convention center as its headquarter More
Leafa Wawryk-Mataele hugs her son, U.S. Army Cpl. Lyle Wawryk, of the California Army National Guard’s C Company, 1st Battalion, 160th Infantry Regiment, June 4, 2020, after driving around Los Angeles to find h More
A local mom and her son, Jayden Kim of Los Angeles, offer cans of drinking water to Soldiers from the California Army National Guard’s 79th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, June 4, 2020. The Guard was activated to More
Los Angeles Police Chief Michel Moore meets with the California National Guard's 40th Infantry Division Deputy Commander Brig. Gen. Michael Leeney and leadership from Joint Task Force-79 (JTF-79) on June 6, 202 More
Spc. Joshua Day, U.S. Soldier of the California National Guard’s 1st Squadron, 18th Cavalry Regiment, Charlie Troop, stands watch while the rest of his team brings in their Zodiac boat at White Beach on Camp Pe More
U.S. Soldiers of the California National Guard's 79th Infantry Brigade Combat Team attended a Guard Your Future event at Fort Hunter Liggett, California, on August 15, 2020. Soldiers were given the opportunity More
Col. Richard Mifsud, the commander of the 79th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, promotes Capt. Evan Ching, the Brigade Engineer Officer, to major on Aug. 16, 2020, at For Hunter Liggett, California. The promotion More
U.S. Soldiers of the The 79th Infantry Brigade Combat Team's 1st Squadron, 18th Cavalry, Alpha Troop, conducted a gunnery qualification on Fort Hunter Liggett. on Aug. 17, 2020. Spc. David Ketcherside, a 1st Pl More
Spc. Jesus Cruz, a sniper in 1st Squadron, 18th Cavalry Regiment, spots for another sniper while he zeros his weapon. U.S. Soldiers of the The 79th Infantry Brigade Combat Team conducted a consolidated sniper More
Smoke from wildfires blocks out the sun on Aug. 19, 2020, at Fort Hunter Liggett. Soldiers from the California Army National Guard's 79th Infantry Brigade Combat Team dealt with a heat wave and heavy smoke from More
Lt. Col. Brian Wintzer, the commander of 1st Battalion, 143rd Field Artillery Regiment, along with other 79th Infantry Brigade Combat Team Battalion commanders assist 79th IBCT Commander Col. Richard Mifsud an More
Maj. Curtis Goller, the commander of the 1st Squadron, 18th Cavalry Regiment, salutes Col. Richard Mifsud, the commander of the 79th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, before an awards ceremony on Aug. 25, 2020, at More
Soldiers of the 79th Infantry Brigade Combat Team applaud their fellow Soldiers after they recieved coins from Col. Robert Wooldridge, the assistant division commander of the 40th Infantry Division. Soldiers re More
U.S. Army Sgt. Jesus Hernandez, 79th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, California Army National Guard, poses for a photo at Multinational Base - Tarin Kot, Afghanistan, Aug. 13, 2013. Hernandez is the assistant adm More
Staff Sgt. Ronnie Collins, a California National Guardsman with the 79th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, teaches chaplain assistants about firing a rifle with an increased heart rate during a monthly training in More
Spc. Samuel Hyer, a sniper from 1st Battalion 184th Infantry, 79th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, identifies a high-value target during an area reconnaissance training mission to the Marine Corps Mountain Warfar More
As the remnants of the assault littered the battlefield, Soldiers of the California National Guard's, Company B, 1st Battalion, 184th Infantry Regiment, 79th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 40th Infantry Division More