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<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"January marks the 80 th anniversary of the California State Guard. 2020 was a
\npivotal year for the CSG, and \u2013 as our motto states \u2013 our service members proved that
\nthey were \u201cready to respond.\u201d<\/p>\n
While facing myriad challenges during a global pandemic, our service members
\nstood ready to answer the call to keep California safe. When we entered fire season in
\nMay, for the first time members of the CSG participated in wildland firefighter training
\nalongside our California National Guard counterparts at Camp Roberts, and at the height
\nof fire season, we deployed members to fires throughout the state.<\/p>\n
In June, when our California National Guard counterparts were called upon to
\nrespond to incidents of civil unrest, members of the CSG stepped in to provide additional
\nsecurity at locations across California.<\/p>\n
Our service members also helped to feed the citizens of California by working with
\nlocal food banks and our National Guard counterparts to distribute more than 50 million
\nmeals to Californians experiencing food shortages. While supporting the state on multiple
\nmissions, we continued with the professional development of our service members by
\nconducting Basic, Senior and Advanced Leadership Courses Camp San Luis Obispo.<\/p>\n
In the past few years, the CSG\u2019s capabilities have increased tenfold. CSG has
\ndeveloped a wildland firefighting cohort, search and rescue, cybersecurity, medical, legal,
\npolice\/security and Maritime forces, among many other tasks and roles supporting our
\nmission.<\/p>\n
The CSG is undergoing rapid change from being perceived as the Reserve of the
\nReserves to fulfilling its original purpose: Protecting the State of California. 2020 was our
\nproving ground and our soldiers, sailors and airmen performed admirably, proving that we
\nare a trained and ready response force for California.<\/p>\n
Members of the California State Guard are the truest patriots. Our service members
\nprovide countless hours each year without any expectation of reward. Without question,
\nthe leaders and citizens of California can depend on the CSG. As we have done since
\nJanuary 2nd, 1941, so too will we continue to stand ready to respond in 2021 and beyond.<\/p>\n
JAY M. COGGAN
\nMajor General, (CA)
\nCommanding<\/p>\n
\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
January marks the 80 th anniversary of the California State Guard. 2020 was a pivotal year for the CSG, and \u2013 as our motto states \u2013 our service members proved that they were \u201cready to respond.\u201d While facing myriad challenges during a global pandemic, our service members stood ready to answer the call to keep […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1085,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1081","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-california-state-guard-news","category-generals-correspondence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateguard.cmd.ca.gov\/public\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1081","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateguard.cmd.ca.gov\/public\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateguard.cmd.ca.gov\/public\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateguard.cmd.ca.gov\/public\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateguard.cmd.ca.gov\/public\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1081"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/stateguard.cmd.ca.gov\/public\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1081\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1304,"href":"https:\/\/stateguard.cmd.ca.gov\/public\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1081\/revisions\/1304"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateguard.cmd.ca.gov\/public\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1085"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateguard.cmd.ca.gov\/public\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1081"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateguard.cmd.ca.gov\/public\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1081"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateguard.cmd.ca.gov\/public\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1081"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}