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Los Angeles County

California National Guard Training at Fort Hunter Liggett. Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Benjamin Cossel, California National Guard.

CALIFORNIA ARMY NATIONAL GUARD
(Los Angeles County)

HEADQUARTERS CALIFORNIA
California National Guard

Recruiting & Retention Battalion

• Detachment 2, A Company (Azusa)
• 1970th Support Detachment (Contracting Team) (Long Beach)
• Combined Support Maintenance Shop #2 (Long Beach)
• Field Maintenance Shop #6 (Bell)
• Field Maintenance Shop #9 (Inglewood)
• Field Maintenance Shop #10 (Los Angeles)
• Field Maintenance Shop #13 (Burbank)

40TH COMBAT AVIATION BRIGADE

640th Aviation Support Battalion

• A Company (Torrance)
• C Company (Sylmar)

640th Aviation Support Battalion soldiers work on an AH-64 Apache attack helicopter at Camp Taji, Iraq, 2011. Photo from Defense Visual Information Distribution Service.

40TH DIVISION SUSTAINMENT BRIGADE
40th Infantry Division (Mechanized)

40th Division Sustainment Troops Battalion

• HQ Company (Long Beach)
• 221st Financial Management Detachment (Pomona)
• 223rd Financial Management Detachment (Pomona)
• 240th Signal Company (Long Beach)

746th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion

• HQ Company (Burbank)
• Detachment 1, B Company (Pomona)
• Detachment 1, C Company (Burbank)
• 756th Transportation Company (Medium Truck) (Lancaster)

5002nd Quartermaster Company (Field Feeding) (Long Beach)

40TH INFANTRY DIVISION ARTILLERY
40th Infantry Division (Mechanized)

1st Battalion, 144th Field Artillery Regiment
Aligned with 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment (Active/National Guard)

• HQ Battery (Van Nuys)
• A Battery (Azusa)
• B Battery (Van Nuys)
• 11th Forward Support Company, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment (Van Nuys)

49TH MILITARY POLICE BRIGADE

143rd Military Police Battalion

• HQ Company (Lancaster)
• 140th Chemical Company (Gardena)

79TH INFANTRY BRIGADE COMBAT TEAM
40th Infantry Division (Mechanized)

1st Battalion, 160th Infantry Regiment

• HQ Company (Inglewood)
• B Company (Glendale)
• D Company (Weapons) (San Pedro)

1st Battalion, 185th Infantry Regiment

• C Company (Palmdale)

1st Squadron, 18th Cavalry Regiment (Reconnaissance)

• HQ Troop (Azusa)
• A Troop (Azusa)
• B Troop (Azusa)

143rd Field Artillery Regiment

• Detachment 1, HQ Battery (Los Angeles)

578th Brigade Engineer Battalion

• HQ Company (Manhattan Beach)

40th Brigade Support Battalion

• HQ Company (Bell)
• A Company (Distribution) (Bell)
• B Company (Field Maintenance) (Bell)
• C Company (Medical) (Bell)
• D Company (Forward Support - Attached to 1st Battalion, 18th Cavalry Regiment) (Bell)

40th Brigade Support Battalion soldiers participate in an exercise at Camp Roberts, California. Photo by Sgt. Susan Wohle, California National Guard.

100TH TROOP COMMAND

250th Expeditionary Military Intelligence Battalion

• HQ Company (Long Beach)
• B Company (Long Beach)

Legal Support

• 369th Judge Advocate General Detachment (Bell)
• 370th Judge Advocate General Detachment (Bell)

CALIFORNIA AIR NATIONAL GUARD
(Los Angeles County)

195th WING

195th Operations Group

• 261st Cyberspace Operations Squadron (Van Nuys)

California Air National Guard Airmen with 261st Cyberspace Operations Squadron participate in training operation in 2020 at Sepulveda Air National Guard Station, Van Nuys. Photo by Airman 1st Class Melanie L. Nolen, California Air National Guard.

Source: California National Guard and California Air National Guard