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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

• Detachment 1, U.S. Property & Fiscal Office (located in Long Beach)

Recruiting & Retention Battalion

• Detachment 2, A Company (located in Azusa)

40TH COMBAT AVIATION BRIGADE

640th Aviation Support Battalion

• A Company (located in Torrance)

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.

49TH MILITARY POLICE BRIGADE

143rd Military Police Battalion

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

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

1st Battalion, 160th Infantry Regiment

• HQ Company (located in Inglewood)
• B Company (located in Glendale)
• D Company (located in San Pedro)

1st Battalion, 185th Infantry Regiment

• C Company (located in Palmdale)

1st Squadron, 18th Cavalry Regiment (Reconnaissance)

• HQ Troop (located in Azusa)

143rd Field Artillery Regiment
HQ Battery

• Detachment 1 (located in Los Angeles)

578th Brigade Engineer Battalion

• HQ Company (located in Manhattan Beach)

40th Brigade Support Battalion

• HQ Company (located in Bell)
• A Company - Distribution (located in Bell)
• B Company - Field Maintenance (located in Bell)
• C Company - Medical (located in 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 Military Intelligence Battalion

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

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

• HQ Battery (located in Burbank)
• A Battery (located in Azusa)
• 236th Engineer Mobility Augmentation Company - GAP Crossing (located in Pomona)
• 11th Forward Support Company, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment (located in Burbank)

Legal Support

• 369 JAAG Detachment (located in Bell)
• 370 JAAG Detachment (located in Bell)

224TH SUSTAINMENT BRIGADE

746th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion

• HQ Company (Van Nuys)
• 756th Transportation Company (located in Lancaster)
• Detachment 1, 1114th Transportation Company (located in Van Nuys)

224th Special Troops Battalion (located in Azusa)

• HQ Company (located in Long Beach)
• Detachment 1 (located in Long Beach)
• 223rd Financial Management Detachment (located in Azusa)
• 224th Finance Company (located in Azusa)
• 240th Signal Company (located in Azusa)
• 251st Financial Management Detachment (located in Azusa)

CALIFORNIA AIR NATIONAL GUARD
(Los Angeles County)

195th WING

• 261st Cyber Operations Squadron (located in 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