Homeland Response Force evaluation

During a Homeland Response Force (HRF) bi-annual validation exercise, Tech. Sgt. Melanie Baretto, a member of the HRF and a medic with the 146th Medical Group, California Air National Guard, stabilizes a patient prior to transporting him to the decontamination area on March 1, 2012. The HRF team sharpen their skills responding to various scenarios at a simulated financial institution bombing that resulted in casualties, people being trapped in rubble and massive damage to buildings and infrastructure. (Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. David J. Loeffler)

Homeland Response Force Evaluation

Chaplain Wesley Clare, 144th Fighter Wing, California Air National Guard, helps with the interior electrical work on one of the Homeland Response Force (HRF) medical treatment tents during the HRF validation exercise on March 1, 2012. Members of the California National Guard's Homeland Response Force take part in a bi-annual validation at Camp Roberts, Calif. The team has ninety minutes to unload the specialized trailers, set up tents and begin treating patients. (USAF photo by MSgt David J. Loeffler)

Staff Sgt. Sees Daughter for First Time

On February 23, 2012, after a seven month deployment to Afghanistan, Staff Sgt. Lorenzo Dumlao, a member of the 144th Civil Engineer Squadron, 144th Fighter Wing, California Air National Guard, is greeted at the airport by his wife, Fiane and his 3 month old daughter Aliane. (Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sgt. Chris Drudge)

EOD joins in Operation Red Snow

Senior Airman Dustin Turner, an EOD specialist with the 144th Fighter Wing, performs daytime operations while participating in Operation Red Snow, a multi-force, multi-agency training scenario at the USMC Mountain Warfare Training Center located in Bridgeport, California. The 144th Fighter Wing personnel acted as Opposing Forces to the California Army National Guard, the California Army National Guard Civil Support Team and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. (Photograph by MSgt. David J. Loeffler)

Triumphant Airman re-enlists in the 144th

Tech. Sgt. Jason Cosgrave, 144th Medical Group, gets sworn in by Col. Joseph Pascuzzo, 144th Medical Group Commander, 144th Fighter Wing, after almost a year of being seperated from the very same unit. Cosgrave overcame some personal adversities and was able to re-enlist into his former unit on January 31, 2012. (Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sgt. Chris Drudge)

Triumphant Airman re-enlists in the 144th

Col. Joseph Pascuzzo, 144th Medical Group Commander, swears in Tech. Sgt. Jason Cosgrave back into the California Air National Guard on January 31, 2012 as his fellow Airmen from the medical group look on. Tech. Sgt. Cosgrave overcame some personal adversities and was able to re-join his unit after seperating several months earlier. (Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sgt. Chris Drudge)