page_title: California Army National Guard
section_title: Units
hierarchical_section_title: California Army National Guard / Units
caption_attribution_description: English: This California map displays the unit locations of major California Army National Guard units via the unit's crest.
context_page_description: The California Army National Guard is the land force component of the California National Guard, one of the reserve components of the United States Army and is part of the National Guard of the United States. The California Army National Guard is composed of 18,450 soldiers. Nationwide, the Army National Guard comprises approximately one half of the US Army's available combat forces and approximately one third of its support organization. National coordination of various state National Guard units are maintained through the National Guard Bureau.
  California Army National Guard units are trained and equipped as part of the United States Army. The same enlisted and officer ranks and insignia are used and National Guardsmen are eligible to receive all United States military awards. The California Army National Guard also bestows a number of state awards for local services rendered in or to the state of California.
context_section_description: 40th Infantry Division (Mech)
  79th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (United States) (79th IBCT)
  1st Battalion, 160th Infantry Regiment
  1st Battalion, 184th Infantry Regiment
  1st Squadron, 18th Cavalry Regiment
  1st Battalion, 143rd Field Artillery Regiment (1-143rd FAR)
  578th Brigade Engineer Battalion (578th BEB)
  40th Brigade Support Battalion (40th BSB)
  40th Combat Aviation Brigade (40th CAB)
  Company C, 1st Battalion, 168th Aviation Regiment (HH-60L)
  Company B, 1st Battalion, 126th Aviation Regiment (CH-47F)
  1st Battalion, 140th Aviation Regiment (United States)
  HHC and Company A, 3rd Battalion, 140th Aviation Regiment (United States)
  640th Aviation Support Battalion (640th ASB)
  100th Troop Command
  223rd Military Intelligence Battalion (223rd MIB)
  250th Expeditionary Military Intelligence Battalion (250th EMIB)
  1st Battalion, 144th Field Artillery Regiment (1-144th FAR)
  1st Battalion, 185th Infantry Regiment
  49th Military Police Brigade (49th MPB)
  185th Military Police Battalion (185th MPB)
  143rd Military Police Battalion (143rd MPB)
  579th Engineer Battalion
  224th Sustainment Brigade
  223rd Regimental Training Institute (223rd RTI)
  115th Area Support Group (115th ASG)
  Special Operations Detachment-North (SOD-N)
  Company A, 5/19th Special Forces Group
caption: California Army National Guard unit locations within the state
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