By Chief Warrant Officer 2 Rick de la Torre
Photos by Staff Sgt. (CA) Richard Bergquist
In its continuing search for new opportunities to provide quality training and assistance to the California National Guard, the California State Military Reserve is starting conversations with various law enforcement entities across Southern California. [...]
The CSMR is Reaching Out to Local Age...
By Chief Warrant Officer 2 Rick de la Torre
Photos by Staff Sgt. (CA) Richard Bergquist
In its continuing search for new opportunities to provide quality training and assistance to the California National Guard, the California State Military Reserve is starting conversations with various law enforcement entities across Southern California. [...]
OFFICER PROFILE Warrant Officer Cand...
Age: 50
Lives in: Orange County
Personal: Born in South-Central Los Angeles, reared in East LA and the San Gabriel Valley. Hobbies and interests include history buff and furniture building.
Warrant Officer Candidate Joseph A. Steinmetz
Civilian Occupation: Risk manager and planning consultant for corporations and small businesses. Serves as [...]
The Shivering in the Sun Was a Sign: ...
By Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CA) Rick de la Torre
Photos by Staff Sgt. (CA) Gene Arias
Military training such as CPR classes and combat lifesaver courses can teach a Soldier a lot of hands-on skills to use during traumatic circumstances on the battlefield or elsewhere. They learn what should be done, for example, if someone stops breathing [...]
Chaplain’s Corner: Finding New Ways t...
There have been several important changes recently for the CSMR Regional Support South chaplain corps as it continues to stay busy while evolving in ways to meet the faith needs of Soldiers.
One new change is the regular opportunity the corps is coordinating to have Soldiers do brief goodwill visits to the Veterans Affairs Long Beach Medic [...]
Encourage and ensure discipline and m...
By Capt. (CA) Ronald Alexander
Photograph by Staff Sgt. Gerald Berry
Elements of the 1st Battalion State Military Police (SMP), Regional Support South (RSS), supported military police law enforcement through its Less than Lethal Measures and Conducting an Automobile Search training courses. During this innovative activity held April 6 at the [...]
Med News You Can Use: Allergy for All...
By Dr. William Goldsmith
Allergies are usually only nuisances. We all have them—food reactions, (especially shellfish), hay fever, perfumes, animal dander, insect bites, in-laws. However, they can be fatal.
In Viet Nam, a Soldier in my battalion had just got a penicillin shot. He collapsed with an anaphylactic allergic reaction to the antibi [...]
Drill, Baby, Drill: Helping Cadets G...
by Capt. (CA) Ron Alexander and Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CA) Rick de la Torre
They were looking for perfection and the youths were trying hard to provide it.
The job of finding flawless formations and turn-on-a-dime drill routines was the work of the day for some 10 California State Military Reserve troops at the annual California Cadet Corps [...]
Training so others may live: CSMR ass...
By Capt. Ronald Alexander (CA)
Photographs by Staff Sgt. (CA) Richard Bergquist
Most likely anyone who has lived in the United States has attended a school, a camp, on-the-job training, seminar or a training session—with the expectation of gaining a positive experience or something energizing from the time they invested. Sometimes these train [...]
The California State Military Reserve is the Golden State’s official state defense force. It is a part of the California Military Department, along the state’s National Guard and Air National Guard. Its mission is to augment the National Guard in a variety of support roles, and to specialize in homeland defense and emergency management missions.
