California National Guard cites near‑full strength, expanded cyber and wildfire support

Major General Beavers, the Adjutant General of the California Military Department, told the committee the department is operating at near‑authorized strength and engaged across missions that support both state and national needs. "We are grateful, to be able to tell the committee, all the great work that the 19,700 soldiers in there in my organization do every day, for state and nation," he said, describing deployments on counter‑narcotics missions, border operations and wildfire response.