The governor of California is the head of government of the U.S. state of California. The governor is the commander-in-chief of the California National Guard and the California State Guard.
Governor of California
The California Governor's Mansion, official residence of the governor.
Bronze statue of a California grizzly bear outside the governor's office, in the California Capitol.
Stanford Mansion is the official reception center for the California government and one of the official workplaces for the governor.
California National Guard
The California National Guard is part of the National Guard of the United States, a dual federal-state military reserve force. The CA National Guard has three components: the CA Army National Guard, CA Air National Guard, and CA State Guard. With a total strength of over 24,000 troops, it is the largest National Guard in the United States. As of January 2012, California National Guardsmen have been deployed overseas more than 38,000 times since 2001, during which time twenty-nine Guardsmen have been killed in Iraq and two have died in Afghanistan.
California National Guardsmen boarding a UH-60 Black Hawk military helicopter during training at Camp Williams, Utah in 2014
Troops of the 160th Infantry Regiment of the California National Guard arriving in Los Angeles, August 17, 1924
California National Guard MPs, 1950
Soldiers of the 1st Battalion, 185th Armor (Combined Arms Battalion) maneuver in a "wedge formation" in Bradley Fighting Vehicles at Fort Irwin National Training Center, 2011
