U.S. Army Capt. Michael Marsh, commander of Headquarters Company, 115th Regional Support Group, California Army National Guard, explains his unit’s responsibility after California Gov. Gavin Newsom activated the reserve component.
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All our responsibility for the recent state activation?
So the 115th was recently activated two days ago to provide command and control over food bank assessments in the local area. As you know, we’ve had several counties in San Francisco, and now, Sacramento County, where they’re telling people to stay inside their house. With that, the food banks are short volunteers needed to get the food out to the local distribution centers for the people that are at-risk and the people that are low income. The 115th is a logistical brigade headquarters. We have many different types of capacity, where we can provide laundry, shower, transportation, field feeding, food distribution. Underneath the brigade, we have a BSB, which is a support battalion that also could provide logistics and basic self-sustenance type capabilities. This mission is important to the National Guard, and to the state of California because we are citizens of these communities as well. So, we’re taking the next step to do our part to help our fellow neighbors who can’t leave their houses or maybe don’t wanna leave their houses. We’re putting ourselves at risk to provide that much needed support to help these food banks distribute food.