Port Hueneme is home to Channel Islands Air National Guard Station. You may already drive past the C-130s.
If you are in Port Hueneme, the closest California Air National Guard base is the 146th Airlift Wing at Channel Islands Air National Guard Station in Port Hueneme, about 5 minutes away. That is where you would drill.
The California Air National Guard has units across the state, and members are assigned to the base nearest to where they live. For Port Hueneme, that is Channel Islands, where the wing flies C-130J Super Hercules aircraft and runs the airlift and aerial firefighting missions California depends on.
Service is one weekend a month plus about two weeks a year. You stay in Port Hueneme. You keep your job, your school, and your life exactly as they are.
With Naval Base Ventura County next door, this is a community that already understands military life. A lot of families here have someone who has served, and that familiarity shows.
We work with students and counselors at Hueneme High, Channel Islands High, and Oxnard College. High school seniors can enlist before they graduate. You start attending drill and getting paid during your senior year, then leave for Basic Military Training the summer after you finish.
Yes. That is the whole difference between the Guard and active duty. After training you come home.
Most people are. Plenty of members enlist while finishing high school or community college and use the tuition benefit to pay for the rest. Seniors can join before graduation and start drilling right away.
A lot of people rule themselves out before ever asking. Eligibility comes down to specifics, and those are worth checking properly. Fill out the questionnaire and get a real answer instead of guessing.
93041, plus everywhere else in Ventura County and the surrounding area.
The prequalification questionnaire takes about 60 seconds. Every submission is reviewed personally and a recruiter will follow up within 3 business days to set up a virtual appointment.