California

===Armed forces===
{{See also|California during World War II}}
[[File:USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70), USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76) and USS John C. Stennis (CVN-74) at NAS North Island in June 2015 (cropped).JPG|thumb|left|View of [[Naval Air Station North Island|NAS North Island]] at [[Naval Base Coronado]] in [[San Diego]]]]
In California, {{as of|lc=y|2009}}, the [[U.S. Department of Defense]] had a total of 117,806 [[active duty]] servicemembers of which 88,370 were [[United States Navy|Sailors]] or [[United States Marine Corps|Marines]], 18,339 were [[United States Air Force|Airmen]], and 11,097 were [[United States Army|Soldiers]], with 61,365 Department of Defense civilian employees. Additionally, there were a total of 57,792 [[Reserve components of the United States Armed Forces|Reservists and Guardsman]] in California.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2012 |title=Table 508. Military and Civilian Personnel in Installations: 2009 |url=https://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/2012/tables/12s0509.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111017094716/http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/2012/tables/12s0509.pdf |archive-date=October 17, 2011 |access-date=June 15, 2013 |website=United States Census Bureau |publisher=United States Department of Commerce}}</ref>

In 2010, [[Los Angeles County]] was the largest origin of military recruits in the United States by county, with 1,437 individuals enlisting in the military.<ref>{{Cite web |last=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=June 30, 2011 |title=Military recruitment 2010 |url=http://nationalpriorities.org/analysis/2011/military-recruitment-2010/ |access-date=June 15, 2013 |publisher=National Priorities Project}}
</ref> However, {{as of|2002|lc=y}}, Californians were relatively under-represented in the military as a proportion to its population.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Segal |first1=David R. |last2=Segal |first2=Mady Wechsler |date=2004 |title=America's Military Population |url=http://www.prb.org/Source/ACF1396.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/http://www.prb.org/Source/ACF1396.pdf |archive-date=October 9, 2022 |url-status=live |journal=Population Bulletin |volume=59 |issue=4 |page=10 |issn=0032-468X |access-date=June 15, 2013}}</ref>

In 2000, California, had 2,569,340 veterans of United States [[military service]]: 504,010 served in World War II, 301,034 in the [[Korean War]], 754,682 during the [[Vietnam War]], and 278,003 during 1990–2000 (including the Persian Gulf War).<ref name="City Data CA Armed Forces">{{Cite web |title=California—Armed forces |url=http://www.city-data.com/states/California-Armed-forces.html |access-date=December 26, 2009 |publisher=city-data.com}}</ref> {{as of|2010}}, there were 1,942,775 veterans living in California, of which 1,457,875 served during a period of armed conflict, and just over four thousand served [[Interwar period|before World War{{spaces}}II]] (the largest population of this group of any state).<ref>{{Cite web |last=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=September 30, 2010 |title=Table 7L: VETPOP2011 Living Veterans By State, Period of Service, Gender, 2010–2040 |url=http://www.va.gov/VETDATA/docs/Demographics/New_Vetpop_Model/7lVetPop11_POS_State.xlsx |access-date=June 15, 2013 |website=Veteran Population |publisher=Department of Veterans Affairs}}</ref>

California's military forces consist of the [[California National Guard|Army and Air National Guard]], the [[California State Military Reserve|naval and state military reserve]] (militia), and the [[California Cadet Corps]].

On August 5, 1950, a [[Silverplate|nuclear-capable]] United States Air Force [[Boeing B-29 Superfortress]] bomber carrying a [[Mark 4 nuclear bomb|nuclear bomb]] crashed shortly after takeoff from [[Fairfield-Suisun Air Force Base]]. Brigadier General [[Robert F. Travis]], command pilot of the bomber, was among the dead.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.check-six.com/Crash_Sites/Travis_B-29_crash_site.htm |title=The Crash of the B-29 on Travis AFB, CA (August 5, 1950) |website=Check-Six.com |date=November 21, 2014}}</ref>
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