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    A general is fired from the scandal-plagued California National Guard

    by Paul Pringle, Los Angeles Times Jan 07, 2023 4 minutes
    Members of the California National Guard protect an Employment Development Department building near the State Capitol in Sacramento, California, on Jan. 17, 2021.

    LOS ANGELES — In yet another ouster of a top commander for the troubled California National Guard, a brigadier general has been fired after internal inquiries found that he inappropriately used military personnel for personal tasks, had a subordinate complete part of his cybersecurity training and otherwise engaged in conduct that seeded distrust in the ranks.

    Brig. Gen. Jeffrey Magram will be "involuntarily transferred" next week to the U.S. Air Force retired reserve, an action that is "parallel" to a firing, California National Guard spokesman Lt. Col. Brandon Hill said Friday.

    Magram, who was once director of the Guard's air staff, is the fifth general to resign, retire or be fired in the wake of scandals exposed by of the organization over the last four years.

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