FRESNO – Madera High School 1984 graduate, Major General Clay L. Garrison has been ousted as head of the California Air National Guard. The General has been relieved of duty following complaints of reprisals against whistleblowers and allegations of a cover-up of misconduct that reached into the highest ranks of the organization.
Lt. Col. Thomas Keegan, spokesman for the California Military Department, said the department had lost "faith, trust and confidence" in Garrison's ability to lead. Garrison, also a graduate of the Air Force Academy, was the top commander of the county’s second largest state air guard leading more then 4,700 members of the California Air National Guard.