Soaring over the desolate Anza-Borrego Desert State Park at 150 mph, Maj.
An hour earlier, the aircraft flew past multimillion-dollar oceanfront mansions in Laguna Beach.
The California Army National Guard Black Hawk battalion’s flight crews have increasingly been activated by two governors to respond to natural disasters. Although his father served in the Army Reserve, Goldsmith didn’t always intend to enlist. He graduated from Agoura Hills High School and went on to attend UC Santa Barbara. He joined the Reserve Officer Training Corps after deciding the college party culture wasn’t for him.Goldsmith expected to join the infantry, but a recruiter suggested he become an Army aviator after seeing his grades.
During the Iraq war troop surge of 2007, Goldsmith piloted Apaches supporting ground troops fighting insurgents.By his fourth deployment, war had taken a real toll on Goldsmith, who has been overseas for four years of his 13-year-old daughter’s life.
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