--- title: "Dude, where’s my Humvee? For real, the California National Guard needs your help finding it" description: "The FBI is offering up to $10,000 for information that would help locate the vehicle, which is worth about $120,000." date: "2021-01-17" modified: "2021-01-18" authors: - name: "David Roza" job_title: "YouTube Writer/Editor" link: "https://taskandpurpose.com/authors/david-roza/" url: "https://taskandpurpose.com/news/humvee-stolen-california-national-guard/" categories: - "Around the World" - "Military Branches" - "National Guard" - "News" - "Tech & Tactics" - "United States" - "Vehicles" --- # Dude, where’s my Humvee? For real, the California National Guard needs your help finding it ![]() The California National Guard needs your help locating one of its Humvees, which the FBI office in Los Angeles announced had been stolen in Bell, California on Friday. According to photos of the green-painted chariot, the Humvee belongs to the 40th Brigade Support Battalion, which is based in Bell. https://twitter.com/FBILosAngeles/status/1350610208247132163?s=20 The FBI is offering up to $10,000 for information that would help locate the vehicle, the agency tweeted on Saturday. The Humvee is worth about $120,000, according to the [Associated Press](), which first reported the theft. Besides the green-camouflage paint job, other identifying information include the bumper number (40BSBHQ6) the admin number (WV57TO-HQ06/M1165A1) and the registration number (NZ311R), the FBI wrote in its tweet. Among military vehicles, Humvees seem to be a popular target for thieves. The FBI’s tweet comes about six months after two men in Arkansas stole an Army Humvee at gunpoint before proceeding to [flip the vehicle into a ditch]() about an hour later. In February, 2018, a man walked into a Washington National Guard armory compound, stole a Humvee then drove it straight through the armory gate. He then drove it to Yakima Training Center and said he wanted to join the Army, according to the Tri-City Herald. Like those other two Humvees, we can only hope this one turns up soon. ***Related:*** [***That Time The Russian Military Stole A Bunch Of US Marine Corps Humvees***]() ## Author David Roza writes scripts about military news for the Task & Purpose YouTube channel, and he also writes articles about military pay, benefits, health care, child care, culture, and other personnel topics on a freelance basis. Roza previously covered the Air Force and Space Force for Task & Purpose from 2019 to 2023 and for Air & Space Forces Magazine from 2023 to 2025. In the course of that reporting, he has set off a ‘Hollywood explosion’ with Air Force bomb techs, turned the (unarmed) keys of a nuclear missile bunker, hovered over the Nevada desert on an Air Force rescue helicopter, and got the best sleep of his life on the floor of a C-17 over the central Pacific. Share tips and story ideas with David at [david.roza@teamrecurrent.io]()