Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Andrew Porch | 28th Public Affairs Detachment | 08.26.2015
Steve Eaheart, a resident of Aiken, S.C., uses a drip torch to start a burnout in the Colville National Forest, Wash., Aug. 26, 2015. Soldiers of Task Force First Round, out of Joint Base Lewis-McChord, helped the wildland firefighters conduct the burnout, which allows firefighters to get rid of “fuel” for the wildfire and keep it from spreading....
Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Andrew Porch | 28th Public Affairs Detachment | 08.26.2015
Pfc. Kevin Parada, a native of Springfield, Va., and a Soldier assigned to Task Force First Round, out of Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., walks by a burnout being conducted as part of wildland firefighting operations in the Colville National Forest, Wash., Aug. 26, 2015. The burnout is designed to reduce “fuel” or vegetation, in the hopes of halting the advancement of the active fire....
Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Andrew Porch | 28th Public Affairs Detachment | 08.26.2015
Soldiers assigned to Task Force First Round, out of Joint Base Lewis-McChord, disperse debris as part of conducting wildland firefighting techniques in the Colville National Forrest, Wash., Aug. 26, 2015. Soldiers moved unburned vegetation from one side of the road to other to decrease the likeliness of the fire spreading....
Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Andrew Porch | 28th Public Affairs Detachment | 08.26.2015
Sgt. Steven Caudle, a native of Prineville, Ore., and a Soldier assigned to Task Force First Round, out of Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., climbs up a steep hill prior to conducting fire suppression techniques in the Colville National Forest, Wash., Aug. 26, 2015. The Soldiers are working with wildland firefighters to help suppress the Kaniksu Complex fires, which have burned 15,706 acres......
Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Andrew Porch | 28th Public Affairs Detachment | 08.26.2015
Spc. Damon Daniels and Pfc. Brandon Johnson, both assigned to Task Force First Round, out of Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., laugh at a joke during a break from conducting wildland firefighting operations in the Colville National Forest, Wash., Aug. 26, 2015. Daniels and Johnson, both natives of Baltimore, are part of a 20-man crew tasked to work with firefighters to help suppress fires......
Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Andrew Porch | 28th Public Affairs Detachment | 08.26.2015
Soldiers assigned to Task Force First Round, out of Joint Base Lewis-McChord, put in a handline as a part of conducting wildland firefighting techniques in the Colville National Forrest, Wash., Aug. 26, 2015. The handline separates burned land from green land and allows firefighters to set a boundary that they want to keep the fire contained in....
Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Andrew Porch | 28th Public Affairs Detachment | 08.26.2015
Pfc. Aidian Monzeglio, a native of Center Moriches, N.Y., and a Soldier assigned to Task Force First Round, out of Joint Base Lewis-MChord, Wash., watches a fire whirl engulf a tree in the Colville National Forrest, Wash., Aug. 26, 2015. The Soldiers are helping suppress wildfires that have been burning across Northeastern Washington over the last week and a half....
Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Andrew Porch | 28th Public Affairs Detachment | 08.26.2015
Steve Eaheart, a resident of Aiken, S.C., uses a drip torch to start a burnout in the Colville National Forest, Wash., Aug. 26, 2015. Soldiers of Task Force First Round, out of Joint Base Lewis-McChord, helped the wildland firefighters conduct the burnout, which allows firefighters to get rid of 'fuel' for the wildfire and keep it from spreading....
