Task Force Rugged Soldiers assigned to 14th Brigade Engineer Battalion at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington dig out a hot spot, August 14, 2018, in Mendocino National Forest, California, black area. The active-duty crew, supervised by two professional firefighter crew bosses, was tasked with cold trailing and mopping up hot spots in the black area of the Mendocino Complex Fire to support National Interagency Fire Center wildland fire fighting efforts.

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