Vandenberg Hot Shot Richard Strange, left, and Marissa Halbeisen look out at their worksite for the day in the Mount St. Francis area of Colorado Springs, Co. The team cut a fire line while helping to battle several fires in Waldo Canyon. The Waldo Canyon fire had grown to 18,500 acres and burned more than 300 homes. At the time, more than 90 firefighters from the Air Force Academy, along with assets from Air Force Space Command; Warren Air Force Base, Wyo.; Fort Carson, Colo.; and the local community continued to fight the Waldo Canyon fire.

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Vandenberg Hot Shot Richard Strange, left, and Marissa Halbeisen look out at their worksite for the day in the Mount St. Francis area of Colorado Springs, Co. The team cut a fire line while helping to battle several fires in Waldo Canyon. The Waldo Canyon fire had grown to 18,500 acres and burned more than 300 homes. At the time, more than 90 firefighters from the Air Force Academy, along with assets from Air Force Space Command; Warren Air Force Base, Wyo.; Fort Carson, Colo.; and the local community continued to fight the Waldo Canyon fire. ( Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Jeremy Lock)

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