Air Force Senior Airman Grant Kopplin, a fire protection specialist assigned to the 673d Civil Engineer Squadron, uses a drip torch to light a back fire during a controlled burn at the Infantry Platoon Battle Course on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, May 4, 2017. Controlled burns consume accumulated dry brush and grass thereby reducing the risk of wildfires. Kopplin is a native of Willard, Mo. ( Air Force photo by Alejandro Pena)

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