Smoke and flames cover a portion of Pine Mountain in the Mendocino National Forest after a controlled burn set by Redding Hot Shot firefighters. The firefighters, alongside Task Force Rugged Soldiers assigned to B Company, 14th Brigade Engineer Battalion at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., spent the day monitoring controlled burns, August 17, 2018, in an effort to deprive the Mendocino Complex Fire of the fuel it needs to spread. Army

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