A Rapid Intervention Team of soldiers from the 323rd Engineer Detachment adjusts their fire protective equipment during a live-burn training exercise, March 11, at Kandahar Air Field, Afghanistan. The RIT, deployed from the 507th Firefighting Det., Fort Hood, Texas, served as a standby, non-playing entity, used to rescue downed firefighters, while the Afghan firefighters conducted training.

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