California Army National Guard Spc. Rhondon Pollard, a Stockton native and resident from 1st Battalion, 126th Aviation Regiment, fuels up a UH-72 Lakota helicopter at a landing zone at the Lodge Fire near Laytonville, Calif., Aug. 10, 2014. Fuelers like Pollard are essential to keeping the helicopters flying.

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