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Sgt. Mark Walch from Company A, 297th Support Battalion, one of the initial 295 Soldiers mobilized to fight the wildfires burning in California, uses an ax to cut down trees to form a fire break preventing burning material from crossing lines and spreading to unburned areas. Walch, a high school teacher from Chico, Calif., volunteered immediately to be part of the first Soldiers to fight fires on the ground in California in 30 years.
110708-A-YG824-032.JPG Photo By: Staff Sgt. Andrew Hughan, 129th Rescue Wing Public Affairs

Sacramento, CA - Sgt. Mark Walch from Company A, 297th Support Battalion, one of the initial 295 Soldiers mobilized to fight the wildfires burning in California, uses an ax to cut down trees to form a fire break preventing burning material from crossing lines and spreading to unburned areas. Walch, a high school teacher from Chico, Calif., volunteered immediately to be part of the first Soldiers to fight fires on the ground in California in 30 years.


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