Task Force Spearhead: 2017 WlLDLAND FIREFIGHTING MISSION

摘要

On 1 September 2017, the 23d Brigade Engineer Battalion (BEB), 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2d Infantry Division, received a 30-day deployment order to fight wildfires in central Oregon in support of the National Interagency Fire Council (NIFC). With 17 active fires burning 757,862 acres of forest on federal lands in the Pacific Northwest alone, resources were stretched to their limit and Department of Defense support was needed. The 23d BEB rapidly transitioned from training on collective warfighting tasks at Joint Base Lewis-McChord (JBLM), Washington, to traversing rugged terrain on a fire line in the mountains of Oregon, executing real-world fire suppression missions.