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Pete Steponkus, manager of Forest Protection, Environmental Management Division (EMD), speaks on the importance of managing wild fires, prescribed burns that improve wildlife habitats and training areas, and areas of vegetation to control invasive plants species and protect the forest areas on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, April 18, 2024. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Sgt. Tanner Bernat)

Two UH-1Y Venoms with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron (HMLA) 267 support firefighting efforts by collecting water from Lake O'Neil at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton​, Calif., Dec. 8. 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing is coordinating with the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE​) to support firefighting efforts against the #LilacFire in northern San Diego County. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Sgt. David Bickel/Released)

U.S. Marines with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron (HMH) 466, Marine Aircraft Group (MAG) 16, Third Marine Aircraft Wing (3D MAW) participate in firefighting drills during a Wildland Firefighting exercise at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, San Diego, Calif., 30 April, 2015. Captain James K. Everett with HMH-466 provides an interview explaining the squadron’s participation in this exercise as preparation for real life firefighting events. (U.S. Marine Corps Motion Imagery by Lance Cpl. Chelsey K. Courtney, 3rd MAW Combat Camera)