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Unique firefighting crew has common trait: Military service

Elite group recruits veterans

In this Aug. 17 photo provided by BLM/USDA Forest Service, a member of a fire crew out of Lakeview, Ore., works on the Cougar Creek Fire in central Washington state. - photo by Associated Press

In this Aug. 17 photo provided by BLM/USDA Forest Service, a member of a fire crew out of Lakeview, Ore., works on the Cougar Creek Fire in central Washington state. - photo by Associated Press

SALEM, Ore. — After being in firefights in Afghanistan and Iraq, members of one of America's newest elite wildfire crews are tasked with fighting fires in rugged country back home.

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