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A general speaks with a firefighter.

Lt. Gen. Laura J. Richardson

Lt. Gen. Laura J. Richardson, commanding general of U.S. Army North, speaks with a Bureau of Land Management employee in Billings, Mont., during her visit at the August Complex wildland fire Sept. 15, 2020, in the Mendocino National Forest. Richardson recognized and thanked the professional wildland firefighters as well as the Soldiers of the 14th Brigade Engineer Battalion, deployed to Northern California, at the request of the National Interagency Fire Center, in support of the Department of Defense wildland firefighting response operations.

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