THE TENSION: Combat Camera: Military Supports Southern California Wildfire Efforts Pt. 3

A member of the Camp Pendleton Fire Department prepares to engage one of the many fires burning on Camp Pendleton, Calif., Oct. 25, 2007. The fires, which began Oct. 23, 2007, continue to burn. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Denise M. Serrano) (Released)

Members of Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and U.S. Air Force Airmen of the 452nd Security Forces Squadron inspect tractor trailers with FEMA supplies and equipment to aid evacuees as part of a federal support package for federal, state and local agencies responding to the California wildfires at March Air Force Base in Riverside, Calif., Oct. 25, 2007 . (U.S. Navy photo by Chief Mass Communications Specialist Michael A. Strand) (Released)

The sun rises over Marine One on the flightline at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., as it prepares to take President George W. Bush on a tour of the fire ravaged San Diego County Oct. 25, 2007. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Kelly R. Chase) (Released)

Three-thousand gallons of fire retardant is deployed over the Poomacha fire in North San Diego County, Calif., Oct. 25, 2007. The C-130 Hercules aircraft and crew are assigned to the 302nd Airlift Wing out of Peterson Air Force Base, Colo. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Roy A. Santana) (Released)

Members of 5th Army Operational Command Post Two monitor and coordinate efforts as part of a federal support package used to assist federal, state and local agencies responding to the California wildfires at March Air Force Base in Riverside, Calif., Oct. 25, 2007. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communications Specialist 1st Class Troy Latham) (Released)

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Tom Freeman, left, and Tech. Sgt. Lamont Wood prepare to deploy 3,000 gallons of wildfire retardant over a fire in North San Diego county, Calif., Oct., 24, 2007. The C-130 Hercules aircraft and crew are assigned to the 302nd Airlift Wing, Peterson Air Force Base, Colo. The aircraft launched from Channel Islands Air National Guard Station, Calif. The U.S. Air Force Reserves is participating in the Southern California firefighting effort. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Roy A. Santana) (Released)

U.S. Army equipment is unloaded from an Air Force C-17 Globemaster III aircraft from the 452nd Air Mobility Wing at March Air Force Base, Calif., Oct. 24, 2007. The equipment is part of a federal support package used to assist federal, state and local agencies responding to the California wildfires. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Troy Latham) (Released)

Members of Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton Fire Department make progress against one of the many fires burning at Camp Pendleton, Calif., Oct. 25, 2007. The fires, which began Oct. 23, 2007, continue to burn. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Denise M. Serrano) (Released)

Firefighters from the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection combat fires near a construction zone on Camp Pendleton, Calif., Oct. 24, 2007. The Department of Defense has teamed up with the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection to help put out the wildfires blazing across Southern California. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Gene A. Ainsworth) (Released)

U.S. Marines escort California Rep. Bill Brady to view the damages caused by wildfires outside of Camp Pendleton, Calif., Oct. 24, 2007. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Grant T. Walker) (Released)