Greg Valdez, Kirtland’s assistant Wildland Support Module lead, cuts a tree with a chainsaw in the eastern-most remote forest area of Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M., July 18, 2019. A team of six wildland firefighters have thinned out 70 acres of forest expanding on the initial fuel breaks that were created since the project broke ground in spring of 2019. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Dylan Nuckolls)