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Climate change is running the National Guard ragged

Task & Purpose · Haley Britzky · last updated

Five years ago, the National Guard spent roughly 14,000 personnel hours fighting wildfires. By last year, that had increased to 170,000 hours.  And experts agree the trend is only getting worse.

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