We already have two threads about the fire. Although the comparrisons to Katrina and that entire thread was entirely posted in the interest of playing partisan politics.
Unfortanently, there's a lot of people on here who would agree with Glenn Beck.
Well the original post was about the Navy and now thanks to White Buddah we have a link to what the Marines are doing. Here's a list I found what the DoD is doing.
"DEFENSE DEPARTMENT
_About 100 defense employees, including active duty military personnel and civilians, are fighting fires. That's 12 firefighting teams — mostly civilian — and their 12 fire engines.
_Some 1,500 Army National Guard and Air National Guardsmen are helping firefighters — not on the fire lines, but doing other tasks to free up the firefighters.
_550 Marine Corps personnel at Camp Pendleton, Calif., are preparing for possible firefighting duty.
_Another 17,301 National Guardsmen are available in California, if needed.
_Six C-130 aircraft fitted with firefighting systems are being sent to Point Mugu, Calif. Two are from the Air Force Reserve at Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado Springs, Colo., and four are from the Air National Guard in Wyoming and North Carolina. They were to arrive in California in time to begin flying missions Wednesday morning.
_11 Pentagon helicopters equipped with water buckets are available to help in fire suppression.
_Local military bases, under emergency assistance authority, provided some 10,000 cots to local evacuation sites.
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