President Bill Clinton shakes hands and talks with soldiers from the Army's 3rd Battalion, 16th Field Artillery Regiment who are on fire fighting duty near Burgdorf Junction, Idaho, on Aug. 8, 2000. More than 2,300 servicemembers from the Army, Marines, Air and Army Guard and Air Force Reserve are conducting firefighting and support operations for the Western wildfires in response to requests from the National Interagency Firefighting Center in Boise, Idaho, and as directed by the governors of several states.