But for Company A, 2nd Battalion, 12th Cavalry, one PZ got too hot for comfort without a shot being fired.

"We cut the small brush and were preparing for the first liftoff," said Specialist Four Richard MacDougall. "I popped smoke and before I knew it the area was in flames. We tried to suffocate the fire with ponchos but with the terrific amount of wind delivered by the slicks, the fire went out of control."

The company had to move to a different location to be extracted but the men agreed that that's the only kind of hot PZ to be on.