Retired CC fights fires

Chuck Lane part of a team of more than 900 men and women fighting the Cougar Creek Fire in Okanagan-Wenatchee National Forest, 40 miles northwest of the town of Entiat, Washington.

Portrait of Chuck Lane in 1968 by Bob Bowen.

Chuck Lane was a Gunny in 1968, assigned as Press Chief of the 1st MarDiv ISO in Vietnam. He retired a master sergeant in 1974 while serving as Information Chief of the 9th District in Overland Park, Kansas.

Today, Chuck, a member of the USMCCCA, and his wife, Marvel, live in Washington state following an additional 30-year career as a truck driver. For the past 14 years, Chuck has been driving his 2003 Chevy pickup truck to transport firefighters and equipment to battle wildfires in Washington and Oregon.

He’s part of a team of more than 900 men and women fighting the Cougar Creek Fire in Okanagan-Wenatchee National Forest, 40 miles northwest of the town of Entiat, Washington. The fire was caused by lightening on July 28, 2018. Today, it engulfs more than 41,324 acres and is 45 percent contained.

As of August 28, no structures nor homes had been damaged nor destroyed, thanks to professionals and volunteers like Chuck Lane, a retired Marine Corps Combat Correspondent.