lucky severson has our report. >> this is the brooke army medical center in san antonio, the military's largest and most advanced medical facility. it's where doctors send some of the most seriously burned and wounded soldiers to recover, sometimes with artificial limbs. since the beginning of the iraq and afghanistan wars, thousands of soldiers, like private carlos gomez, have suffered injuries like his. he was on a scouting mission and was seriously wounded when his vehicle ran over a roadside bomb in afghanistan earlier this year. well, the blast, it shot us straight up in the air, so the impact actually broke my left leg. it shattered my heel and my bones down my right, left leg. i mean, and my right leg got crushed. they couldn't save it anymore, so they had to amputate it here at brooke army medical center. >> two other soldiers were wounded in the blast. one was killed. at first, gomez wasn't sure he wanted to live. >> i woke up, you know, not really knowing what happened still. i didn't know that my leg was amputated, and when i was fully, you know, aware of what's going on, i s

chuck severson, abc news, new york. >>> in southern california a brush fire is burning out of controlright now in riverside county. the fire near the city of beaumont has charred 2,000 acres of brush. it's still greg near the ten freeway. it's only about ten percent contained. firefighters have been dealing with winds gusting up to 30 americans. no injuries fortunately, and no structures threatened. officials say the cause of that fire is under investigation. >>> back here at home in brisbane, firefighters are not waiting for a wildfire to break out before putting their skills to the test. yesterday a strike team with the north county fire authority took part in an annual wildfire awareness event. they responded as if a massive fire had just consumed the hilly terrain near king's road. the training is not just for the crews, it's also for the residents. >> it's always an immediate danger being in this kind of terrain. >> when an emergency happens you don't really have time to stop and think, right? >> you run into glitches, and you work them out ahead of time, when the fire is there i

chuck severson, abc news, new york. >>> in southern california a brush fire is burning out of control right now in riverside county. the fire near the city of beaumont has charred 2,000 acres of brush. it's still growing near the ten freeway. it's only about ten percent contained. firefighters have been dealing with winds gusting up to 30 americans. no injuries fortunately, and no structures threatened. officials say the cause of that fire is under investigation. we have had fierce ourselves here in the bay area, but so far nothing like that. >> right. >> thankfully. >> and no red flag warnings. the wind coming from a better direction today out of the south and that is cooling us down already from our sue tremendous camera it kind ever looks warm out there. we are talking 50s at the coast and even a south west wind cooling antioch off. so i will explain about our cooling trend and tell you how long it's going to last. that's all coming up. >> the smog or haze, not smog? >> a little haze there. >> thank you, lisa. also next, moving day at the u.s. open. tiger woods going in the wrong d

it the attempt there is to replace severson, power that has been -- the attempt there is to replace the force, the serving power that has been there. it is a transition area that provides for support areas for trouble. that is the operation for now. we will be running that throughout this coming fighting season. i do not see that as the last operation adderall. and now we're looking to conduct operations -- at all. and we are looking to conduct operations as necessary in the east. and we will support the stand up of the afghans. this is the formula of the afghan security forces growing in strength and taking the lead. we want our forces to reduce that threat in the area and to continue to help shape the insurgencies so they can take the lead and hold the ground. with respect to the border itself, the pakistani sanctuary is conditioned it today, and if it does not improve, relations with pakistan obviously makes reaching those conditions a more difficult a thing, of course. we also have to do more work with respect to the afghan forces. with respect to the strategy that they employed alo