MONTANA - Specialist Alex Knauer of the 1051st Firefighter Tactical Group is one of seven Montanans at Novo Selo Training Area in Bulgaria. He is there as part of a year long deployment to help fight fires and provide emergency services for the training area. Knauer said they've been in Bulgaria for a couple of weeks. He said they started their shifts last week. It's something we all love doing," Knauer said. "It's not easy, but we are all a pretty tight knit group. We're basically a second family, in a sense, so we're always there for each other." Knauer said right now they are providing firefighting services for the training area with the possibility of more duties in the future.