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U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) Commander Gen. Xavier Brunson has highlighted the strength of the South Korea-U.S. alliance as he ...
TWENTYNINE PALMS, Califs -- On the 1st Tank Battalion ramp, a special moment is being shared. A man walks carefully, but assuredly ascends the ramp. He’s moving toward a tank. When he arrives ...
A Marine Corps tank battalion that fought in World War II, Korea, and Vietnam was deactivated Friday, part of a modernization effort intended to bring the corps back to its roots as an amphibious ...
Marines from 1st Tank Battalion, 1st Marine Division, instructed the training which assisted in getting equipment back to Marine Corps Logistics Base, Barstow, California, but also supported 13th ...
Army planners are building a new type of battalion for the light tank design that is nearing a decision by service officials, and it’s going to require more armor crewmen. The Mobile Protected ...
So when tankers with the 1st Tank Battalion aboard Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, heard of his last request, they were more than happy to oblige.
FORT HOOD, Texas (Oct. 8, 2014) -- Tank crews with the 1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team "Black Jack," 1st Cavalry Division conducted gunnery tables I-IV at Sugarloaf ...
Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 8, 1st Marine Logistics Group (Forward), escorted the tank platoon to northern Helmand province where the tanks will assist coalition forces in securing the ...
The battalion—which on paper should have around 40 tanks and 400 troops—apparently is in Belarus, resetting after the Ukrainian army’s 1st Tank Brigade thoroughly wrecked it in the Battle of ...
That move brought to an end the USMC 1st Tank Battalion, which was first activated on November 1, 1941, at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, and was attached to the 1st Marine Division.
“These Marines are the best shooters from 1st Tank Battalion, 2nd Tank Battalion and 4th Tank Battalion,” said Gunnery Sgt. Daniel Formella, who is the master gunner instructor liaison at ...
Morgan Freeman discusses producing a new documentary on World War II's first Black tank battalion, '761st Tank Battalion: The Original Black Panthers,' telling Joy Reid the personal connection ...