Lance Cpl. Keondre Mitchell, an M1A1 Abrams tank mechanic with 2nd Tank Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, drives a tank onto an M17 floating raft, guided by Cpl. Alexander Tafoya, a combat engineer for Bridge Company, 8th Engineer Support Battalion, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, during a training exercise aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, , Sept. 4, 2014. The raft can carry two 70-ton tanks across small bodies of water, while being towed and guided by two Mach 3 Bridge Erection Boats. ( Marine Corps photo taken by Lance Cpl. Alex W. Mitchell/released) 8th ESB makes tanks float 140904-
Lance Cpl. Keondre Mitchell, an M1A1 Abrams tank mechanic with 2nd Tank Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, drives a tank onto an M17 floating raft, guided by Cpl. Alexander Tafoya, a combat engineer for Bridge Company, 8th Engineer Support Battalion, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, during a training exercise aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, , Sept. 4, 2014. The raft can carry two 70-ton tanks across small bodies of water, while being towed and guided by two Mach 3 Bridge Erection Boats. ( Marine Corps photo taken by Lance Cpl. Alex W. Mitchell/released) 8th ESB makes tanks float 140904-M-AM089-167
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