A squad leader from Company E, 2nd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, coordinates his squad’s movement through a notional Iraqi village with the crew of a supporting M1A1 Abrams tank. The 1st Tank Battalion, 1st Marine Division, sent a platoon of the Marine Corps’ main battle tanks to provide the Reserve Marines with an orientation and practical application exercise aboard Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif., July 21.


A squad leader from Company E, 2nd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, coordinates his squad’s movement through a notional Iraqi village with the crew of a supporting M1A1 Abrams tank. The 1st Tank Battalion, 1st Marine Division, sent a platoon of the Marine Corps’ main battle tanks to provide the Reserve Marines with an orientation and practical application exercise aboard Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif., July 21.


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