Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. Kristopher Lee, platoon sergeant for 2nd Tank Platoon, Delta Company, 1st Tank Battalion, attached Battalion Landing Team 3/8, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, Regimental Combat Team 2, mans a M48 .50 Caliber machinegun on a M1A1 Abrams Tank prepares to leave Combat Outpost Ouellette, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Jan. 30, 2011. Delta Company, 1st Tank Battalion, was the first tank company to deploy to Afghanistan Elements of the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit deployed to Afghanistan to provide regional security in Helmand province in support of the International Security Assistance Force.
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