1/34 ABCT Soldiers make final preparations for 'the box'

FORT IRWIN, CA, UNITED STATES

07.12.2020

Photo by Sgt. Bill Boecker 

1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 34th Red Bull Infantry Division

Spc. Adam Bartkowicz, an M1 Abrams tank system maintainer for D Company, 1st Squadron, 94th Cavalry Regiment, tightens the track of an M88 Recovery Vehicle during the 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 34th Infantry Division's rotation at Fort Irwin, California's National Training Center. The checking and tightening of track is part of the unit's daily preventative maintenance checks and services completed on all vehicles to ensure they are fully mission capable before entering "the box."

While at NTC, Soldiers undergo tough, realistic Unified Land Operations with other participants to prepare brigade combat teams and other units for combat. The 996-square-mile facility provides armored brigades the ability to fully deploy all assets in a training exercise against an opposition force. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Bill Boecker)

• Date Taken: 07.12.2020
• Date Posted: 07.16.2020 12:52
• Photo ID: 6276989
• VIRIN: 200712-Z-GL488-1086
• Resolution: 7360x4912
• Size: 2.06 MB
• Location: FORT IRWIN, CA, US
• Hometown: MINNEAPOLIS, MN, US