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    Two military personnel in camouflage uniforms are seated on top of a main battle tank, photographed from a low front angle in an arid desert environment. The tank is a sand/tan-colored M1 Abrams with its long smoothbore cannon barrel extending prominently upward toward the sky. The setting appears to be a forward operating base or staging area with sandy, rocky terrain visible.

    CAMP SHIR GHAZAY, AFGHANISTAN

    04.25.2013

    Photo by Staff Sgt. Ezekiel Kitandwe 

    Regional Command Southwest

    U.S. Marine Corps Master Sgt. Robert Oak, left, Civil Affairs operations chief, Headquarters Company, Regimental Combat Team 7,, and Georgian Capt. Mikheil Mazmishvili, take a tour of an M1A1 Abrams tank on Camp Shir Ghazay, Helmand province, Afghanistan, April 25, 2013. Camp Shir Ghazay is home to the Marines and Sailors of Delta Company, 1st Tank Battalion who deployed to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Ezekiel R. Kitandwe/Released)

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    Date Taken: 04.25.2013
    Date Posted: 04.28.2013 05:22
    Photo ID: 916883
    VIRIN: 130425-M-RO295-146
    Resolution: 3605x4609
    Size: 8.36 MB
    Location: CAMP SHIR GHAZAY, AF
    Web Views: 103
    Downloads: 40

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