Story by Jean Han | 1st Armored Division | 07.10.2020
FORT BLISS, Texas - America’s Tank Division will be toasting “cheers to 80 years” this Jul. 15 in commemoration of eight decorated decades of service. Famously known by the moniker “Old Ironsides”, the 1st Armored Division is the oldest, most recognizable armor division in the U.S. Army. Magruder happened to glance at a painting of the famous U.S. Navy warship, the U.S.S.......
Courtesy Story | Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center | 04.03.2018
Story by Lance Cpl. Rachel K. Porter MARINE CORPS AIR GROUND COMBAT CENTER, TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif.—The spouses of 1st Tank Battalion participated in a Jane Wayne Spouse Appreciation Day aboard the Combat Center on April 3, 2018....
Story by Cpl. Marco Mancha | II Marine Expeditionary Force | 08.25.2011
Waves of rounds fly back and forth between the two forces. Marines move in pairs and continue to suppress the enemy while insurgents answer back with harassing fire. Clouds of dust suddenly emerge hundreds of meters behind the Marines’ position and enemy rounds stop hissing by. The echoing sounds and muzzle flashes of AK-47 assault rifles cease. It’s as if the insurgent forces knew big......
Story by Cpl. Marco Mancha | II Marine Expeditionary Force | 05.02.2011
The brown beads of sweat stream down their faces as they work on the largest mobile ground weapon in the Marine Corps. These Marines have no problem living up to Company D’s alias: “Dirty Delta.”...
