Published: April 15, 2008
PHOTOS: Tankers Keep Their Guard Up By Maintaining Equipment
By Spc. Joseph Rivera Rebolledo
3rd BCT PAO, 4th Inf. Div., MND-B
BAGHDAD - Pfc. Colt Webb, a native of Tyler, Texas, removes the pin of a reactive armor block as he maintains an M1-A2 Abrams tank at Combat Outpost Ford in northeast Baghdad April 9. Webb serves as a combat medic with Company C, 1st Combined Arms Battalion, 68th Armor Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division - Baghdad.
BAGHDAD - Sgt. Nathan Yancer, a native of Athens, Mich., inspects a .50 cal machine gun chamber of an M1-A2 Abrams tank at Combat Outpost Ford in northeast Baghdad April 9. Yancer serves as a tanker with Company C, 1st Combined Arms Battalion, 68th Armor Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division - Baghdad.
BAGHDAD - Pfc. Brandon Wynn, a native of Princeton, Ky., puts a tank reactive tile in place in order to close the tank's skirt and finish track maintenance on his M1-A2 Abrams tank at Combat Outpost Ford in northeast Baghdad April 9. Wynn serves as a tanker with Company C, 1st Combined Arms Battalion, 68th Armor Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division - Baghdad.
BAGHDAD - Pfc. Dartanyon Baize, a native of Ocklawaha, Fla., places a cover on the .50 cal. machine gun of his M1-A2 Abrams tank after daily maintenance checks at Combat Outpost Ford in northeast Baghdad April 9. Baize serves as a tanker with Company C, 1st Combined Arms Battalion, 68th Armor Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division - Baghdad.
BAGHDAD - Staff Sgt. Luis Hernandez, a native of Chicago, calibrates to perfection the cannon of his tank with a muzzle reference device April 9 at Combat Outpost Ford in northeast Baghdad. Hernandez serves with 2nd Platoon, Company C, 1st Combined Arms Battalion, 68th Armor Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division - Baghdad.
BAGHDAD - Sgt. Nathan Yancer, a native of Athens, Mich., cleans the tank loader's M-240 machine gun of an M1-A2 Abrams tank during a daily maintenance session at Combat Outpost Ford in northeast Baghdad April 9. Yancer serves as a combat medic with Company C, 1st Combined Arms Battalion, 68th Armor Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division - Baghdad.
BAGHDAD - Sgt. Nathan Yancer, a native of Athens, Mich., cleans his tank loader's M-240 machine gun on an M1-A2 Abrams tank at Combat Outpost Ford in northeast Baghdad April 9. Yancer serves as a tanker with Company C, 1st Combined Arms Battalion, 68th Armor Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division - Baghdad.
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