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Iranian Marine during Velayat 91 war game.

RFA Mounts Bay, during a 'Press day' in 2006

Photo from the IDEF 2009 Defense Show: 9th International Defense Industry Fair/Exhibition held in Turkey.

Madrid (October 12, 2005) - Two leopard 2E waiting to participate in the military parade, celebrated each year in the capital of Spain during the acts of the Spanish National Day. The two leopard 2e belong to the Battalion "Wad-Ras II", Armored Infantry Regiment "Alcázar de...

Pacific Ocean (June 19, 2006) Fire Controlman 2nd Class Vincent Ludouici conducts maintenance on the forward Close In Weapons System (CIWS) aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Russell (DDG 59). Russell, along with Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike group, is currently participating in Exercise...

Iraqi army soldiers examine the underside of a Humvee as they learn high-mobility multi-wheeled vehicle maintenance during a class in Al Anbar, Iraq, on March 2, 2006. The Iraqi soldiers from Headquarters Company, 3rd Battalion, 2nd Brigade, are being taught the intricacies of the Humvee by U.S...

Two U.S. Army soldiers use binoculars and a riflescope to watch for insurgents downrange as they conduct a combat patrol near the Syrian border in Iraq on March 6, 2006. The soldiers are attached to Foxtrot Troop, 1st Armored Division. DoD photo by Staff Sgt. Aaron Allmon, U.S. Air Force.

U.S. Army and Iraqi soldiers look out the rear of a CH-47 Chinook helicopter as they are extracted after completing a mission to detain or eliminate insurgent activity southwest of Samarra, Iraq, on Feb. 27, 2006. U.S. Army soldiers from the 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment and Iraqi army...

Spc. Dredatis Cook, from 1st Battalion, 156th Armor Regiment, 256th Infantry Brigade, tightens the bolts on a generator for an M1A1 Abrams Main Battle Tank in the regiment's motor pool in Baghdad, Iraq. US Army

Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 185th Armor Regiment, 81st Infantry Brigade, I Corps, in their M1A1 Abrams Main Battle Tank, lead Soldiers from the 25th Infantry Division in their Bradley Fighting Vehicles, in an effort to beef up security in Mosul, Iraq. US Army

A Soldier prepares to fire a .50-caliber machine gun mounted on an M1A1 Abrams tank after receiving enemy fire from anti-Coalition forces in Baghdad, Iraq. Soldiers, members of other services and Coalition allies are defeating insurgents during Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Soldiers in their M1A1 Abrams tank patrol a street in Baghdad, Iraq. The Soldiers are assigned to 1st Armored Division's Company A, Task Force 1st Battalion, 35th Armor Regiment. Photo courtesy of the Department of Defense. US Army

An M1A1 Abrams Main Battle Tank from 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, returns to Logistic Support Base Anaconda, Iraq, after a successful mission. US Army

Soldiers kick up sand with their M1A1 Abrams tank as they head off to conduct an early-morning search for illegal weapons northeast of Falluja, Iraq. The troopers are assigned to Troop E, 2nd Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment.

Soldiers from the 1st Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment, prepare for a live-fire exercise with M1A1 Abrams tanks and M2A2 Bradley fighting vehicles at Rodriguez Live Fire Complex on March 19.

Soldiers from the 3rd Infantry Division move swiftly into their M1A1 Abrams Main Battle Tanks for a mission to Baqubah, Iraq. US Army Picture

Soldiers in an M1A1 Abrams tank patrol through Baghdad, Iraq. The Armored troopers are assigned to the 1st Armored Division’s Company A, 1st Battalion, 35th Armor Regiment. Photo courtesy of the Department of Defense.

Soldiers from the 4th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division, guard an intersection in Ad Duluiyah, Iraq with their M1A1 Abrams Main Battle Tank during Operation Duluiyah Sunrise - US Army.

Soldiers aboard an M1A1 Abrams tank conduct a search for improvised explosive devices in Mukayishiaf, Iraq. The Soldiers are assigned to the 1st Infantry Division's Company A, 1st Battalion, 77th Armored Regiment, deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Armored units are playing a vital...