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Archive: July, 2009

1st Tank Battalion takes on Summer Heat

Marines from 1st Tank Battalion, 1st Marine Division, sweat it out in the desert June 26 to July 2 during Summer Heat, an annual battalion training exercise here. “We are going to be doing a mix of things. We have support-by-fire missions with the tanks, we are going to practice assaulting a town, we’re making calls for indirect fire, and we will

1st Tank Battalion communications gets lift from helos

Tanks and helicopters teamed up here June 26 to July 2 to get a rare type of training. Pilots from Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 462 and 466, Marine Aircraft Group 16, out of Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., flew CH-53E Super Stallions to training areas at Twentynine Palms, Calif., to help 1st Tank Battalion with their communication

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