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Marines with 1st Tank Battalion, 1st Marine Division, participate in Exercise Steel Knight at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, Dec. 3-14, 2015. The tough, realistic live-fire training central to Steel Knight allows 1st Marine Division and participating elements to meet current and future real-world operational demands. Produced by Marine Cpl. Angel Serna. Includes soundbites from Lt. Col. Lee Rush, from Shortsville, N.Y., commanding officer, 1st Tank Battalion; 2nd Lt. Ryan Montgomery, from Cleveland, Ohio, platoon commander; and, Maj. Dick Steele, from St. Paul, Minn., operations officer, 1st Tank Battalion.

U.S. Marines with Combined Arms Company, Black Sea Rotational Force participate in Platinum Lynx 16-2 alongside Romanian and Moldovan ground forces at Smardan Training Area, Romania, Dec. 6-11, 2015. Platinum Lynx 16-2 was a NATO-led exercise focused on mechanized integration, indirect fire techniques, and close air support, intended to increase combat readiness and foster regional stability with allies and partner nations.

Marines with Alpha Company, 2nd Tank Battalion, and Mobile Assault Company, 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion conduct an integrated vehicle breaching exercise aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., Sept. 17, 2015.

Marines with Bravo Company, 2nd Tank Battalion, conducted offensive and defensive training aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., Aug. 25-27. The training familiarized each platoon with standard tank formations and allowed them to hone the basic Marine skills of 'shoot, move, communicate'.

Marines with 2nd Tank Battalion, 2nd Marine Division held a Spouse Appreciation Day at a range aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., June 2, 2015. During the event the spouses were given the chance to experience some of the work and training the Marines are required to go through in their jobs. Such events included a pistol range, demonstrations of the Marine Corps Martial Arts Program and riding in a M1A1 Abrams tank.

U.S. Marines with Tank Platoon, Company B, Ground Combat Element Integrated Task Force (GCEITF), conducted a Marine Corps Operational Test and Evaluation Activity assessment at Range 500, Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, March 24, 2015. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Sgt. Alicia R. Leaders/Released)

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