An A1M1 Abrams tank fires a round from its main gun during a training exercise on Fort Pickett, Va., April 4, 2008. U.S. Marines with the tank platoon assigned to Battalion Landing Team 2 conducted the training using outdated tanks to develop confidence in using the equipment as a secondary defense.

Marines Deliver Humanitarian Supplies to Liberians

 
The streets of Monrovia, Liberia were lined with hundreds of smiling faces and thumbs-up signs. Happy shouts of “Marines!” were directed towards a humanitarian assistance convoy of two seven-ton trucks and several humvees laden with thousands of dollars worth of hospital and school supplies making their way slowly through the city of Monrovia, Liberia.
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