11/11/2014: In the first, second and fifth photos, U.S. Marines with the 1st Tank Battalion detachment, Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), are seen working to replace an M1A1 Abrams tank engine during sustainment training at D’Arta Plage, Djibouti, Nov. 6.
In the third and fourth photos, U.S. Marines with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), replace an M1A1 Abrams tank engine with the help of an M88 tank retriever during sustainment training at D’Arta Plage, Djibouti, Nov. 6.
The 11th MEU is deployed as a theater reserve and crisis response force throughout U.S. Central Command and the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility.
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