
M1A1 Main Battle Tank crew members from Bravo Company, 1-185 Armor, 81st Armor Brigade talk with children while on break from an area reconnaissance mission Sept. 6, 2004, around Balad, Iraq during Operation Iraqi Freedom. The area recon is to deny anti-Iraqi forces the freedom to operate and move throughout the country side. USAF photo by Staff Sgt. Shane A. Cuomo





During the early morning hours outside of gate three of the Green Zone in Baghdad, Iraqi Police are supported by a US Army M1A1 Abrams Main Battle Tank (MBT), as they investigate an explosion charred site caused by a Vehicle Born Explosive Device (VBED).