Videos

U.S. Marines from across the Corps compete during the Tank Gunnery Competition, TIGERCOMP on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, August 29. TIGERCOMP is an annual force competition that determines the Marine Corps' most lethal tank crew. The winning crew, 4th Tank Battalion, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve, will have the opportunity represent the Marine Corps in the Sullivan Cup, which is the Army's total force tank gunnery competition. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Pfc Jacob Yost)

U.S. Marines and Sailors with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force - Native Fury 18 execute Exercise Native Fury in the United Arab Emirates, Jan. 21-Feb 9. Exercise NF18 is a Joint Chiefs of Staff directed, U.S. Central Command sponsored, I Marine Expeditionary Force executed maritime prepositioning force exercise conducted in the Marine Corps Forces Central Command area of responsibility. Native Fury is designed to train Marines and Sailors in crisis response through MPF operations and aims to increase proficiency, expand levels of cooperation, enhance maritime capabilities, and promote long-term regional stability and interoperability between international partners. NF18 is executed at various training sites throughout the U.A.E., to include: Fujairah Naval Base, Minhad Air Base, and Jebel Ali Port. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Sgt. Devan K. Gowans and Cpl. Christopher D. Thompson)

MOUNT BUNDEY TRAINING AREA, Australia -- U.S. Marines with Company K, 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, Marine Rotational Force Darwin, train with Australian Defence Force M1A1 Abrams tanks ahead of Exercise Predator Run, May 6, 2017. The Marines trained to integrate tanks in a combined-arms range. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Damion Hatch Jr.)

The M1A1 Abram is the Marine Corps principle battle tank. It provides armor-protected firepower to the Marine Air-Ground Task Force and its operations.

U.S. Marines with Delta Company, 1st Tank Battalion, 1st Marine Division conduct a Large Scale Exercise (LSE) on Marine Air Ground Command Center Twentynine Palms, Calif. Aug 18, 2016. LSE 2016 is designed to enhance the command and control and interoperability between I Marine Expeditionary Force (I MEF) and its higher, adjacent and subordinate command headquarters.(U.S Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Carlos Lopez/Released)

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.

Marines with Company A, 1st Tank Battalion conducted the Tank Mechanized Assault Course aboard Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, Nov. 2-3, 2014. The training helped the Marines improve their abilities to coordinate with supporting units and prepare to respond to any crisis around the world.

Talks about what tanks provide after arriving at Camp Leatherneck in Helmand province, Afghanistan, Jan. 5. Capt Hughes, Commanding Officer for Delta Company, 1st Tank Battalion, 1st Marine Division, talks about the mission of the M1A1 Abrams tank while in Helmand province, Afghanistan. Footage of tanks firing and prepping to fire. This is the first time tanks have been in Afghanistan since the beginning of Operation Enduring Freedom. Hughes is 38 years old and is from Olympia, Wash. This video available in high definition.