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FORT BLISS, Texas — I was climbing in, on, and around an M1A2 Abrams tank parked on the uneven, bushy terrain of the sandy training grounds at Fort Bliss.

The tank and its crew had been out in the desert for days, taking part in a large exercise called Bulldog Focus, which was unfolding for miles all around us. See the rest of the story at Business Insider

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