Iraq: Tanks for the Memories; Iraq: Tanks for the Memories. 1 minute read. By TIME Staff. October 21, 2011 2:27 PM EDT. ... America’s war in Iraq will be over,” Obama said at the White House.

Sept 12, 2011 — -- An Iraq war veteran planning a diving expedition with two friends in Florida was killed Sunday morning when the scuba tank he was carrying exploded. Russell Vanhorn III, a ...

With less than six months left to live, U.S. Army veteran Jay Tenison posted his No. 1 bucket list item on Reddit. He wanted to fire an M1 Abrams tank — and feel the "thunder of doom" again ...

At the height of the US-led war in 2008, Iraq ordered 140 such tanks, 60 tank transporters, and 21 armored recovery vehicles capable of towing large military vehicles. They received the order in 2010.

Jay Tenison, a former Army tanker who served in Iraq and was diagnosed in 2022 with terminal cancer, suits up before shooting an M1A2 Abrams tank at Fort Moore, Ga., on Dec. 5, 2023.

It's a new war in Iraq, but the same weapons will be taking the field.The State Department just approved the sale of $3 billion in Humvees and M1A1 Abrams tanks to the Iraqi government, which is ...

U.S. troops are still in Iraq — not to mention Syria, Afghanistan, and various African countries — to ward off or put down insurgencies. Within the national security apparatus, however, the ...

AL-HARTHA, Iraq (Reuters) - In a military scrapyard in the southern Iraqi desert, abandoned army equipment sat for years waiting to be melted down to steel bars. Now, thanks to new conflict and a ...

Glenn Girona served on the Abrams tank for years, including as a gunner in the Iraq War. He says its success come from its crew's skills and teamwork.