U.S. Tanks En Route to Southwestern Afghanistan

摘要

Service members in Afghanistan's Regional Command—Southwest will receive 14 M1A1 Abrams tanks to aid in the fight against the Taliban. The Marine Corps tanks began to arrive in January. "This is a capability the Marine force on the ground has in their inventory so they are swapping capabilities," Pentagon spokesman Marine Col. Dave Lapan said. "This isn't additive to what they have." Marine Corps Maj. Gen. Richard P. Mills, commander of Regional Command-Southwest which is responsible for security operations in Helmand and Nimroz provinces, requested the tanks. Army Gen.