When You Need a Tank, You Need a Tank…the Marine Corps Doesn’t Think So and Its Tankers Aren’t Happ

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When You Need a Tank, You Need a Tank…the Marine Corps Doesn’t Think So and Its Tankers Aren’t Happy

“When you need a tank, nothing else will suffice,” said Marine Corp Major Ronald “JR” Valasek. He was referencing the Corp’s decision to pull tanks from their inventory of weapons. The monstrous dinosaurs that have wreaked havoc on battlefields around the world are peacefully slipping into retirement.

The proud tankers who operate these 65-ton destructive demons aren’t pleased with the decision. “We are small and we are all really cut from the same cloth,” Valasek said. As an armor officer, he has expressed how tankers are a close-knit community of warriors. “I will always be a tanker.”

https://theamericanpatriot.com/when-you-need-a-tank-you-need-a-tankthe-marine-corps-doesnt-think-so-and-its-tankers-arent-happy/