Daniel Brown/Business InsiderA Bradley and Abrams tank drive down the dirt road training grounds at Fort Bliss.

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.

As I took pictures and asked the crewmembers questions, First Lietenant Eric Gonzalez, a former tank platoon leader and now an adjutant in the 1st Armoured Division, said something that perked my ears.
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