Camp Bedrock, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sept. 2, 1997: An M1-A1 Abrams tank gets a new pair of shoes. Maintenance is the name of the game. Troops at Camp Bedrock, named after the classic cartoon series “The Flintstones,” work hard in the September sun replacing the warn out tracks on the M1 tank.

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