Thursday, December 7, 2023

Army Veteran Battling Terminal Cancer Gets His Wish to Shoot a Tank One Last Time

Article Title: Army Veteran Battling Terminal Cancer Gets His Wish to Shoot a Tank One Last Time

Article Excerpt: "...Jay Tenison, a retired Armor Crew Member battling stage IV stomach cancer, visits the Maneuver Center of Excellence to fire his final shot from an Abrams Main Battle Tank. ...he fired his last shot at Fort Moore, Georgia. “It was everything I had hoped for, and went beyond my expectation,” he told Military.com. When asked how he did on the gunnery event, which included the M1A2 Abrams main battle tank engaging multiple targets, he said, “I killed everything.”"

Reference Source: www.military.com