Pro tip: save miles on your car by driving a #tank at work. The Tank Commanders Course (TCC), led by the 316th Cavalry Brigade, focuses more on technical than tactical instruction. The course includes crew stations and duties, tank maintenance, unit gunnery management, bore sighting, armor accuracy checks, plumb and synchronization, tank ammunition and weapons, screening, and tank gunnery. Students are trained using conventional training methods, stand-alone training devices, and simulators. #Ta

Eight NATO allies — including soldiers with the U.S. Army's 1st Infantry Division’s 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team — gathered in Germany to test their tank crews’ skills against each other, build camaraderie, and share tactics and techniques. Events ranged from precision shooting and range determination to a mock armor battle and a combat pistol shoot. More: www.stripes.com/1.531898 | Stars and Stripes