Operation Cold Steel
Mounted Gunnery Range Table III
181117-A-LI523-657.JPG Photo By: Staff Sgt. Christopher Sofia

JOINT BASE McGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST, N.J. - The late autumn sun falls on the horizon as U.S. Army Reserve Soldiers prepare to fire rounds down range with M249 light machine guns while conducting crew-served weapons training during Operation Cold Steel III, hosted by the U.S. Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operation Command at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., Nov. 17, 2018. Operation Cold Steel is the U.S. Army Reserve’s crew-served weapons qualification and validation exercise to ensure America’s Army Reserve units and Soldiers are trained and ready to deploy on short-notice as part of Ready Force X and bring combat-ready and lethal firepower in support of the Army and our joint partners anywhere in the world. (U.S. Army Reserve photo by Staff Sgt. Christopher J. Sofia)


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