Reserve soldiers participate in Operation Cold Steel
US Army Reserve 1st Lt. Zachary Daugherty, and intelligence officer with the 325th Tactical Psychological Operations Company (Airborne), 2nd Psychological Operations Group, examines and ensures the fit of a cold weather boot insert prior to issue at the Fort McCoy, Wis. Central Issue Facility in preparation for training and qualification during Operation Cold Steel, April 03, 2017. The 2nd Psychological Operations Group combines regional and trans-regional expertise, political-military awareness and cross-cultural communication skills to conduct and support civil-military operations for conventional and special operations forces. Operation Cold Steel is the U.S. Army Reserve’s crew-served weapons qualification and validation exercise to ensure that America’s Army Reserve units and Soldiers are trained and ready to deploy on short-notice and bring combat-ready, lethal firepower in support of the Army and our joint partners anywhere in the world. (U.S. Army Reserve photo by Spc. Jeremiah Woods, 358th Public Affairs Detachment / Released)