Operation Cold Steel II

171020-A-IZ640-001.JPG Photo By: Maj. Maryjane Porter

FORT HUNTER LIGGETT, Calif. - Dwight Smith, special operations training instructor, coaches U.S. Army Reserve Troop List Unit gunners from the 4th Expeditionary Sustainment Command out of San Antonio on the proper site alignment and target engagement of an AN/PAS-13 thermal weapon site while firing an M2A1 machine gun during Operation Cold Steel II at Fort Hunter Liggett, Calif., Oct. 20, 2017. 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 and lethal firepower in support of the Army and our joint partners anywhere in the world. (U.S. Army Reserve photo by Maj. Maryjane Falefa Porter, 364th Expeditionary Sustainment Command).

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