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Citizen-Soldier leads cream of the crop at Cold Steel II
November 27, 2017 — A cool breeze sweeps through the air of a bright, sunny day. Soldiers line up against long horizontal white tables. Their training at Operation Cold Steel II has come to an end. The Soldiers put their protective masks, advanced combat helmets and tactical vests on to the table to turn into supply. Overseeing these Soldiers is U.S. Army Reserve Staff Sgt. Richard Midkiff... MORE

Task Force Coyote, Operation Cold Steel II: trained, equipped, lethal
November 27, 2017 — Task Force Coyote, Operation Cold Steel II began Oct. 12, 2017 at Fort Hunter Liggett, California... MORE

Teams support resilience training at Operation Cold Steel II
November 20, 2017 — Resiliency is a skill Soldiers are encouraged to develop, but they’re not expected to go it alone. During Operation Cold Steel II at Fort Hunter Liggett, Calif., leaders from U.S. Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command requested two teams of Master Resilience Trainer and Performance Experts from the Ready and Resilient Performance Training Center to assist in helping their Soldiers develop resiliency skills and hopefully contribute to higher qualification scores... MORE

MRT team brings resilience training to reality

Cold Steel sharpens skills of 79th Soldiers
November 9, 2017 — The U.S. Army Reserve serves as part of the Total Force. To build that force in the Army Reserve, there is extensive training that goes into keeping Soldiers capable, combat-ready, and lethal. For the largest Federal Reserve force in the nation's history, exercises like Operation Cold Steel II are vital in preparation to rapidly respond in any part of the world... MORE

Operation Cold Steel sharpens steel of 79th Soldiers

New mother is capable, combat-ready, and lethal
November 3, 2017 — For U.S. Army Reserve Spc. Cassie Kiester-Maldonado, a cargo specialist with the 743rd Transportation Company, Operation Cold Steel II is teaching her crew-served weapons operations, but she is also learning what it means to be away from her seven-month old son for the first time... MORE

Operation Cold Steel II: More vehicles, weapons, firepower
October 18, 2017 — Operation Cold Steel II kicked off Oct. 12, 2017 at Fort Hunter Liggett, California... MORE

Cold Steel Soldiers build skills using Fort McCoy simulation facilities
April 28, 2017 — Before Soldiers could complete live-fire training at Operation Cold Steel, they had to practice their skills at many of Fort McCoy's simulation facilities... MORE

Soldiers at Fort McCoy for the Operation Cold Steel exercise learn about crew gunnery on the Virtual Battle Space software program April 10, 2017, at Range 26 on North Post. The training simulates Fort McCoy training areas and allows gunnery crews the ability to experience gunnery training before going out to a range to complete live-fire training. (U.S. Army Photo by Scott T. Sturkol, Public Affairs Office, Fort McCoy, Wis.)

Operation Cold Steel Soldiers prepare for live-fire ops with VBS3 training
April 28, 2017 — Team members with Fort McCoy’s Virtual Battle Space 3 (VBS3) simulation facility played a direct role in training during the Operation Cold Steel exercise in March and April through use of the Mounted Machine Gun Trainer Plug-in Vehicle Crew Evaluator software program... MORE

Soldiers training at Fort McCoy, Wis., for Operation Cold Steel practice firing weapons in a convoy on Reconfigurable Vehicle Tactical Trainer on April 12, 2017. Operation Cold Steel is the Army Reserve's first large-scale live-fire training and crew-served weapons qualification and validation exercise, which took place March 9 through April 25. (U.S. Army Photo by Aimee Malone, Public Affairs Office, Fort McCoy, Wis.)

Soldiers tackle weapon basics, look toward certification
April 25, 2017 — Twelve US Army Reserve Soldiers went back to the fundamentals during a weapons range at Camp Swift, April 22, with hopes of achieving certification and setting personal records at an upcoming live-fire exercise – Operation Cold Steel – April 24-28, 2017 at Fort McCoy, Wisconsin... MORE

CAMP SWIFT, Texas – US Army Reserve Sgt. 1st Class Francis Jaeger (right), an operations noncommissioned officer with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 980th Engineer Battalion, Austin, and Fort Worth, Texas native, coaches a reserve Soldier on basic rifle marksmanship techniques, such as breathing and sight picture, while reviewing his target during a rifle range conducted here, April 22, 2017. (US Army Reserve photo by Sgt. Quentin Johnson, 211th MPAD/Released)

Maintenance keeps Operation Cold Steel moving, communicating
April 25, 2017 — In most gunnery operations, vehicles are not a primary requirement, but for Operation Cold Steel, a mounted gunnery operation, vehicles are an essential component... MORE

U.S. Army Reserve Cpl. Tyler Snyder, mechanic, fills a container with oil to fill a vehicle during Operation Cold Steel at Fort McCoy, Wis., April 13, 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 Staff Sgt. Debralee Best, 84th Training Command)

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