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Soldiers qualify with crew-served weapons at Operation Cold Steel
April 10, 2017
US Army Reserve Spc. Adam Paquet, a petroleum and supply specialist with the 277th Quartermaster Company, 377th Theater Sustainment Command, lifts rounds for a MK19 grenade launcher in preparation for qualification as part Operation Cold Steel at Fort McCoy, Wis., April 2, 2017. The 377th TSC is aligned with U.S. Southern Command, which oversees U.S. military interests in Latin America and the Caribbean. 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)
Ammo handlers keep rounds firing at Cold Steel
April 7, 2017
U.S. Army Reserve Spc. Josh Kohon, motor transport operator, levels out spent ammunition to prepare the container for turn in to the Ammunition Supply Point during Operation Cold Steel at Fort McCoy, Wis., March 30, 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)
Fort McCoy Range Maintenance Section keeps training areas ready for exercise operations
March 30, 2017
Glenn Oliver, target systems worker with the Directorate of Plans, Training, Mobilization and Security Range Maintenance team, works diagnosing a problem with an automated target March 10, 2017, on Range 2 on North Post at Fort McCoy, Wis. The work was in preparation for range use by service members training in Operation Cold Steel, an Army Reserve exercise. Range Maintenance personnel make sure range and training areas at Fort McCoy remain operational, and they take care of service members as they train on the ranges. Range Maintenance also has engineering personnel who complete various projects for the installation range complex. (U.S. Army Photo by Scott T. Sturkol, Public Affairs Office, Fort McCoy, Wis.)
373rd Sharpens at Cold Steel
March 30, 2017
U.S. Army Reserve Sgt. Will Hoebeck Jr., a Petroleum Specialist with the 373rd Combat Sustainment Support Battalion based in Beaumont, Texas, gets instructions from the trainer on the M2 .50 caliber machine gun in the Engagement Skills Trainer during Operation Cold Steel, at Fort McCoy, Wis., Mar. 21, 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 bringing combat-ready and lethal firepower in support of the Total Army and our Joint Force anywhere in the world. (U.S. Army Reserve photo by Master Sgt. Dave Thompson)
First-ever Operation Cold Steel heats up Army Reserve readiness
March 29, 2017
Pvt. Sean Bourque, Petroleum Supply Specialist assigned to the 786th Quartermaster Company, Provo, Utah, views the firing range through a thermal weapon sight ahead of a night live-fire gunnery qualification during the Operation Cold Steel exercise conducted at Fort McCoy, Wisconsin, Mar. 20, 2017. Operation Cold Steel is the U.S. Army Reserve’s first large-scale live-fire training and crew-served weapons qualification and validation exercise. Cold Steel plays a critical role in ensuring 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 Total Army and Joint Force partners anywhere in the world. In support of the Total Army Force, First Army Master Gunners participated in Cold Steel to provide expertise in crew level gunnery qualifications, and to develop Vehicle Crew Evaluator training, preparing units here and when they return to their home stations to conduct crew served weapons training and vehicle crew gunnery at the unit-level. 475 crews with an estimated 1,600 Army Reserve Soldiers will certify in M2, M19 and M240 Bravo gunner platforms across 12-day rotations through the seven-week exercise. (U.S. Army Reserve photo by Master Sgt. Anthony L. Taylor)
Operation Cold Steel boasts 81% qualification rate
March 28, 2017
U.S. Army Reserve Staff Sgt. Jason Kelly with 366th Engineer Company, 412th Theater Engineer Command, receives ammunition for zero in preparation for completion of live-fire qualification during Operation Cold Steel at Fort McCoy, Wis., March 23, 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)
The 373rd CSSB is ready to fight!
March 28, 2017
U.S. Army Reserve Pvt. 2nd Class Thomas Gonzales a Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Specialist with the 373rd Combat Sustainment Support Battalion based in Beaumont, Texas, engages simulated targets with a M2 .50 caliber machine gun in the Reconfigurable Vehicle Tactical Trainer during Operation Cold Steel, at Fort McCoy, Wis., Mar. 21, 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 bringing combat-ready and lethal firepower in support of the Total Army and our Joint Force anywhere in the world. (U.S. Army Reserve photo by Maj. Brandon R. Mace)
A case of mistaken identity: Identical twins run crews at Op Cold Steel 2017
March 20, 2017
U.S. Army Reserve Staff Sgt. Jeshua Moore (left) and Sgt. Gereld Moore, both with the 327th Engineer Company, 416th Theater Engineer Command, are identical twins running gunnery crews at Operation Cold Steel 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.
America’s Army Reserve training turns cold steel into hot lead
March 16, 2017
FORT MCCOY, Wis. - A U.S. Army Reserve Soldier with the 76th Operational Response Command, clears his weapon prior to beginning the blank-fire range during Operation Cold Steel at McCoy, Wis., March 14, 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)
Operation Cold Steel begins in March at Fort McCoy
February 24, 2017
Staff Sgt. Travis Vantine, an Army Reserve soldier with a unit affiliated with the 86th Training Division of Milwaukee, Wis., inspects the mounted weapon of Pfc. Eddie Cordero with the 306th Vertical Engineer Company of Farmingdale, N.Y., during training at Fort McCoy on July 13, 2016. During Operation Cold Steel at Fort McCoy in March and April 2017, Soldiers will complete similar training.