U.S. Army Reserve Spc. Kyle Petty, 842nd Signal Company, 79th Theater Sustainment Command (SSC), spot targets for his gunner during crew-served weapon qualification on a Mark 19 grenade machine gun during Operation Cold Steel II, hosted by the 79th Theater Sustainment Command (SSC), at Fort Hunter Liggett, Calif., Nov. 17, 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 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 Spc. Noel Williams/-U.S. Army Reserve Command)