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Cold Steel expands Army Reserve combat lethality
U.S. Army Reserve Staff Sgt. Samuel Aycock, 419th Transportation Company, 79th Theater Sustainment Command, conducts battle drills during Combat Support Training Exercise 78-18-03 at Fort Knox, Ky., March 21, 2018. Upon completing CSTX, select Soldiers conducted section convoy protection platform as part of Operation Cold Steel II. Operation Cold Steel is the U.S. Army Reserve’s crew-served weapons qualification and validation exercise to ensure 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 Staff Sgt. Debralee Best/Operation Cold Steel II)