Cold Steel II: Task Force Triad
An M240B machine gun round awaits linking for practice live-fire qualification for U.S. Army Reserve Troop with 319th Movement Control Team during Operation Cold Steel II, hosted by the 416th Theater Engineer Command at Fort McCoy, Wis., March 6, 2018. 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 frepower 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)