U.S. Army Reserve Sgt. 1st Class Townes, assigned to 404th Civil Affairs Battalion, 360th Civil Affairs Brigade, instructs a Soldier firing M17 Pistol on a range during Operation Viking at Joint Base Cape Cod, July 22, 2022. Operation Viking is an intense joint task force exercise designed to prepare Soldiers with realistic training simulating the deployment of civil affairs units in direct support of a contingency operation in Africa.