Army Reserve Sgt. Joshua Rutan, 705th Transportation Company, 377th Theater Sustainment Command, disassembles an M240 machine gun, while participating in a primary marksmanship instruction during Operation Cold Steel II, hosted by the 79th Theater Sustainment Command, at Fort Hunter Liggett, Calif., Oct. 20, 2017. Operation Cold Steel is the Army Reserve's crew-served weapons qualification and validation exercise which ensures 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 Ar

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Army Reserve Sgt. Joshua Rutan, 705th Transportation Company, 377th Theater Sustainment Command, disassembles an M240 machine gun, while participating in a primary marksmanship instruction during Operation Cold Steel II, hosted by the 79th Theater Sustainment Command, at Fort Hunter Liggett, Calif., Oct. 20, 2017. Operation Cold Steel is the Army Reserve's crew-served weapons qualification and validation exercise which ensures 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. ( Army Reserve photo by Staff Sgt. Debralee Best/TF Cold Steel II)

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