A Army Reserve Soldier checks the target during zero and qualification with an M240B machine gun during Operation Cold Steel at Fort McCoy, Wis., March 13, 2017. Operation Cold Steel is the 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 and bring combat-ready and lethal firepower in support of the Army and our joint partners anywhere in the world.

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