Army Reserve Sgt. Michael Stoops, 318th Tactical Psychological Operations Company, Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command, puts his gloves while waiting in a vehicle to begin live-fire qualification during Operation Cold Steel at Fort McCoy, Wis., March 31, 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


Army Reserve Sgt. Michael Stoops, 318th Tactical Psychological Operations Company, Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command, puts his gloves while waiting in a vehicle to begin live-fire qualification during Operation Cold Steel at Fort McCoy, Wis., March 31, 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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