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

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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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