Army Reserve Soldiers load a belt of ammunition before firing an M240B machine gun during Operation Cold Steel II, hosted by Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operation Command (Airborne) at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, , Aug. 14, 2018. 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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