Army Reserve Pfc. Nathan Straham, 155th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, 79th Sustainment Support Command, qualifies with the M2 .50 Caliber machine gun while Spc. Anthony Velasco, also with the 155th CSSB, assists during Operation Cold Steel at Fort McCoy, Wis., April 6, 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 i


Army Reserve Pfc. Nathan Straham, 155th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, 79th Sustainment Support Command, qualifies with the M2 .50 Caliber machine gun while Spc. Anthony Velasco, also with the 155th CSSB, assists during Operation Cold Steel at Fort McCoy, Wis., April 6, 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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