Army Reserve Sgt. Crystal Melendez, center, 822nd Military Police Company, 327th Military Police Battalion, 200th Military Police Command, Arlington Heights, Illinois, dawns her M40 protective mask ahead of moving onto a blank fire range to engage stationary targets while wearing the protective mask during the Operation Cold Steel exercise conducted at Fort McCoy, Wisconsin, Mar. 22, 2017. Operation Cold Steel is the Army Reserve’s first large-scale live-fire training and crew-served weapons qualification and validation exercise taking place from March 9 through April 25, 2017. Cold Steel


Army Reserve Sgt. Crystal Melendez, center, 822nd Military Police Company, 327th Military Police Battalion, 200th Military Police Command, Arlington Heights, Illinois, dawns her M40 protective mask ahead of moving onto a blank fire range to engage stationary targets while wearing the protective mask during the Operation Cold Steel exercise conducted at Fort McCoy, Wisconsin, Mar. 22, 2017. Operation Cold Steel is the Army Reserve’s first large-scale live-fire training and crew-served weapons qualification and validation exercise taking place from March 9 through April 25, 2017. Cold Steel is key to ensuring 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 Total Army and Joint Force partners around the world.


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