Army Reserve Sgts. Cody Owen and Joshua Sturgill, primary marksmanship instructors, demonstrate how mount an M249 light machine gun during Operation Cold Steel II, March 5, 2018 at Fort McCoy, Wis. Operation Cold Steel is the Army Reserve’s crew-served weapons qualification and validation exercise to ensure America’s Army Reserve units and Soldiers are trained and ready to deploy on short notice as part of Ready Force X and bring combat-ready and lethal firepower in support of the Army and our joint partners anywhere in the world. ( Army Reserve

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