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    Reserve soldiers participate in Operation Cold Steel [Image 4 of 48]

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    A tan/desert-colored military HMMWV (Humvee) is positioned on a dirt road surrounded by bare deciduous trees, suggesting a late autumn or winter setting. A soldier is visible in the roof-mounted gun turret, manning what appears to be an M2 .50 caliber heavy machine gun. The vehicle displays a green identification placard with the number '39' on the windshield.

    FT. MCCOY, WISCONSIN, UNITED STATES

    03.31.2017

    Photo by Spc. Jeremiah Woods 

    358th Public Affairs Detachment

    Army Reserve Soldiers from the 430th Quartermaster Company, based out of Fort Buchanan, Puerto Rico, return from a firing exercise as part of Operation Cold Steel at Fort McCoy, Wis., on March 31, 2017. The company is assigned to the 1st MSC, based out of Fort Buchanan, Puerto Rico, which provides mission command to assigned units of the Army Reserve in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands to ensure unit readiness to deploy to war and successfully execute their wartime missions. Operation Cold Steel is the U.S. 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, lethal firepower in support of the Army and our joint partners anywhere in the world. (U.S. Army Reserve photo by Spc. Jeremiah Woods, 358th Public Affairs Detachment / Released)

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    Date Taken: 03.31.2017
    Date Posted: 04.09.2017 21:04
    Photo ID: 3300872
    VIRIN: 170331-A-GJ415-294
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    Location: FT. MCCOY, WISCONSIN, US
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