Operation Cold Steel II Soldiers receive equipment issue at Fort McCoy [Image 5 of 35]

FORT MCCOY, WISCONSIN, UNITED STATES

02.27.2018

Photo by Scott Sturkol                                                                                                      

Fort McCoy Public Affairs Office           

Soldiers at Fort McCoy, Wis., for training in Operation Cold Steel II are issued training and cold-weather equipment at the Logistics Readiness Center Central Issue Facility (CIF) on Feb. 27. Since 2011, the Fort McCoy CIF has been issuing Reserve Soldiers their entire Organizational Clothing and Individual Equipment needs. During fiscal year 2017, the CIF issued more than 387,000 pieces of equipment, worth more than $33 million, to thousands of troops who trained at Fort McCoy. Operation Cold Steel II 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. (U.S. Army Photo by Scott T. Sturkol, Public Affairs Office, Fort McCoy, Wis.)

• Date Taken: 02.27.2018
• Date Posted: 03.05.2018 16:21
• Photo ID: 4187482
• VIRIN: 180227-A-OK556-103
• Resolution: 5189x3459
• Size: 1.87 MB
• Location: FORT MCCOY, WISCONSIN, US