Photo Essay: Cold Steel II Training Ops at Fort McCoy in May

Photo By Scott Sturkol | Vehicles used by Soldiers training in Operation Cold Steel II are parked at Range 2 on May 15, 2018, at Fort McCoy, Wis. 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. Cold Steel II's Task Force Triad, hosted by the 416th Theater Engineer Command, will conduct training at Fort McCoy through May 31. More than 3,000 Soldiers are attending this mounted crew-served weapons qualification training. (U.S. Army Photo by Scott T. Sturkol, Public Affairs Office, Fort McCoy, Wis.)  

FORT MCCOY, WI, UNITED STATES

05.18.2018

Story by Scott Sturkol                                                                                        

Fort McCoy Public Affairs Office           

Soldiers on post for training in Operation Cold Steel II conducted operations at numerous range areas in May at Fort McCoy, Wis.

Operation Cold Steel II began in mid-February 2018. According to exercise planners, Operation Cold Steel II operations at Fort McCoy for 2018 falls under Task Force Triad.

The task force, hosted by the 416th Theater Engineer Command, holds training through May 31 in which more than 3,000 Soldiers, or approximately 1,000 crews, are expected to attend the mounted crew-served weapons qualification training.

Learn more about Fort McCoy online at www.mccoy.army.mil, on Facebook by searching “ftmccoy,” and on Twitter by searching “usagmccoy.”

• Date Taken: 05.18.2018
• Date Posted: 05.18.2018 15:51
• Story ID: 277571
• Location: FORT MCCOY, WI, US