Story by Staff Sgt. Debralee Lutgen | 84th Training Command | 04.21.2017
FORT MCCOY, Wis. - In most gunnery operations, vehicles are not a primary requirement, but for Operation Cold Steel, a mounted gunnery operation, vehicles are an essential component....
Story by Staff Sgt. Debralee Lutgen | 84th Training Command | 04.06.2017
FORT MCCOY, Wis. - Operation Cold Steel will train and certify approximately 1,800 Soldiers by the end of April 2017 on crew-served weapons platform qualification at Fort McCoy, Wisconsin. The exercise is providing everything the Soldiers need to qualify, from cold weather gear, to vehicles and weapons. Including one of the most important components: ammunition....
Story by Spc. Jeremiah Woods | 358th Public Affairs Detachment | 04.05.2017
More than 450 weapons crews were trained and certified over the seven-week duration of Operation Cold Steel.
Story by Staff Sgt. Debralee Lutgen | 84th Training Command | 03.28.2017
FORT MCCOY, Wis. - Three weeks into Operation Cold Steel, the exercise is now qualifying mounted gunnery crews daily.
Story by Master Sgt. Anthony L Taylor | First Army | 03.28.2017
FORT MCCOY, Wis. — Deep in the late-winter woods, metallic clacking and repetitive booms rolled like thunder – first far, then near – in the cool, crisp air. It was week three of Operation Cold Steel, the U.S. Army Reserve’s first large-scale live-fire training and crew-served weapons qualification and validation exercise, taking place March 9 through April 25, 2017. The gunnery......
Story by Maj. Brandon Mace | 412th Theater Engineer Command | 03.21.2017
FORT MCCOY, Wis. – U.S. Army Reserve Soldiers from the 373rd Combat Sustainment Support Battalion in Beaumont, Texas, participated in Operation Cold Steel, a brand new live-fire qualification exercise for U.S. Army Reserve units Mar. 17 to 23, 2017...
Story by Master Sgt. Dave Thompson | 412th Theater Engineer Command | 03.21.2017
FORT MCCOY, Wis. – In keeping with their motto “Strength for Battle,” U.S. Army Reserve soldiers from the 373rd Combat Support Sustainment Command out of Beaumont, Texas, traveled to Fort McCoy to sharpen their combat skills during Operation Cold Steel....
Story by Staff Sgt. Debralee Lutgen | 84th Training Command | 03.18.2017
FORT MCCOY, Wis, - The smallest details make it evident that Staff Sgt. Jeshua and Sgt. Gereld Moore are two different people. Gereld wears wire frames in his glasses while Jeshua’s are a slightly thicker, black plastic. The rank difference is sometimes a giveaway as well, but not always....
