North Carolina National Guard 1450th Transportation Company Soldier Army Staff Sgt. Brandon Hawks, left, instructs Pvt. Shaun Wilkins on diesel engine maintenance during convoy operations at Military Ocean Terminal Sunny Point (MOTSU) near Southport, , for Operation Patriot Bandoleer, Aug. 17, 2017. The 1450th Soldiers picked up the ammunition containers loaded by MOTSU crews for convoy by tractor-trailer to military facilities in Oklahoma and Pennsylvania as part of their annual training. They join National Guard peers from several states for the exercise running from late July to the e


North Carolina National Guard 1450th Transportation Company Soldier Army Staff Sgt. Brandon Hawks, left, instructs Pvt. Shaun Wilkins on diesel engine maintenance during convoy operations at Military Ocean Terminal Sunny Point (MOTSU) near Southport, , for Operation Patriot Bandoleer, Aug. 17, 2017. The 1450th Soldiers picked up the ammunition containers loaded by MOTSU crews for convoy by tractor-trailer to military facilities in Oklahoma and Pennsylvania as part of their annual training. They join National Guard peers from several states for the exercise running from late July to the end of August. "We (1450th) have a lot of new Soldiers and they use what they learned for real world training," said the 1450th Commanding Officer, Army Capt. Brandon Liberator. Army National Guard Soldiers during the exercise will transport more than 500 containers over thousands of miles to distribution points across the country supporting Army Materiel Command operations.


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