AMC, Reserve Components collaborate to succeed during Operation Patriot Bandoleer
Maj. Maria McDougal gives a portion of the 834th Transportation Battalion's concept of operations brief to senior officials that include, from left, Brig. Gen. Lathrop, California Army National Guard; Maj. Gen. Beth Austin, Army Materiel Command Assistant Deputy Commanding General, Army National Guard; and Maj. Gen. Kurt J. Ryan, commander, Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command, during the opening of Operation Patriot Bandoleer at Military Ocean Terminal Concord, California, Jan. 18. Task Force Golden Patriot is an Active Army, Army Reserve and Army National Guard joint effort to transport ammunition from MOTCO to pre-determined locations throughout the United States in support of Operation Patriot Bandoleer.