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Aircraft don’t run on hopes and dreams, they run on Jet Fuel

Aug. 31, 2018

Aircraft don’t run on hopes and dreams

KADENA AIR BASE, Japan — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the Kadena Air Base website — Anyone who has a car understands the importance of having a full tank of clean, reliable gas. For Kadena Air Base, an organization responsible for defending nations and providing worldwide humanitarian relief, the same rules apply. That's where unit's like the 18th Logistics Readiness Squadron's fuels distribution flight comes in.

Personnel on ocean mooring, discussing

Aug. 29, 2018

DLA Pacific commander sees DLA Energy capability firsthand in Okinawa

The commander of Defense Logistics Agency Pacific recently gained a firsthand appreciation of DLA Energy’s fuel-distribution capabilities to U.S. military bases in Japan, in an Aug. 27 visit.

Army Master Sgt. Lewmas Laurinaitis, a culinary specialist with the 16th Sustainment Brigade, cooks French toast in a mobile kitchen with subsistence items provided by DLA during Saber Strike 2018.

Aug. 28, 2018

Warfighters deployed for Saber Strike 2018 get easier access to supplies with DLA’s forward presence

Warfighters deployed for Saber Strike 2018 get easier access to supplies with DLA’s forward presence.

434th LRS trains in Kadena

Aug. 15, 2018

434th LRS trains in Kadena

GRISSOM AIR RESERVE BASE, Ind. — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the Grissom Air Reserve Base website — Supply, deploy, distribute, transport are the key competencies of the logistics readiness career field, and without them, the Air Force wouldn’t be able to support the generation and employment of aerospace forces across the globe.

LRS conducts QLLEX

July 23, 2018

LRS conducts QLLEX

SEYMOUR JOHNSON AIR FORCE BASE, N.C. — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the Seymour Johnson Air Force Base website — The 4th Logistic Readiness Squadron fuels management flight participated in a Quartermasters Liquid Logistics Exercise during the month of July.

Kevin Yohe, construction superintendent, pulls wire to feed to the fuel-transfer pump in the 23d Logistics Readiness Squadron (LRS) fuel yard, July 18, 2018, at Moody Air Force Base, Ga. For the first time since the 1950s, the 23d LRS is modernizing the yard to improve fuel efficiency to enhance operations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Erick Requadt)

July 20, 2018

POL fuel yard gets first major upgrade since 50s

MOODY AIR FORCE BASE, Ga. — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the Marines website — The 23d Logistics Readiness Squadron (LRS) is currently overseeing the construction of the Petroleum, Oils and Lubricants (POL) fuels bulk storage yard, which is slated for completion Jan. 2019.

Gas Turbine System Technician (Mechanical) 3rd Class Mackenzie Mattox, from Middletown, Ohio, prepares to inspect JP-5 fuel on the flight deck of the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Chancellorsville (CG 62). Chancellorsville is forward-deployed to the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations in support of security and stability in the Indo-Pacific region.

July 4, 2018

Chancellorsville Sailor Dubbed Oil Queen

SOUTH CHINA SEA — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the Commander of the U.S. 7th Fleet website — Gas turbine systems technicians in the U.S. Navy maintain the engines, lube oils and fuel that keeps the Navy moving.

Airman 1st Class Ariel Santos, 442nd Air Expeditionary Squadron aerial porter, directs a K-loader during an aircraft unloading, June 7, 2018, at Camp Taji, Iraq.

June 21, 2018

442nd AES aerial porters 'move the fight'

CAMP TAJI, Iraq — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the 386th Air Expeditionary Wing website — Airmen from the 442nd Air Expeditionary Squadron, located at Camp Taji, manage one of the aerial ports-of-entry for assets in Iraq. This port directly supports a multi-national coalition conducting missions for Operation Inherent Resolve.

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Robert Parkes, Marine Medium Tilt Roader Squadron (VMM) 774 V-22 crew chief, poses in front of a U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Atlantic City HH-65 Dolphin on Coast Guard Air Station Atlantic City, N.J., June 14, 2018. The Marines conducted a forward air-refueling point for the first time – refueling an HH-65 with a VMM-774 V-22 Osprey. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Ariel Owings)

June 20, 2018

Marines fuel Coast Guard mission

COAST GUARD AIR STATION ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst website — U.S. Marines and Coast Guardsmen conducted the first forward air-refueling point between two helicopters during the 2018 Marine Aircraft Group 49 Combined Arms Exercise here, June 14.

ite Marianas Logisticians, Reservists Support Exercise Malabar 2018

June 18, 2018

Site Marianas Logisticians, Reservists Support Exercise Malabar 2018

YOKOSUKA, Japan — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command website — Naval Supply Systems Command (NAVSUP) Fleet Logistics Center (FLC) Yokosuka Site Marianas personnel and reservists participated in the annual Malabar exercise held for the first time in the waters off Guam, June 7-16.