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What is the role of the Army in petroleum support?
What is the role of the Army in petroleum support?
What is the role of the Air Force in petroleum support?
What is the role of the Air Force in petroleum support?
What is the role of the Navy in petroleum support?
What is the role of the Navy in petroleum support?
What is the role of the Marine Corps in petroleum support?
What is the role of the Marine Corps in petroleum support?
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What is the role of the Coast Guard in petroleum support?
What is the role of the Coast Guard in petroleum support?
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What is the normal mode of fuel distribution within theater?
What is the normal mode of fuel distribution within theater?
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In what scenarios might contractors be unable to provide MILSPEC fuels?
In what scenarios might contractors be unable to provide MILSPEC fuels?
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What is the purpose of the Services' capability to inject additives into commercial fuels?
What is the purpose of the Services' capability to inject additives into commercial fuels?
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What is the responsibility of the applicable Service military specification custodians?
What is the responsibility of the applicable Service military specification custodians?
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What is the purpose of inspection, sampling, testing, and documentation of fuel products?
What is the purpose of inspection, sampling, testing, and documentation of fuel products?
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Study Notes
Service Component Theater Bulk Petroleum Organizations
- Each Service provides product handling at operational locations and coordinates with JPO, SAPO, and DLA Energy to avoid duplication of effort.
- The USA normally provides distribution of bulk petroleum within the theater.
- Increasing contractor support requires Services to review their responsibilities for tactical petroleum functions.
Additives and Fuel Quality
- DLA Energy delivers fuel with additives to the point of end use, but in austere environments, delivery forward may not be possible.
- Services must be able to inject additives into commercial fuels until DLA Energy or Services can arrange delivery of MILSPEC fuels or contract support.
- Joint and Service planners must know about these special requirements for additives.
Inspection, Sampling, and Testing
- Inspection, sampling, testing, and documentation are required by each Service and agency to assure quality of fuel products.
- Applicable Service military specification custodians are responsible for development and maintenance of petroleum-product specifications.
Service Responsibilities
- Each Service is responsible for operating petroleum facilities under Service ownership, implementing fuel standardization policies, and assisting DLA in selection and assignment of fuel military construction projects.
- Services manage Service-unique theater-assigned bulk petroleum transportation assets and compute wartime petroleum demands.
- Services organize, train, and equip fuel support forces and validate Service bulk fuel requirements.
Service-Specific Responsibilities
- Army: provides management of overland petroleum support, including inland waterways, to US land-based forces.
- Air Force: maintains the capability to provide tactical support to USAF units at improved and austere locations and provides distribution of bulk petroleum products by air.
- Navy: provides seaward and over-the-shore bulk petroleum products to the high-water mark for US sea-based and land-based forces.
- Marine Corps: maintains a capability to provide bulk petroleum support to its units and may be tasked to provide petroleum support to any joint force and/or MNF.
- Coast Guard: coordinates petroleum requirements with the Navy and performs the roles and functions of a joint fuel logistics supply point when designated or delegated.
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Understanding the role of Services in bulk petroleum operations during exercises, deployments, and coordination with JPO, SAPO, and DLA Energy.
