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without fuel . Nothing would happen on

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base . Mhm .

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I did not know what this career field

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was before I joined the Air Force , I

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ended up finding out about an

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opportunity to enlist as a petroleum ,

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oil and lubricants Troop . I took it

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and ran with it . I'm senior Airman

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nick bod squad . I'm a fields

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distribution operator with the one 27th

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Logistics Readiness Squadron . So one

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27th Field Management flight is

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responsible for storing , issuing and

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receiving clean , dry , serviceable

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fuel for the base . My job is to make

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sure aircraft get fuel in a timely

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manner and that fuels serviceable ,

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clean dry , no water . The best part of

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my job is being able to be out on the

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flight line and being close contact

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with aircraft because it's pretty cool .

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Some of the sections in the fuels

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management flight , our facilities ,

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distribution , fuel service centre lab

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and preventative measures . We have a

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type three hydrant system . Hydrant

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system consists of two tanks that hold

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approximately 350,000 gallons of peace

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and three pumps that are capable of 600

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gallons a minute pumping fuel

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underground hydrant pits to service

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aircraft with our 12 Refueler or to

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issue fuel to a Phil stand for . In our

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11 Refueler , preventative maintenance

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is responsible for maintaining the

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vehicle fleet and making sure

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everything is ready to work . And our

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11 field truck is a Refueler that holds

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6000 gallons and come home 600 gallons

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a minute . And in our 12 Refueler is a

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fuel truck that pulls fuel out of the

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ground through the hydrant system and

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pumps it into the aircraft . The lab is

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responsible for maintaining the fuel

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quality and testing daily for samples .

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The fuel service centre is responsible

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for all of the accounting , receiving

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phone calls and dispatching refueling

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units to aircraft . I think the visual

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samples and one for my truck . I

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think my favorite thing about serving

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in the michigan international Guard is

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being able to actually have an impact

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on my community and serve from my

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hometown . Yeah , I would tell new

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recruits coming in the PLL to embrace

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it and learn as much as you can , as

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quick as you can so you can get out and

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figure out which section you like the

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best anywhere you go in the world ,

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there's a need for fuels .