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Cody Ryan Pool rank is gunnery sergeant

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and my job title is the fuel chief of

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air station . So my job as a fuels

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marine here specifically at the air

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station is to ensure we generate

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sorties , which in turn is going to get

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these young pilots their flight hours

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and continue on mission . So my job

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entails providing fuel support uh to

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all the fixed wing assets across Buford

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and any sort of visiting aircraft as

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well . I think I speak for every bulk

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fuel or whenever . Uh none of us wanted

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to do this job . But it's fortunate

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that we did because it ended up being a

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blessing in disguise . They signed an

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open contract in the 13 field . So I

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told him anything um like trade related

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when I got to the school house and they

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told me I was doing bulk fuel like

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petroleum engineer . I thought it was

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pretty interesting . The main reason I

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chose this job is because one I just

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wanted to be a marine . I didn't really

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come in , want to be anything specific .

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I just wanted to join the Marine Corps

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and be a marine . Uh When I got told ,

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hey , you're gonna become a 1391 boat

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field specialist . I was kind of like ,

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oh , what is that gonna entail ? Um

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Then my first four years got done with

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it and I actually experienced what just

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this job does entail in regards to how

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we support the men and women going

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forward on the front lines and I loved

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it . So that's what kinda made me stick

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with it . So we need our ground vics ,

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our birds , everything needs fuel . So

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fuel is such a big contribution to

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things happening on the ground and in

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the air , everything that we do , no

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matter if you're on the tactical side

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and garrison station fuels whatever ,

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everything that we do have a purpose

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that contributes to the larger goal of

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the Marine Corps . The old saying goes

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without the flow , the crowd don't go .

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Right . So without fuelers , nobody

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would be getting missions accomplished

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in my eyes . If they ever did decide to

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get rid of our M OS , it would be very

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hard to show to me and the world . I

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think that you , there's a need for

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fuelers everywhere you go in the world ,

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I think .