This role of collapsible hose is used to transport, fuel from a ship at sea to the units on shore, using the Amphibious Assault Fuel System. Each section of hosing can be connected to another, stretching a distance up to five miles. Marines with Bulk Fuel Company, 7th Engineer Support Battalion, 1st Marine Logistics Group, constructed an AAFS system using the hose aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., April 1-11, 2014. This system used three and a half miles of hosing to transport the fuel throughout the exercise site. The AAFS allows for the receiving, storage, and distribution of gallo
This role of collapsible hose is used to transport, fuel from a ship at sea to the units on shore, using the Amphibious Assault Fuel System. Each section of hosing can be connected to another, stretching a distance up to five miles. Marines with Bulk Fuel Company, 7th Engineer Support Battalion, 1st Marine Logistics Group, constructed an AAFS system using the hose aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., April 1-11, 2014. This system used three and a half miles of hosing to transport the fuel throughout the exercise site. The AAFS allows for the receiving, storage, and distribution of gallons of fuel. It consists of a vast layout of 33 fuel bladders, each holding 20,000 to 50,000 gallons of fuel, placed inside six-foot tall earth berms as a safety measure to contain any spillage should a bladder rupture. ( Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Keenan Zelazoski/ Released) Fueling the fight from ship to shore, Bulk Fuel Co. demonstrates capabilities of an Amphibious Assault Fuel System 140403-M-MM729-721
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