Marine Corps Pfc. Anel Sarmiento, a motor vehicle operator assigned to Service Company, 9th Communication Battalion, I Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group, checks the fuel tank level during the fuel transfer from an MV-22B Osprey to a 7-ton truck carrying a fuel tank during an air-ground refueling operation at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Oct. 2, 2018. Air-ground refueling provides an alternative method to obtain fuel in a deployed environment when ground transportation is not available.

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