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Doing the fueling that pacifist Japan won’t.
Already posted - http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1929581/posts?page=10
In Reagan's 600 ship Navy we used to have Navy tankers that could do the job without raising visibility.
Personally, rather than using all that good JetA for a "demonstration"...I'd rather we just take out Iran's military and nuclear capability and save the fuel for a rainy day. We're gonna have to do that someday soon anyway - demonstration or not!
My first ship was USS Wabash (AOR 5). We’d use those charter tankers to refuel from and then we would refuel the battlegroup. Used to take on about 5 millions gallons of JP-5 and DFM. Usually take 10-13 hours to refuel.
I worked for Military Sealift Command for 15 years . Mostly tankers that refuel the ships at Sea . I was on a Tanker in the persian Gulf during Operation Desert Storm . There is another port to pick up fuel in the Gulf . Jebel Ali in the UAE . Been there many times . BTW A million barrels of oil is a small tanker. Deigo Garcia is a several day trip to the Gulf . Prepositioned ships there have but one refueling sta and do not refuel Navy ships , They refuel MSC tankers , First light to sun down , At several thousand gallons a min , The MSC tanker may not be full .This Senior misses the excitement n travel. A Cancer scare ended my sailing days.
I worked for Military Sealift Command for 15 years . Mostly tankers that refuel the ships at Sea . I was on a Tanker in the persian Gulf during Operation Desert Storm . There is another port to pick up fuel in the Gulf . Jebel Ali in the UAE . Been there many times . BTW A million barrels of oil is a small tanker. Deigo Garcia is a several day trip to the Gulf . Prepositioned ships there have but one refueling sta and do not refuel Navy ships , They refuel MSC tankers , First light to sun down , At several thousand gallons a min , The MSC tanker may not be full .This Senior misses the excitement n travel. A Cancer scare ended my sailing days.