After the 4/92 FA (self propelled, Reserve) was disbanded in 1992; I was placed into the 475 Quartermaster for about 6 months prior to volunteering for RESTORE HOPE with the 10th Mountain. I was there just long enough to get certified as a 77FOXTROT (petroleum specialist) and an 88MIKE (heavy wheeled vehicle driver). In 77F we studied the Forward Fuel Supply Point; A series of portable pumps connected by reinforced rubber hoses (like the kind tanker trucks use), and special 10K to 100k gallon bags that could be moved with an advancing division's rear echelon support units. While studying how to set up the FFSP; I was told that a single armored division would require 100,000 gallons of aviation gas and 100,000 gallons of JP8 (in lieu of diesel fuel) PER DAY in combat. The numbers above seem too low for an armored division's fuel consumption (with the M1 series anyway).
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