Photo By Joe Yanik | (220921-N-RY670-1025) ROTA, Spain (Sept. 20, 2022) Naval Supply Systems Command Fleet...... read more read more
ROTA, Spain (Sept. 20, 2022) Naval Station (NAVSTA) Rota and Naval Supply Systems Command Fleet Logistics Center Sigonella (NAVSUP FLCSI) hosted Rear Adm. Patrick S. Hayden, director, logistics, fleet supply and ordnance, U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa, for a tour of the installation's Defense Fuel Support Point (DFSP), the U.S. Navy's largest fuels management facility in Europe, Sept. 20, 2022.
During the tour, Hayden joined several NAVSUP and NAVSTA Rota leaders in visiting several locations significant to fuels operations at NAVSTA Rota: the DFSP's fuels testing lab, bulk tank facility, the pier, and the pipeline mainline where the installation issues and receives millions of gallon per month used to power ships and aircraft.
Lt. William Coffey, NAVSUP FLCSI Site Rota fuels division officer, led the group of leaders and briefed them about the scale and scope of NAVSTA Rota's fuels operations.
"During the DFSP tour, I tried to convey in particular the diversity of my team's fuels management capabilities as well as several opportunities for growth to better support the warfighter in the event of a conflict," Coffey said.
Coffey added that another objective during the tour was to show how NAVSUP FLCSI works diligently with its NAVSTA Rota mission partners to mitigate risks associated with the handling of such large quantities of fuel.
"Close collaboration with our NAVSTA Rota mission partners is critical to safely and effectively conducting fuels operations," Coffey said. "This was important to emphasize because fuels operations at NAVSTA Rota are everyone's responsibility."
Another stop along the DFSP tour was the location of an upcoming DLA military construction (MILCON) project aimed to modernize most of NAVSTA Rota's aging fuels tanks.
"The MILCON construction site was a key stop of the tour because it is the largest project of its kind to date in terms of dollar value and scope," said Lt. Lincoln Barber, NAVSUP FLCSI's regional fuels director. "The MILCON will provide a complete rebuild and modernization of NAVSTA Rota's biggest bulk fuel storage tanks and ensure that the installation continues to provide a strategic advantage to the U.S. Navy and our Allies, and operate safely for decades to come."
In addition to the MILCON project, NAVSUP FLCSI and its mission partners overhauled and modernized two of the installation fuel storage tanks in July 2022 in an effort to increase fuels management capabilities at NAVSTA Rota.(Read full the story here: https://dvidshub.net/r/2347pm)
NAVSUP FLCSI operates across 14 enduring and forward operating sites; forward contingency and cooperative security locations in 13 countries in Europe and Africa. The command's leaders manage teams at Naval Air Station (NAS) Sigonella, Italy; NAVSTA Rota, Spain; Defense Munitions Crombie, Scotland, United Kingdom; Naval Support Activity (NSA) Souda Bay, Greece; NSA Naples, Italy; and Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti.
NAVSUP FLCSI is one of eight FLCs under Commander, NAVSUP. Headquartered in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, NAVSUP employs a diverse, worldwide workforce of more than 25,000 military and civilian personnel. NAVSUP and the Navy Supply Corps conduct and enable supply chain, acquisition, operational logistics and Sailor & family care activities with our mission partners to generate readiness and sustain naval forces worldwide to prevent and decisively win wars.
| Date Taken: | 10.14.2022 |
| Date Posted: | 10.14.2022 04:04 |
| Story ID: | 431292 |
| Location: | ES |
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