(1) FISCs arrange receipts and issues.
(2) Fuel terminals distribute fuel to tankers, barges, and trucks.
d. Fuel at the User Level.
(1) Ships at sea are assigned, under a Unified Command, to a Fleet Commander or Commander, Joint
Task Group, depending on location or tasking. These commands have their own operations and logistics staff
who:
(a) Project out fuel and provisions consumption.
(b) Review logistic asset availability-could include.
Shore bunkering in Augusta Bay, Sicily.
A Military Sealift Command ship.
A Navy replenishment ship.
Other friendly assets (NATO oilers).
(c) Revise and promulgate operational schedules, including both ships and forward logistic heads
(for example, Hurghada, Egypt; Incurlik, Turkey).
(d) Rotate assets in mission area.
e. Fuel Transfers at Sea.
(1) UNREP refers to the process of replenishing a ship with fuel, cargo, and/or passengers while the
ship is underway (at sea).
(2) There are two types of UNREP: Vertical Replenishment and Connected Replenishment.
VERTREP refers to when helicopters deliver cargo, mail, and/or passengers to and from a ship. CONREP refers
to when ships steam side by side; rig connected lines via pulleys, and transfer fuel, cargo, mail, and/or passengers.
(3) Rendezvous designated (date, time, and location).
(4) Designate refueling base course and speed.
(5) Sequence:
(a) Bridge and Combat Information Center augment manning.
(b) Line handlers stationed on the bow, topside, and stem.
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