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Show HILLTOP TIMES Reducing energy demand increases effectiveness, official says 4 TimEs Feb. 2, 2012 BY ARMY SGT. 1ST CLASS TYRONE C. MARSHALL JR. American Forces Press Service W ASHINGTON — The Defense Department's announcement of $18 million to fund six military programs designed to reduce energy demand is primarily about increasing military effectiveness, a senior Pentagon official said. "The real reason to do this is for military effectiveness to give our forces better tools, better capability and less risk," said Sharon E. Burke, assistant secretary of defense for operational energy plans and programs. Though one of the outcomes will be that the department will save money, she added, "this is ultimately about giving our forces a better capability, taking risk out of the system, (and) putting fewer lives at risk moving fuel around." DoD teams representing the military services will lead the programs, Burke said. "What these six programs focus on is reducing the demand for energy on the battlefield," she explained. "How do you actually get the job done with less energy — with less fuel, more to the point?" Burke's office provided the following details on the programs: • The Innovative Cooling Equipment Development/Demonstration FUELS From page 1 to Iraq, Afghanistan and other unspecified Southwest Asia locations (during this time), as well as one warrior in Africa in a volatile location helping to keep infrastructure up and running in case there is a civilian collapse." Those personnel supported operational capability objectives, delivering 156 million gallons of fuel to 14,000 combat aircraft, including some of the most successful high level special ops and intelligence missions in the AOR. Senior Master Sgt. Chris Burroughs, the Fuels Management Flight superintendent, described the efforts of the military and civilians who remained ingarrison as exemplary. "Probably the biggest thing was the folks back home doing the same mission as if we were fully manned," he said. "Those who stayed back here made sure that this Program will receive $2.5 million as it seeks to reduce fuel consumption for heating and cooling by 10 to 30 percent, translating to fewer fuel convoys on the battlefield and reduced risk. • The Navy Expeditionary Technology Transition Program is slated to receive $3.19 million for research aimed at making significant advances in heating and cooling technologies to reduce fuel consumption for heating and cooling by 20 to 50 percent. • The Advanced, Energy Efficient Shelter Systems for Contingency Basing and Other Applications program will receive $5.997 million as its program team works to demonstrate and transition shelter systems that will reduce the heating and cooling required by 50 percent while providing improved capabilities and quality of life. • The Super Energy Efficient Containerized Living Unit Design and Development program will receive $1 million as the program team works to redesign existing containerized living units and to develop new highly efficient units, beginning in Djibouti, where they seek to reduce energy use in renovated units by 54 to 82 percent; • The Transformative Reductions in Operational Energy Consumption program is slated to receive $3.85 million as it works to identify and assess new and existing technologies that would mission got done, while the rest of us deployed." Burroughs also stated, "Whether deployed or ingarrison, when the pilots go up, fly their mission putting bombs on target then land safely, we know that we have done our job, the API award shows that we've done it better than anyone in AFMC." Hydrant fuel system Featured prominently among the efforts at Hill AFB was the newly commissioned Type III hydrant fuel system, which came online in April to make JP-8 fuel delivery more efficient. Utilizing two 450,000 gallon storage tanks and more than two miles of underground piping, the hydrant system brings the potential of halving the amount of time and manpower required to fuel large frame aircraft. The Type III system has proven efficient during F-16 hot-pit operations as well. Fox explained, "It's a quick turn for the jets; a pilot can go out, fly a sor- tie, come back, get more munitions (and)fuel and take off again in minimal ground time." Since commissioning, 671 assigned, sister service and foreign aircraft have received 875,000 gallons of fuel on the Type III system. Not only do the hot pit operations help the 388th and 419th Fighter Wings in combat readiness training, they help keep flight personnel current on proficiencies and certifications as well. "Their training is pretty intense," said Fox. "We keep these guys current in their training and we maintain it through an automated database specifically designed for this career field — service equivalent for Army, Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard and Marines." Proper training and attention to detail by flight personnel ensures the safe and successful use of 99.5 percent pure liquid aviators' breathing oxygen, liquid nitrogen in capacities at the 309th Maintenance Wing reduce the energy demand of expeditionary outposts in tropical environments. Its goal will be to reduce total energy use of forward operating bases in these environments by 50 percent in 2016. • The Operation Enduring Freedom Energy Initiative Proving Ground program will garner $1.425 million as it works to establish a baseline for energy and fuel use in expeditionary operations in Afghanistan as it seeks to rapidly analyze the effect of energyrelated technologies on fuel consumption and determine which provide the highest operational impact and the best return on investment for deployment in Operation Enduring Freedom. "So all of these programs are looking at how to lighten the fuel sustainment, lighten the footprint, for our deployed forces," Burke said. "The reason that we chose this is there have been a number of really important studies, including one done by the Marine Corps, and one done by the (Army) Corps of Engineers for me," she explained. "(These studies) identified that we're wasting a huge amount of fuel on the battlefield, and that a lot of it goes to generators and to heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems." Burke noted one study said 75 percent of the generator power goes to air conditioning and heating, while an- and 75th Medical Group as well as analysis of petroleum products for solid contaminants, water, flashpoint, density and other critical variables. "If you look at it from the lowest level of things that our guys do, it seems like a relatively menial task to go out and turn a valve to see if there is any water in the fuel, test for volume then run it through a filter separator," said Fox. "But if you spend a day with our guys or look at the quality control process that we have to maintain it's pretty extensive. "Even at a very junior grade, our guys have such a huge responsibility for the safety and well-being to ensure that visiting foreign units, sister service units, our tenant units and our fighter wings, can go out and perform their missions," Fox added. Other efforts The "whole person" concept of the award also reflects members' Pentagon spends $18 million to improve battlefield energy American Forces Press Service W ASHINGTON — The Pentagon will use $18 million to fund six military programs designed to reduce the energy demand of future expeditionary outposts, Defense Department officials said in a statement Jan. 31. The funds will support efforts to develop and rapidly transition energy technologies for the combat force to improve military capabilities, reduce energy-related casualties and lower taxpayer costs, officials said. Congress provided resources for the programs in the 2012 Omnibus Appropriation Act. "It's essential that we continue to develop innovative energy solutions to advance our military missions and use our precious resources wisely," Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta said. "The department is taking the lead on this because saving energy on the battlefield means saving lives and money." On the battlefield, fuel can be a tactical and operational vulnerability. In Afghanistan, adversaries often target U.S. fuel supply convoys, putting troop lives and missions at risk and diverting combat forces and dollars to force protection. "A military force that uses energy more strategically is stronger, today and in the future," said Sharon E. Burke, assistant secretary of defense for operational energy plans and programs. "As the department reshapes the force to build a more agile, flexible military capable of responding to the full range of future challenges, the work of the six teams funded under this effort will give our troops better energy options on the battlefield." The funds will go to DoD-led teams representing the military services and the Energy Department. DoD and the Small Business Administration will host an infor- mation session in March to link small businesses and entrepreneurs to the teams. "An important objective of this fund is reaching sources of energy innovation new to the department, which are primarily small businesses," said Andre Gudger, director of the department's office of small business programs. "By leveraging small businesses and entrepreneurs to accelerate energy innovation for our war fighters," he added, "we strengthen our security, modernize our industrial base and promote economic development at the same time." Winning teams were chosen from submissions received after a call for program proposals in June. The assistant secretary of defense for operational energy plans and programs, a position established in 2009 to strengthen military operations' energy security, will administer the funds. other demonstrated "anywhere from 20 percent to upwards of 50 percent of the fuel used at any given location in places like Afghanistan may be going to generators and heating and cooling." She also cited a Marine Corps study from 2011 stating heating and air conditioning accounted for 13 percent of its total fuel demand in Afghanistan and 46 percent of its electrical demands. "So a lot of it's wasting, and it's a huge target area," Burke said. "But it's not an area that the department has focused a lot of research, development, testing and evaluation in. So that was why we wanted to target these specific areas." Burke noted the funding of these programs is just one part of the Defense Department's efforts to improve energy use toward a more effective and capable force. "This is a research, development, test and evaluation effort," she said. "But we're also seeing this in the requirements process, the acquisition process, in contracting (and) in rapid fielding to forces in the fight. "We're doing all this because we really think this will help us meet the defense mission," she continued, "particularly, the changing defense mission, as we go forward. So this is part of a broader effort across the department." attention to detail outside the flight. "Some of the efforts are as a flight and some are as individuals," said Fox. He mentioned the MDA Lock-up, in which local civic leaders are "locked up" and must raise cash for the Muscular Dystrophy Association in order to be set free. "We send volunteers to help load up for the Air Expeditionary Retreats and at the event itself," Fox said. Members also coordinated the Top of Utah Military Affairs Committee's Salute to Our Nation's Defenders Picnic, serving as the chair for the event. In addition to volunteer work, members also took advantage of a multitude of higher education opportunities as part of the Year of the Community College of the Air Force. Four CCAF degrees, a Bachelor of Science and a Bachelor of Arts degree were awarded to personnel within the flight, accumulating a flight total of 175 credit hours towards those and other advanced diplomas. * SWAP MEET ALL YEAR ROUND * MOTOR VI/ DRIVE-IN & SWAP MEET 5368 S.1056 W. RIVERDALE 394-1768 SATURDAY & SUNDAY 8 AM -1 PM tu 2 eL BUYERS FREE ON SAL! Visit Our Indoor Shops! A Great Place for Those Hard to Find Bargains! SELLERS VISIT US AT www.motorvu.com or call 394-1768 * SWAP SHOPS AVAILABLE FOR RENT * OMRIVERSIDE ilLUSTORAGE We Appreciate Your Service! 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