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They're relocating all of the fuel from storage facilities at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickman, before building new storage facilities. To make things even worse, The Navy is short by several dozen ships that will be needed to transport and deliver fuel to our bases and forces operating across the Indo-Pacific.
Yet another disaster waiting to happen, brought to you by those short-sighted children running the country.
"U.S. lawmakers have sent a letter of warning to the U.S. Navy saying the country could be wholly unprepared for a possible conflict should the military follow through with a plan to move fuel from Hawaii to storage facilities across the Indo-Pacific.
Rep. Mike Gallagher, the Republican chair of the House Select Committee on China, said in a letter to Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro dated Jan. 17 that a plan to redistribute fuel from Hawaii's Red Hill underground bulk storage facility was a "strategic imperative," Reuters reported. He cautioned, however, that the Defense Department had yet to develop a long-term solution.
"It is unclear how exactly the Navy will replace and distribute the aggregate bulk fuel capacity of Red Hill," said Gallagher, R-Wis, noting that U.S. operations in the Pacific would "grind to a halt" without a logistics network to ship the oil then to ensure ease of access.
"The Navy appears to be short – by several dozen – ships that will be needed to transport and deliver fuel to our bases and forces operating across the Indo-Pacific," he continued. "We must address potential weaknesses in our logistical supply lines, while we still have the time to do so."
GOP Rep warns US Navy plan to relocate fuel from Hawaii could jeopardize operations in the Indo-Pacific
Yet another disaster waiting to happen, brought to you by those short-sighted children running the country.
GOP Rep warns US Navy plan to relocate fuel from Hawaii could jeopardize operations in the Indo-Pacific
In Oct 2023, the Pentagon revealed the Red Hill storage facility at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam suffered a leak that contaminated the water systems
"U.S. lawmakers have sent a letter of warning to the U.S. Navy saying the country could be wholly unprepared for a possible conflict should the military follow through with a plan to move fuel from Hawaii to storage facilities across the Indo-Pacific.
Rep. Mike Gallagher, the Republican chair of the House Select Committee on China, said in a letter to Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro dated Jan. 17 that a plan to redistribute fuel from Hawaii's Red Hill underground bulk storage facility was a "strategic imperative," Reuters reported. He cautioned, however, that the Defense Department had yet to develop a long-term solution.
"It is unclear how exactly the Navy will replace and distribute the aggregate bulk fuel capacity of Red Hill," said Gallagher, R-Wis, noting that U.S. operations in the Pacific would "grind to a halt" without a logistics network to ship the oil then to ensure ease of access.
"The Navy appears to be short – by several dozen – ships that will be needed to transport and deliver fuel to our bases and forces operating across the Indo-Pacific," he continued. "We must address potential weaknesses in our logistical supply lines, while we still have the time to do so."
GOP Rep warns US Navy plan to relocate fuel from Hawaii could jeopardize operations in the Indo-Pacific
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