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Job Description

Fuel is essential for keeping Soldiers moving forward, and as a Petroleum Supply Management Specialist, you play a vital role in ensuring they never run low. In this key position, you'll oversee the effective handling, storage, and shipping of petroleum-based products, including oil, fuel, and compressed gas.

Your primary responsibilities will include supervising the reception, storage, and distribution of bulk and packaged petroleum products. This entails operating specialized equipment to load trucks, ships, trains, and aircraft; collecting and submitting samples of petroleum products for testing; managing petroleum and water accounting activities; testing samples for contamination; and ensuring compliance with safety procedures and storage guidelines.

As you gain experience, you will take on additional management responsibilities, such as training and supervising other personnel, assigning tasks, performing quality checks, and maintaining adherence to safety protocols.

Key Responsibilities

• Receive and stock bulk and packaged products
• Issue and dispense bulk fuels and water to utilizing units

Skills You Will Develop

• Operating airplane refueling systems and associated equipment
• Planning and coordinating petroleum transport operations
• Performing tests on oil and fuels

Valuable Traits

• Interest in mechanical work and business mathematics
• Enjoyment of physical labor

This role prepares you for a rewarding civilian career in oil refineries, pipeline companies, and transportation services for tankers and ships.

Earn While You Learn

Join the Army National Guard, where you will earn a regular paycheck while gaining valuable skills. You can also qualify for tuition assistance, and some specialties offer certified apprenticeship programs.

After completing 10 weeks of Basic Training to learn fundamental Soldiering skills, you will enter 11 weeks of Advanced Individual Training (AIT), which combines hands-on training with classroom instruction.

Benefits

• Paid training
• A monthly paycheck
• Montgomery GI Bill
• Federal and State tuition assistance
• Retirement benefits for part-time service
• Low-cost life insurance (up to $400,000 in coverage)
• 401(k)-type savings plan
• Student Loan Repayment Program (up to $50,000 for eligible loans)
• Health care benefits available
• VA home loans
• Potential bonuses
• Non-prior service candidates generally earn between $200 and $250 per drill weekend, subject to change

Requirements

• Military enlistment in the Army National Guard
• Must be at least a high school junior, or possess a high school diploma or GED
• Age requirement: 17 to 35
• Pass a physical exam and meet legal and moral standards
• Meet citizenship requirements

Military enlistment is required. Programs and benefits are subject to change. Please speak with your Army National Guard recruiter for the latest information. Actual military occupational specialty (MOS) assignment may depend on availability.