Volunteers from Naval Provide Methods Command (NAVSUP) Fleet Logistics Heart (FLC) Jacksonville and Naval Station Mayport collected sufficient particles to fill 81 rubbish baggage throughout a Dec. 8 cleanup occasion on the command’s Southeast Regional Fuels Depot. The haul included a stunning number of trash: 50 yards of rope, automobile tires, buckets, soda cans, bottles and even a ship mooring buoy that stood waist-high to the officer who rolled it to the gathering level.
Hurricane Ian in September and Tropical Storm Nicole in November exacerbated the standard trash accumulation on the property because of as a lot as 3- to 4-foot storm surge within the space. The depot is situated simply east of the Jacksonville Zoo on the riverfront, in an industrial space.
“These are buffer safety areas for the gasoline depot. Not lots of people transit these areas, however since we’re proper subsequent to the river, storm surge and flooding can nonetheless go away behind particles,” mentioned Heather Hahn, pure and cultural sources supervisor for Naval Station Mayport.
“It’s at all times good to choose up your trash each on occasion,” she mentioned.
Lt. Cmdr. Tyson Biddle, Southeast regional fuels officer, mentioned he appreciated the assistance from the 18 individuals, who labored all morning within the tall grass alongside the shoreline.
“Within the wake of the hurricane and Tropical Storm Nicole, Protection Gasoline Assist Level Jacksonville was in want of some TLC,” he mentioned.
The gasoline depot is a little-seen however essential piece of the sprawling NAVSUP FLC Jacksonville command. Although it sits on Navy land, the depot is throughout the river from the close by naval station.
The location and its fuels officers and Sailors oversee 17 particular person protection gasoline operations from Texas to Cuba, together with the Navy’s largest deepwater gasoline terminal within the southeastern United States, right here on the St. Johns River.
These operations present gasoline to Navy plane and different automobiles throughout the Southeast.
NAVSUP FLC Jacksonville is one among eight Fleet Logistics Facilities beneath Naval Provide Methods Command. Headquartered in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, NAVSUP employs a various, worldwide workforce of greater than 22,500 navy and civilian personnel.
