Referral Letter: Tank Truck Offload Facilities
Abstract
I am writing to alert you to what appears to be a significant amount of wasteful construction at current and former U.S. military bases in Afghanistan. Initial research conducted by my staff indicates that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) spent $36 million to construct three tank truck offload facilities (TTOFs) that were significantly underused or never used at all. I am referring this issue to you because these were not Afghanistan reconstruction projects, but projects supporting the U.S. military. As you may know, the U.S. military uses TTOFs to quickly and safely load and unload trucks delivering fuel to U.S. bases. The fuel is pumped from the trucks into large, permanent storage tanks located a safe distance away. TTOFs use meters to track the amount of fuel offloaded by the trucks. These meters help prevent fuel theft, a problem that has already resulted in the loss of tens of millions of dollars in Afghanistan.1 In addition, failing to utilize TTOFs increases the costs of providing fuel to support U.S. operations. For example, because Bagram Airfield (BAF) could not initially use its TTOF, base officials had to use fuel storage bladders that require more personnel and are more expensive to operate.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Feb 19, 2015
- Accession Number
- AD1140160
Entities
People
- John Sopko
Organizations
- Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction