Operation Iraqi Freedom, Operation Enduring Freedom, Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa
Staff Sgt. Ronald Gasper, a fuels lab technician assigned to the 379th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron, weighs a filter membrane prior to performing a bottle method test, Dec. 8, at an undisclosed air base in Southwest Asia. The filter membrane is weighed before and after a bottle method test, the differences in weight will show the amount of impurities in the fuel. The weekly bottle method test is used to test the fuel truck's filter separator and how well it is screening impurities from the fuel. Sergeant Gasper, a native of Omaha, Neb., is deployed from Scott Air Force Base, Ill., in support of Operations Iraqi and Enduring Freedom and Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Michael Boquette/Released)