By Spc. Kiyoshi Freeman
AL ASAD AIR BASE, Iraq – Texas guardsmen escort fuel convoys around Anbar province every week and build relationships with their Iraqi partners to support coalition operations.
"Fuel is your lifeline. Your trucks, your generators — pretty much without fuel, the base doesn't operate," said 1st Lt. Darnell Reese, Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 142nd Infantry Regiment. "And sharing the road's a big part of that."
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