CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE ADDER, Iraq — One petroleum company in Iraq has not been performing their typical duties—until now, not pumping one drop of fuel.

The 108th Quartermaster Company, 110th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, 224th Sustainment Brigade, 13th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary) instead, is hauling equipment and supplies throughout theater.

“The mission is for a medium truck company,” said 1st Lt. Monica Patton-Neal, executive officer with the 108th Quartermaster Co. and an Edgefield, S.C., native. “Our whole company is a petroleum supply company.”

Recently, the unit’s mission has changed and not only are Soldiers running convoy missions, they are now responsible for refueling all the civilian and military trucks that enter Contingency Operating Base Adder, Iraq.

“Now we are doing our transportation mission and also our (intended) mission of fuel here on (COB) Adder,” Patton-Neal said. “Four months into the deployment, the fuel mission came up. The Soldiers basically ‘right-faced’ and started executing (the mission).”

Since the beginning of May, Soldiers with the 108th Quartermaster Co., have pumped an average of 13,000 to 15,000 gallons of fuel per day. They operate 24 hours per day and fuel every convoy and KBR, Inc. semi-truck that enters COB Adder, Patton-Neal said.

Normally, those numbers would not be a challenge for the fueling company. The unit’s stateside mission is to pump that amount of fuel from a bag system capable of storing 20,000 to 50,000 gallons of fuel. However at COB Adder Soldiers are pumping their daily average out of tankers that hold only 5,000 gallons, said Capt. Heath Weaver, commander of the 108th Quartermaster Co. and a Benton, Ark., native.

“That’s unheard of to pump 15,000 gallons a day without a bag,” Patton-Neal said.

As the upcoming responsible drawdown begins, the movement of troops and equipment will present many trucks to refuel. The 108th Quartermaster Co. is at the end of the line for the mission; no one will replace them.

“We are involved in the drawdown in several ways,” Weaver said. “One, we are hauling a lot of equipment south. We haul retrograde equipment, life sustainment supplies and even mail. There are many different prongs to the whole thing. Also, my unit is curtailing so I’m turning in property trying to get ahead of the game and be proactive in supporting the drawdown.”

“It’s really amazing, the work and effort they (the unit’s Soldiers) are putting in for this mission,” he said. “It’s a tough mission, but we’ll accomplish it. They realize what it takes so they’re very motivated.”