Voluntary Tanker Agreement Definition - MilitaryDictionary.org
voluntary tanker agreement
Term Source:
JP 4-01.2
(Sealift Support to Joint Operations)
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1.) An agreement established by the Maritime Administration to provide for United States commercial tanker owners and operators to voluntarily make their vessels available to satisfy the Department of Defense to meet contingency or war requirements for point-to-point petroleum, oils, and lubricants movements.
See Also:
- also called VTA
In the United States, military vocabulary is standardized by the Department of Defence. These terms are used by the United States Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps.
Term Classification: logistics
Source:
Department of Defence, Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms
Term sourced from JP 4-01.2: Sealift Support to Joint Operations, updated June 2012
This term is marked as active and was last updated in 2015
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