Tanker can refer to:

• Tanker (ship), a ship designed to carry bulk liquids, particularly oil
  • Chemical tanker
  • Supertanker
• Tanker, tank car, or cylinder wagon, a special type of railroad freight car, designed for carrying bulk liquids
• Tanker, tank truck, or tanker lorry, a heavy road vehicle designed for the same purpose
• A piece of firefighting equipment used to carry or shuttle large amounts of water to a fire scene where traditional fire plugs (hydrants) are not available. This piece of equipment is most commonly seen in rural firefighting. See water tender
• Tanker (aircraft), an airplane designed for in-flight refuelling
• Any crew member of a tank
• André Tanker (1941-2003), a Trinidadian musician and composer
• A Tanker, in the massive-multiplayer lingo, a character able to resist or shrug off heavy amounts of damage relatively unharmed. A party with a tanker usually use him as a monster bait -- while he 'takes' the damage, the rest of the party members actually kill the monsters. In some games, a fighter or occasionally thief character will fill this role, while mages attack the monsters

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U.S. Army Europe Soldiers train their comrades from Republic of Georgia in force protection techniques
Mon, 14 Jul 2008 04:00:00 -0000
TBILISI, Republic of Georgia (July 14, 2008) -- U.S. and Georgian forces came together here July 7 to conduct force protection training in preparation for the upcoming exercise Immediate Response 2008. Soldiers from U.S. Army Europe’s 18th Military Police Brigade and 21st Theater Sustainment Command and Georgian Soldiers from the 4th Infantry Brigade continued to develop and strengthen their relationships as they learned how to conduct personnel and vehicle searches at an entrance control point.
Army announces critical language incentive-pay program
Wed, 13 Aug 2008 04:00:00 -0000
The U.S. Army announced Aug. 13 a financial incentive pilot program for recruiting new college Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) cadets who take courses in critical foreign languages, such as Arabic, Persian-Farsi, and Chinese-Mandarin, as well as commit to entering the regular Army, the Army Reserve, or the Army National Guard as a commissioned officer.
Army Completes Chemical Stockpile Neutralization at Newport Chemical Depot
Mon, 11 Aug 2008 04:00:00 -0000
The United States Army Chemical Materials Agency (CMA) completed neutralization Aug. 11 of the chemical weapons stockpile of nerve agent VX at the Newport Chemical Agent Disposal Facility (NECDF), located at Newport Chemical Depot, Ind. This achievement brings the United States one step closer to safely destroying the national stockpile of chemical weapons.

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Air Force participates in major league game
afnews@afnews.af.mil (Staff Sgt. Monique Randolph) Sat, 30 Aug 2008 00:29:18 -0500
It was not unusual for the players, coaches or umpires at Nationals Park, home of the Washington Nationals Major League Baseball team. It was nothing new for the Honor Guard Airmen who carried the Colors behind home plate -- they've done it several times before. But it was a first for the ten recruits who raised their hands and pledged to support and defend the Constitution of the United States of America. It was a first for the senior airman who threw the ceremonial opening pitch. It was a first for the master sergeant and nine Airmen who participated in the starting line up. And it was a first for the staff sergeant who made the anticipated announcement, "Let's play ball!" more...
Aircrews take wounded warriors home
afnews@afnews.af.mil (Lt. Col. Ann Peru Knabe) Fri, 29 Aug 2008 17:01:00 -0500
Almost three years have passed since aircrews in the 440th Airlift Wing here started flying special missions known as Integrated CONUS Medical Operations Plan missions.   These ICMOP missions are designed to get injured servicemembers home as quickly as possible after arriving in the United States from overseas. Most of the returning patients were supporting operations in Iraq or Afghanistan.   In late 2005, Col. Jay Flournoy and Lt. Cols. Bobby Oates, Jeff Paulus and Dennis Beatty, all 440th AW Airmen, drew up a plan that would use the talents of the wing's 95th Airlift Squadron aircrews returning from overseas activations in support of the war on terrorism.more...
New Horizons leaves behind quality-of-life projects, goodwill with Peruvians
afnews@afnews.af.mil (Capt. David Tomiyama ) Fri, 29 Aug 2008 16:09:00 -0500
After three months of construction, medical missions and bonding with the people of Peru, U.S. servicemembers here completed their mission of providing humanitarian aid to the people there. Since June 1, a rotating task force of 950 active duty, reservists and Guardsmen from the Air Force, Marines, Army and Navy built three medical clinics, two school houses, a fresh-water well and carried out nine medical missions that provided free medical care to the Peruvian people. The closing ceremonies Aug. 26 officially ended the New Horizons mission. more...

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