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Rendezvous area

Military; General military

In an amphibious operation, the area in which the landing craft and amphibious vehicles rendezvous to form waves after being loaded, and prior to movement to the line of departure.

Subsidiary landing

Military; General military

In an amphibious operation, a landing usually made outside the designated landing area, the purpose of which is to support the main landing.

In an airborne operation, a phase beginning with delivery by air of the assault echelon of the force into the objective area and extending through attack of assault objectives and consolidation of ...

Approach schedule

Military; General military

In amphibious operations, this schedule indicates, for each scheduled wave, the time of departure from the rendezvous area, from the line of departure, and from other control points and the time of ...