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joint technical augmentation cell (JTAC)

Military; General military

A tailored team that, when directed, deploys to a supported combatant commander’s area of responsibility to provide chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear technical advice and planning ...

intermediate staging base (ISB)

Military; General military

A tailorable, temporary location used for staging forces, sustainment and/or extraction into and out of an operational area.

A tailorable support organization composed of mobilization station assets that ensures the equipment of the deploying units is ready to load. The port support activity operates unique equipment in ...

zone of action

Military; General military

A tactical subdivision of a larger area, the responsibility for which is assigned to a tactical unit; generally applied to offensive action.

vertical envelopment

Military; General military

A tactical maneuver in which troops, either air-dropped or air-landed, attack the rear and flanks of a force, in effect cutting off or encircling the force.

spoiling attack

Military; General military

A tactical maneuver employed to seriously impair a hostile attack while the enemy is in the process of forming or assembling for an attack. Usually employed by armored units in defense by an attack ...

amphibious squadron (PHIBRON)

Military; General military

A tactical and administrative organization composed of amphibious assault shipping to transport troops and their equipment for an amphibious assault operation.