marshalling area


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marshalling area

A location in the vicinity of a reception terminal orpre-positioned equipment storage site where arriving unitpersonnel, equipment, materiel, and accompanying supplies are reassembled, returned to the control of the unit commander, and prepared for onward movement. The joint complex commander designating the location will coordinate the use of the facilities with other allied commands and the host nation, and will provide life support to the units while in the marshalling area. See also marshalling.
Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. US Department of Defense 2005.
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Ticket holders will report to the specified car parking areas, where there will be six marshalling areas. At the car park, they will undergo the first physical search and Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) staff will verify their tickets.
The process resumed on Wednesday but evacuees were forced to spend two nights in their buses at the marshalling area following an 11th-hour rebel demand for the release of prisoners held by President Bashar al-Assad's government.
He usually has the tactical control authority to direct all aspects of the JLOTS operation, including arrival of the strategic maritime vessels within the JLOTS area of responsibility, "in-stream" downloading of cargo and vehicles, over-the-shore operations, assembly of equipment and cargo at inland staging and marshalling areas, and movement of cargo and equipment to the supported unit's tactical assembly areas.
Transportation Command Marshalling Area Control Group, of the 37th Transportation Command.
Liverpool city council has given MDHC permission to fill this sewer in and incorporate it into a marshalling area for vehicles boarding the Isle of Man ferry.
Former Baker Hughes Site, Swift Point, Cosford Lane, Rugby, extensions to existing warehouse to provide new marshalling area and cold stores, new apron and roadways, trailer parking, footpaths and landscaping.
Initially, a group of 10 stowaways was spotted at around 4am by tunnel maintenance staff at Dollands Moor, a freight marshalling area near Folkestone.
The first group of ten stowaways, who police believe came from Bangladesh, were spotted around 3am by tunnel maintenance staff at Dollands Moor, a freight marshalling area near Folkestone.
One group of 10 stowaways, whose nationality had not been determined last night, were spotted around 3am by tunnel maintenance staff at Dollands Moor, a freight marshalling area near Folkestone.
Step 6: After the match, you will be transported back to the marshalling area at the car parking via the shuttle service.
Apart from those in the port, there were still a number of travelers and vehicles lining up at the "marshalling area" just outside the pier area as of 10 a.m.
Once picked, orders are delivered by the order picking trucks to a marshalling area where they are loaded onto trailers using the Jung heinrich ERE trucks.