(DoD) That portion of a shoreline usually required for the landing of a battalion landing team. However, it may also be that portion of a shoreline constituting a tactical locality (such as the shore of a bay) over which a force larger or smaller than a battalion landing team may be landed.
Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. 31 January 2011.
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