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As Amended Through 15 March 2013
land control operations — The employment of land forces, supported by maritime and air
forces (as appropriate) to control vital areas of the land domain. Such operations are
conducted to establish local military superiority in land operational areas. See also sea
control operations. (JP 3-31)
land forces — Personnel, weapon systems, vehicles, and support elements operating on
land to accomplish assigned missions and tasks. (JP 3-31)
landing aid — Any illuminating light, radio beacon, radar device, communicating device,
or any system of such devices for aiding aircraft in an approach and landing. (JP 3-04)
landing area — 1. That part of the operational area within which are conducted the landing
operations of an amphibious force. It includes the beach, the approaches to the beach,
the transport areas, the fire support areas, the airspace above it, and the land included in
the advance inland to the initial objective. 2. (Airborne) The general area used for
landing troops and materiel either by airdrop or air landing. This area includes one or
more drop zones or landing strips. 3. Any specially prepared or selected surface of
land, water, or deck designated or used for takeoff and landing of aircraft. See also
airfield; amphibious force; landing beach; landing force. (JP 3-02)
landing area diagram — A graphic means of showing, for amphibious operations, the
beach designations, boat lanes, organization of the line of departure, scheduled waves,
landing ship area, transport areas, and the fire support areas in the immediate vicinity of
the boat lanes. (JP 3-02)
landing beach — 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. (JP 3-02)
landing craft — A craft employed in amphibious operations, specifically designed for
carrying troops and their equipment and for beaching, unloading, and retracting. It is
also used for resupply operations. (JP 3-02)
landing craft and amphibious vehicle assignment table — A table showing the
assignment of personnel and materiel to each landing craft and amphibious vehicle and
the assignment of the landing craft and amphibious vehicles to waves for the ship-toshore
movement. (JP 3-02)
landing craft availability table — A tabulation of the type and number of landing craft that
will be available from each ship of the transport group. The table is the basis for the
assignment of landing craft to the boat groups for the ship-to-shore movement.
(JP 3-02)
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