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As Amended Through 15 March 2013
battle management — The management of activities within the operational environment
based on the commands, direction, and guidance given by appropriate authority. Also
called BM. (JP 3-01)
beach — 1. The area extending from the shoreline inland to a marked change in
physiographic form or material, or to the line of permanent vegetation (coastline). 2. In
amphibious operations, that portion of the shoreline designated for landing of a tactical
organization. (JP 3-02)
beach group — See naval beach group; shore party.
beachhead — A designated area on a hostile or potentially hostile shore that, when seized
and held, ensures the continuous landing of troops and materiel, and provides maneuver
space requisite for subsequent projected operations ashore. (JP 3-02)
beachmaster unit — A commissioned naval unit of the naval beach group designed to
provide to the shore party a Navy component known as a beach party, which is capable
of supporting the amphibious landing of one division (reinforced). Also called BMU.
See also beach party; naval beach group; shore party. (JP 4-01.6)
beach party — The Navy component of the landing force support party under the tactical
control of the landing force support party commander. See also beachmaster unit;
shore party. (JP 3-02)
beach party commander — The naval officer in command of the naval component of the
shore party.
beach photography — Vertical, oblique, ground, and periscope coverage at varying scales
to provide information of offshore, shore, and inland areas. It covers terrain that
provides observation of the beaches and is primarily concerned with the geological and
tactical aspects of the beach.
beach support area — In amphibious operations, the area to the rear of a landing force or
elements thereof, established and operated by shore party units, which contains the
facilities for the unloading of troops and materiel and the support of the forces ashore; it
includes facilities for the evacuation of wounded, enemy prisoners of war, and captured
materiel. Also called BSA. (JP 3-02)
beach survey — The collection of data describing the physical characteristics of a beach;
that is, an area whose boundaries are a shoreline, a coastline, and two natural or
arbitrary assigned flanks.
beach width — The horizontal dimensions of the beach measured at right angles to the
shoreline from the line of extreme low water inland to the landward limit of the beach
(the coastline).
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