What does ISB stand for?

Intermediate Staging Base

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Samples in periodicals archive:

RAND Corporation report, 2004: "Pakistan provided the US access to numerous military bases and helped establish facilities including Intermediate Staging Bases at Jacobabad, Pasni, Dalbandin and Shamsi; Predator basing at Jacobabad and Shamsi, and access to other bases used by over 50 aircraft and 2,000 coalition military personnel at these locales.

Pak based US drones have been there for long

Some of the corresponding (and also frequently used) doctrinal terms for a base camp are forward operating base, forward operating site, intermediate staging base, and contingency operating base.

Knowledge management for the Base Camp Community of Practice

While developing the concept of support for Operation Mountain Thrust, the CJDC anticipated that an intermediate staging base (ISB) would be required to support combat logistics patrols along the ground lines of communication (GLOC).

Integrating coalition logistics at the tactical level: the combined ...

I've been told it's a more optimal use of the critical assets, the C-17s and C-130s, by shuttling them between an intermediate staging base and the destination," Boyanton said.

Transportation policy chief aiming for higher efficiency

A deployment phase replicated movement from Fort Lewis to the intermediate staging base (ISB) and into the IBCT's area of operations (AO).

THE KAZAR FURY EXERCISE FOR TRAINING THE INITIAL BRIGADE COMBAT TEAMS

The intermediate staging base in a remote area, which would serve as a logistics support base for deploying units in transit to a combat theater or other area of operations.

An AOE CSS command post in a modular army: the 1st Armored Division ...

Our mission was to set up a Canadian Intermediate Staging Base for the soldiers and equipment of the 3rd Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry Battalion Group.

War on Terrorism: MTMC officer assists Canadian redeployment

By that time, under normal operational tempo for an ongoing operation in the deployment stage, combat equipment and supplies have already moved through the intermediate staging base.

Improving RFID technology