What does TAA stand for?

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.

These included not only the MOUT site, but also a tactical assembly area (TAA) for combat preparation and a main supply route (MSR) where units could conduct convoy operations and react to an ambush while mounted.

BCS3 is program software that consolidates and maps data from a myriad of specialized data systems to provide SDDC and operation commanders strategic level visibility of cargo and containers shipped from an installation to a tactical assembly area.

Its mission was to provide in-transit security for the Task Force Ironhorse advance party as it moved to Tactical Assembly Area Ironhorse, just south of Baghdad.

There may not be a traditional reception, staging, and onward integration (RSOI) and the tactical assembly area (TAA) will equate to the aerial port of debarkation (APOD) for the I-Division.

The CTAA was designed as a tactical assembly area rather than a marshaling area to remind Soldiers that they were still in contact with the enemy and that unloading, reloading, and getting CULT back on the road to Kuwait was a combat operation, not an administrative movement.

The captain led the first end-to-end unit deployment by the 599th of more than 3,000 pieces of equipment with 100 percent in-transit visibility from the unit motor pool to the tactical assembly area.

They have to be able to run airports and seaports, receive forces off planes and off ships, marry them up with their equipment and deliver them into a tactical assembly area so the commander can get ready to do the operation," he explained.