shore-to-shore movement

shore-to-shore movement

[¦shȯr tə ¦shȯr ′müv·mənt]

(ordnance)

The assault movement of personnel and materiel directly from a shore staging area to the objective, involving no further transfers between types of craft or ships incident to the assault movement.

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