staging area
noun
: an area in which participants in a new especially military operation or mission are assembled and readied
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The strike force waited in armored vehicles at a staging area in Kenscoff, where a once peaceful region has been under gang attacks since the beginning of the year.
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Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 2 Sep. 2025
The Chicago operation could involve as many as 200 Department of Homeland Security officials, armored vehicles, and the use of a naval base outside the city as a staging area.
—Terry Collins, USA Today, 29 Aug. 2025
The facility serves as a staging area for US Marines and their equipment to deploy to amphibious ships like the New Orleans, which is 684 feet long with a displacement of 24,000 tons.
—Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2025
About 1,800 miles from China's coastline, Guam serves as a strategic staging area for projecting U.S. military power in the Indo-Pacific and is home to three major military facilities: Andersen Air Force Base, Naval Base Guam and Marine Corps Base Camp Blaz.
—Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Aug. 2025
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Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 2 Sep. 2025
The Chicago operation could involve as many as 200 Department of Homeland Security officials, armored vehicles, and the use of a naval base outside the city as a staging area.
—Terry Collins, USA Today, 29 Aug. 2025
The facility serves as a staging area for US Marines and their equipment to deploy to amphibious ships like the New Orleans, which is 684 feet long with a displacement of 24,000 tons.
—Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2025
About 1,800 miles from China's coastline, Guam serves as a strategic staging area for projecting U.S. military power in the Indo-Pacific and is home to three major military facilities: Andersen Air Force Base, Naval Base Guam and Marine Corps Base Camp Blaz.
—Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Aug. 2025
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“Staging area.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/staging%20area. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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