Staging area

A staging area (otherwise staging point, staging base, or staging post) is a location where organisms, people, vehicles, equipment, or material are assembled before use. It may refer to:

  • In construction, a designated area where vehicles, supplies, and construction equipment are positioned for access and use to a construction site.
  • In real estate, the use of furniture to stage an area of one's home to prepare it for sale.[1]


In military usage, a staging area is a place where troops or equipment in transit are assembled or processed.[2] The US Department of Defense uses these definitions:

(DOD) 1. Amphibious or airborne-A general locality between the mounting area and the objective of an amphibious or airborne expedition, through which the expedition or parts thereof pass after mounting, for refueling, regrouping of ships, and/or exercise, inspection, and redistribution of troops.
(DOD) 2. Other movements-A general locality established for the concentration of troop units and transient personnel between movements over the lines of communications. Also called SA. See also airborne; marshalling; stage; staging.[3]

Often and historically this military staging area has been termed a point d'appui, which is often on high ground and sometimes coincident with a significant prehistoric monument, as in the case of Catto Long Barrow in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Unlike normal bases, the facilities of a staging area are temporary, mainly because for a certain time it will hold much more troops and materiel than would be reasonable in peacetime.

Militaries use staging areas to deploy military units, aircraft and warships and materiel ahead of an attack or invasion. In former times, this used to be generally the border area of one's own country, but in recent wars (Gulf War, Kosovo War, Iraq War) it may also be the border area of another unrelated country granting access.

See also

References

  1. "Get your Home Ready for Sale". The Staging Room. 27 March 2019. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
  2. "Staging area". Dictionary of the English Language (4th ed.). The American Heritage. Houghton Mifflin Company. Archived from the original on 9 September 2005. Retrieved 14 September 2008 via bartleby.com.
  3. "staging area". DOD Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. Archived from the original on 4 June 2011. Retrieved 13 November 2009.


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