See also: Embarkation Embarrassing Embarrassment Embark Embalm Embassy Emba Embase Embarrassingly Embasol Embalmed Embank Embayed Embarazo Embarque Embarrassed Embalaje Embarked Embalmer Embassage Embargoed Embattled Embankment
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Embarkment (sometimes embarcation or embarkation) is the process of loading a passenger ship or an airplane with passengers or military personnel, related to and overlapping with individual boarding on aircraft and ships.
embarkation - the act of passengers and crew getting aboard a ship or aircraft. boarding, embarkment. departure, going, going away, leaving - the act of departing. debarkation, disembarkation, disembarkment - the act of passengers and crew getting off of a ship or aircraft.
embarkation order An order specifying dates, times, routes, loading diagrams, and methods of movement to shipside or aircraft for troops and their equipment. See also movement table.
embarkation area. An area ashore, including a group of embarkation points, in which final preparations for embarkation are completed and through which assigned personnel and loads for craft and ships are called forward to embark. See also mounting area. Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. US Department of Defense 2005.